Homo Faber
byMax Frisch
Genres: FictionHistorical fiction
The novel tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion, he has an incestuous affair. Finally Faber becomes ill with stomach cancer, but it is too late for him to change his life.
Language
en
Published on
11/02/2006
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780141188669
Who is this book for? Readers interested in existential themes and character-driven narratives.
Topics IdentityHuman Nature
MoodReflective
RomanceCentral to the Plot
ViolenceMild
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
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