Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in 1921 in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland, and was the son of a Protestant minister. During World War II he studied philosophy and literature at the Universities of Berne and Zurich. He wrote prolifically and traveled widely in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. He is the author of two memoirs: Twelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany and In the House of My Fear. Theodore Ziolkowski (1932–2020) was the Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises.

• Introduction by Theodore Ziolkowski The Sausage The Old Man The Theater Director The Dog The Tunnel The Pledge  - Requiem for the Detective Novel Greek Man Seeks Greek Wife - A Prose Comedy Traps - A Still Possible Story The Coup Smithy The Dying of the Pythia The Minotaur - A Ballad The Assignment; or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers - A Novella in Twenty-four Sentences

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in 1921 in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland, and was the son of a Protestant minister. During World War II he studied philosophy and literature at the Universities of Berne and Zurich. He wrote prolifically and traveled widely in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. He is the author of two memoirs: Twelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany and In the House of My Fear. Theodore Ziolkowski (1932–2020) was the Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises.

• Introduction by Theodore Ziolkowski The Sausage The Old Man The Theater Director The Dog The Tunnel The Pledge  - Requiem for the Detective Novel Greek Man Seeks Greek Wife - A Prose Comedy Traps - A Still Possible Story The Coup Smithy The Dying of the Pythia The Minotaur - A Ballad The Assignment; or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers - A Novella in Twenty-four Sentences

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in 1921 in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland, and was the son of a Protestant minister. During World War II he studied philosophy and literature at the Universities of Berne and Zurich. He wrote prolifically and traveled widely in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. He is the author of two memoirs: Twelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany and In the House of My Fear. Theodore Ziolkowski (1932–2020) was the Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises.

• Introduction by Theodore Ziolkowski The Sausage The Old Man The Theater Director The Dog The Tunnel The Pledge  - Requiem for the Detective Novel Greek Man Seeks Greek Wife - A Prose Comedy Traps - A Still Possible Story The Coup Smithy The Dying of the Pythia The Minotaur - A Ballad The Assignment; or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers - A Novella in Twenty-four Sentences

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