I’m Not Stiller (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Max Frisch
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Existentialism
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Switzerland, elsewhere in Europe, and the United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Existential literature, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Escapes, Marriage, Trials, Tuberculosis, Switzerland or Swiss people
- Locales: Europe, United States, Switzerland
Characters Discussed
Anatol Ludwig Stiller (AN-ah- tohl LEWT-vihg SHTIH-lehr), a sculptor. The novel begins when the protagonist returns to Switzerland after a seven-year disappearance. He claims to be an American, James Larkin White, but is thought to be a missing Zurich artist, Anatol Ludwig Stiller. On the request of his defense counsel, Stiller writes seven notebooks recording his life. As a young man, Stiller fought in the Spanish Civil War, but he believes himself to have acted in a cowardly manner. He wants to be someone he is not and is plagued by an uncertain sense of...
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