{"title":"Friedrich Dürrenmatt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriedrich Dürrenmatt\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a world of intricate crime and philosophical mystery. His novels, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Judge and His Hangman\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Pledge\u003c\/em\u003e, blend sharp suspense with deep reflections on justice and morality, offering more than mere thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in crime and thriller traditions yet rich in literary depth, Dürrenmatt's works challenge conventional storytelling. They are essential reading for those who appreciate narratives where complexity of character and ethical dilemmas intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-judge-and-his-hangman-by-friedrich-durrenmatt-9781782273417","title":"The Judge and His Hangman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genre-bending mystery recalling the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet and anticipating the postmodern fictions of Paul Auster and other contemporary neo-noir novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspector Barlach forgoes the arrest of a murderer in order to manipulate him into killing another, more elusive criminal. 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During the years of the Cold War, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivalled him as a presence in European letters. Yet outside Europe, this prolific author is primarily known for only one work, \u003cem\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis second volume of \u003cem\u003eSelected Writings\u003c\/em\u003e reveals a writer who may stand as Kafka's greatest heir. Dürrenmatt's novellas and short stories are searing, tragicomic explorations of the ironies of justice and the corruptibility of institutions. The most well-known work included here is \u003cem\u003eThe Pledge\u003c\/em\u003e, a requiem to the detective story that was made into a film starring Jack Nicholson. The evocative novella \u003cem\u003eThe Assignment\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a woman filmmaker investigating a mysterious murder in an unnamed Arab country; it has been hailed by Sven Birkerts as \"a parable of hell for an age consumed by images.\" The novella \u003cem\u003eTraps\u003c\/em\u003e, meanwhile, is a chilling comic novella about a travelling salesman who agrees to play the role of the defendant in a mock trial among dinner companions—and then pays the ultimate penalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDürrenmatt has long been considered a great writer, but one unfairly neglected in the modern world of letters. 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This volume also includes essays that shade into fiction, such as \"The Winter War in Tibet\", a fantasy of a third world war waged in a vast subterranean labyrinth—a Plato's Cave allegory rewritten for our own troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDürrenmatt has long been considered a great writer, but one unfairly neglected in the modern world of letters. 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Joel Agee's crystalline translation gives a fresh lease to this play, as well as four others: \u003cem\u003eThe Physicists\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRomulus the Great\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHercules and the Augean Stables\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage of Mr. Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDürrenmatt has long been considered a great writer, but one unfairly neglected in the modern world of letters. 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Not even once the suspect has confessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatthai promises the girl's mother that he will stop at nothing to find the real killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted into a Hollywood film, \u003cem\u003eThe Pledge\u003c\/em\u003e is the chilling story of a man in desperate search of the truth. A man driven to sacrifice everything, to commit acts of cruelty and obsession in a desperate search for a killer he can't find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist, most famous for his plays \u003cem\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Physicists\u003c\/em\u003e, which earned him a reputation as one of the greatest playwrights in the German language. 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