Devotion (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Botho Strauss
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Summer, 1976
- Setting: West Berlin
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Love or romance, Writing, Obsession, Depression, mental, Television or television broadcasting, Isolation, Berlin
- Locales: West Germany, West Berlin, West Germany
Characters Discussed
Richard Schroubek (SHREW- behk), a thirty-one-year-old bookseller by trade, recently abandoned by his girlfriend, Hannah Beyl. For Richard, who calls separation the most terrifying and shattering of all types of personal catastrophe, Hannah’s departure means the destruction of all prior connection to and identification with society. Without actually quitting or calling in sick, he simply stops working and sells an inherited Max Beckmann etching as a means of financially supporting his state of misery. He establishes a postal checking account, forgoing...
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