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Flypaper

by Robert Musil · 1936

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One of the very first rank of prose stylists, Robert Musil captures a scene's every telling detail and symbolic aspect with a precise and remarkable beauty. In these nine stories and essays, he considers holidaymakers and stone monuments, tales of war and blackbirds, and the great pathos of a tiny death: a fly's impossible fight against the grip of flypaper.

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1930s1930sMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 62 pages
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