An Answer from the Silence
1937 novel by Max Frisch
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An Answer from the Silence: A Story from the Mountains (German: Antwort aus der Stille: Eine Erzählung aus den Bergen) is a 1937 novel by the Swiss writer Max Frisch. It tells the story of a young man who escapes to the Swiss Alps ten days before his wedding.
First edition | |
| Author | Max Frisch |
|---|---|
| Original title | Antwort aus der Stille |
| Translator | Mike Mitchell |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt |
| Publication date | 1937 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 2011 |
| Pages | 130 |
Reception
The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly in 2011: "Infused with a post-WWI despair at the human condition, Frisch (1911-1991) refused this early piece's inclusion in his collected works in the 1970s, having burned the original manuscript in the woods in 1937. It seems a pity that this earnest and unusual book, in a crisp translation by Mitchell, has been denied us until now."[1]
