A schoolboy's diary and other stories

A Schoolboy's Diary brings together more than seventy of Robert Walser's strange and wonderful stories, most never before available in English.

Opening with a sequence from Walser's first book, ';Fritz Kocher's Essays,' the complete classroom assignments of a fictional boy who has met a tragically early death, this selection ranges from sketches of uncomprehending editors, overly passionate readers, and dreamy artists to tales of devilish adultery, sexual encounters on a train, and Walser's service in World War I.

Throughout, Walser's careening, confounding, delicious voice holds the reader transfixed.