The Tanners

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The Tanners, Robert Walser s amazing 1907 novel of twenty chapters, is now presented in English for the very first time, by the award winning translator Susan Bernofsky Three brothers and a sister comprise the Tanner family Simon, Kaspar, Klaus, and Hedwig their wanderings, meetings, separations, quarrels, romances, employment and lack of employment over the course of a year or two are the threads from which Walser weaves his airy, strange and brightly gorgeous fabric Walser s lightness is lighter than light, as Tom Whalen said in Bookforum buoyant up to and beyond belief, terrifyingly light Robert Walser admired greatly by Kafka, Musil, and Walter Benjamin is a radiantly original author He has been acclaimed unforgettable, heart rending J.M Coetzee , a bewitched genius Newsweek , and a major, truly wonderful, heart breaking writer Susan Sontag Considering Walser s perfect and serene oddity, Michael Hofmann in The London Review of Books remarked on the Buster Keaton like indomitably sad cheerfulness that is most hilariously disturbing The Los Angeles Times called him the dreamy confectionary snowflake of German language fiction He also might be the single most underrated writer of the 20th century.The gait of his language is quieter than a kitten s A clairvoyant of the small W G Sebald calls Robert Walser, one of his favorite writers in the world, in his acutely beautiful, personal, and long introduction, studded with his signature use of photographs. Free Download The Tanners Author Robert Walser For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Tanners has a wonderful lightness of tone that is vivid and delivers rich insights The novel moves quickly along delighting the reader The theme seems to be about the inability of conformity to make us happy it is also a meditation on work and idleness, self exile and esthetic joy especially of the natural world but also of artistic expression Protagonist Simon Tanner is one of the great free spirits of literature His speeches are a delight and at times quite funny He speaks to authori The Tanners has a wonderful lightness of tone that is vivid and del...Tanner Karde ler tam bir zg r ruh, bir aylak adam g zellemesi Romanda d zene uyum sa lamak ihtiyac hissetmeyen, gelece e de il, ya anan ana sahip olmay isteyen, kariyer yapmak umurunda olmayan, do aya tutkun, bir o kadar da insanc l olan 20 ya lar ndaki Simon Tanner in hayata bak n anlatan d nceleri ile konu malar nemli bir yer kapl yor Farkl ekillerde tutunamayan karde lerleriyle ili kileri de zarif bir ekilde i lenmi Olay rg s i in okunan kitaplardan de il ama bu y n yle Tanner Karde ler tam bir zg r ruh, bir aylak adam g zellemesi Romanda d zene uyum sa lamak ihtiyac hissetmeyen, gelece e de il, ya anan ana sahip olmay isteyen, kariyer yapmak umurunda olmayan, do aya tutkun, bir o kadar da insanc l olan 20 ya lar ndaki Simon Tanner in hayata bak n anlatan d nceleri ile konu malar nemli bir yer kapl yor Farkl ekillerde tutunamayan karde lerleri...Walser B y s Robert Walser, Antel Szerb in Yolcu ve Ay n bitirdikten sonra benzer temalara bak olan yazarlar ara t rd mda kar ma kt Walser in okuru hipnoz edici anlat m , kitap boyunca bizleri kendisine hayran b rakacak bir deneyime ve m thi bir edebiyat keyfine davet ediyor erik Tanner Ailesi 1907 y l nda yaz lan Tanner Karde ler Walser in yar otobiyografik ilk roman Kitap 4 erkek ve 1 k zdan olu an karde lerden Simon n svi re evresinde bir ok i e girip kmas zer Walser B y s Robert Walser, Antel Szerb in Yolcu ve Ay n bitirdikten sonra benzer temalara bak o...Robert Walser okumalar na devam Son b y k ke fim Walser Belki onun kahramanlar yla ayn havay teneff s etmemdir onun eserlerindeki b y nanc m u ki, Walser yirminci y zy l n ba nda bir sonraki y zy l i in eserler yaratm Elimde de il, onun eserlerinin b y s ne kap lmaya devam edece im nk hayatla, kendimle ve di er insanlarla ilgili yeniden d nmemi sa l yor Simon Tanner roman n sonundaki otobiyografi tad ndaki o upuzun paragrafta Bana gelince ben t m insanlar n en i e yaramaz y Robert Walser okumalar na devam Son b y k ke fim Walser Belki onun kahramanlar yla ayn havay teneff s etmemdir onun eserlerindeki b y nanc m u ki, Walser yirminci y zy l n ba nda bir sonraki y zy l i in eserler yaratm Elimde de il, onun...I disgustingly bubbled up my thrill to my son and wife while driving along the coast of eastern Florida, eighty degrees and sunshine, the ocean beckoning and the beach a friendly almost vacant place ahead at Sebastian Inlet for our dog to run, my trills bursting with the gleaning of my new favorite literary one named Simon who offers so much and is yet unencumbered by any long term sense of responsibility, his future in the moment always, and his pleasu I disgustingly bubbled up my thrill to my son and wife while driving along the coast of eastern Florida, eighty degrees and sunshine, the ocean beckoning and the beach a friendly almost vacant place ahead at Sebastian Inlet for our dog to run, my trills bursting with the gleaning of my new favorite literary one named Simon who offers so much and is yet unencumbered by any long term sense of responsibility, his future in the moment always, and his pleasure engulfed in th...A 350 page paperback book which should be bulkier in weight but the pages purposively made small makes it surprisingly light Despite no sense of any formal plot I read for long stretches, growing tired, the book becoming heavier Its weight alternated and at times defied external prodding s.Simon Tanner flits what appears as lightly through his life At times his manic enjoyment of nature is breathtaking It seemed to me there was an