No Man’s Land (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Walser
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novella
- Time of Work: The late 1980’s
- Setting: West Germany
- Principal Characters: Wolf Zieger, Dorle Zieger, Sylvia Wellershoff, Dr. Jurgen Meissner, Nina Meissner, Tamas Ujfalussy, Comrade Bergmann, Mr. Bestenhorn, The prosecuting attorney, The presiding judge
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Love or romance, Antiheroes, 1980’s, Adultery, Espionage or spies, Germany or German people, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans
- Locales: West Germany
Since receiving the award of the Gruppe 47 in 1955 and the publication of a collection of his short prose works the same year, Martin Walser has been one of the most popular and prolific writers in postwar West Germany. Apart from a steady stream of novels and novellas, many of which have been translated into English, he has published dramatic works for the stage and radio in addition to numerous essays and translations. Author of a published dissertation on Franz Kafka and editor of a selection of Kafka’s works as well, Walser has received his country’s most prestigious literary...
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