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Max Frisch

Homo faber

€8,00

Né en 1911, mort en 1991, écrivain suisse d'expression allemande, Max Frisch a traversé le siècle en commençant par exercer le métier d'architecte avant de devenir écrivain. Walter Faber, le héros d'Homo Faber, est-il le portrait jumeau de son auteur ? Ingénieur au service de l'Unesco, Faber entreprend de raconter sa vie dans une langue sèche, précise, rigoureuse et parfaitement désincarnée. Mais comment parler de sa vie ainsi ? Si la langue technique est exemplaire et adéquate pour rendre compte des lois de la nature, que peut-elle exprimer de notre intériorité ? Rien ou pas grand-chose. C'est le constat que fait Walter Faber à ses dépens, lui qui s'est efforcé de parcourir le monde et s'est épuisé à vouloir l'analyser et le retranscrire en formule, mais qui jamais ne s'est découvert lui-même.

Critique en creux de la civilisation actuelle, le héros de Frisch croit tout dominer et ne domine rien. Il incarne en quelque sorte le prototype de l'homme moderne, incapable de présider à son destin. Ce qui fascine, peut faire rire ou grincer dans l'Homo Faber de Frisch, c'est que chacun d'entre nous finit par s'y retrouver. Ainsi sommes-nous, à l'image de Walter Faber, les grands antihéros du XXe siècle.

Format: Paperback
Published: in France in 1982
Publisher: Gallimard
Pages: 256
Language: French
ISBN 13: 9782070374182
ISBN 10: 2070374181

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Homo faber

€8,00