element of desperation in this lightness His flight was some A 350 page paperback book which should be bulkier in weight but the pages purposively made small makes it surprisingly light Despite no sense of any formal plot I read for long stretches, growing tired, the book becoming heavier Its weight alternated and at times defied external prodding s.Simon Tanner flits what appears as lightly through his life At times his manic enjoyment of nature is breathtaking It seemed to me there was an element of desperation in this lightness His flight was something away from not towards anything graspable Looked at it was his, Walser s, rush from the shadows of melancholia and whatever ills of the spirit that waited in the wings Walser never says this outright His method is one of absence The inner struggle the story in this novel that has no beginning or end is evoked in what is not said or shown The fearful s...The book starts out with a job interview, which made me fear that this would be like The Assistant Part 2, another book about holding a job The familiar elements were there the long winded flowery speeches, the expressions of extreme emotion, the humorous toying with tone I loved that book, mind you, but with a different book I wanted a different experience.Luckily, things moved quickly on and so did Simon, the main character, who can t keep a job or a residence for longer than a few weeks, The book starts out with a job interview, which made me fear that this would be like The Assistant Part 2, another book about holding a job The familiar elements were there the long winded flowery speeches, the expressions of extreme emotion, the humorous toying with tone I loved that book, mind you, but with a different book I wanted a different experience.Luckily, things moved quickly on and so did Simon, the main character, who can t keep a job or a residence for longer than a few weeks, and wanders aimlessly throughout the book, but in a most delicious manner The prose, too, wanders aimlessly, never settling down on a singular purpose, but searching, revelling, perhaps ...Si dice a volte che si fa fatica a leggere un romanzo Stavolta andata in un altra maniera il romanzo che ha fatto fatica con lo scarabookkiante A convincerlo E una sacca di resistenza rimasta l , relegata in un angolo della testa sconfitta, inerte, ma rimasta fino a met libro A tratti affiorava l incredulit , la noia, la stupida domanda che ci si fa davanti ai matti e al candore disarmato ma ci fa o ci per davvero E Walser veramente al confine tra le due cose.Il fatto c Si dice a volte che si fa fatica a leggere un romanzo Stavolta andata in un altra maniera il romanzo che ha fatto fatica con lo scarabookkiante A convincerlo E una sacca di resistenza rimasta l , relegata in un angolo della testa sconfitta, inerte, ma rimasta fino a met libro A tratti affiorava l incredulit , la noia, la stupida domanda che ci si fa davanti ai matti e al candore disarmato ma ci fa o ci per davvero E Walser veramente al confine tra le due cose.Il fatto che lo scarabookkiante crede negli ingredienti di cui fatto Simon Tanner e di cui era fatto Robert Walser Crede nella bont indifesa che sembra sciocca, nella generosit , nella fiducia nelle cose e negli altri, in una versione adulta, cio consapevole...Un uomo speciale deve essere stato Robert Walser Adesso, dopo aver letto anche un saggio di Pietro Citati contenuto ne La malattia dell infinito che lo riguarda e ne parla entusiasticamente, sono presa dalla curiosit e dalla voglia di saperne di pi di lui Un uomo lieve, candido, infantile Come Simon Tanner, il protagonista del romanzo Io dice Simon non sono niente altro se non uno che ascolta e attende, come tale per perfetto perch ho imparato a sognare mentre attendo Le due cose si t Un uomo speciale deve essere stato Robert Walser Adesso, dopo aver letto anche un saggio di Pietro Citati contenuto ne La malattia dell infinito che lo riguarda e ne parla entusiasticamente, sono presa dalla curiosit e dalla voglia di saperne di pi di lui Un uomo lieve, candido, infantile Come Simon Tanner, il protagonista del romanzo Io dice Simon non sono niente altro se non uno che ascolta e attende, come tale per perfetto perch ho imparato a sognare mentre attendo Le due cose si tengono per mano, e ci fa bene, e si resta decenti Per chi cerca nella lettura l azione sconsigliato leggere Walser Nel libro ci sono liriche descrizioni della natura, i bei paesaggi svizzeri da cartolina non c una trama ampia, in pratica accade poco o nulla, ci sono lunghi monologhi di Simon, un giovane viandante feli...in the tanners, as in much of walser s writing, his singular style is what captivates most walser s works tend to be thinly plotted, yet the reader is easily carried away by the characters inner workings as w.g sebald notes in the book s introductory remembrance, everything written in these incomparable books has as their author might himself have said a tendency to vanish into thin air the very passage which a moment before seemed so significant can suddenly appear quite unremarkable in the tanners, as in much of walser s writing, his singular style is what captivates most walser s works tend to be thinly plotted, yet the reader is easily carried away by the characters inner workings as w.g sebald notes in the book s introductory remembrance, everything written in these incomparable books has as their author might himself have said a tendency to vanish into thin air the very passage which a moment before seemed so significant can suddenly appear quite unremarkable earlier in the intro, seba...

The Tanners
  • English
  • 04 April 2017
  • Paperback
  • 350 pages
  • 081121589X
  • Robert Walser
  • The Tanners