Güllen's residents boast that Brahms composed a quartet when he visited and Goethe once slept there, but by the time of Freidrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit, the town has fallen on hard times, its factories shuttered and its residents living on the dole. The Visit / Der Besuch der alten Dame (DE 1956, EN 1959, 2006) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, translated into English by Maurice Valency in 1959, Joel Agee in 2006
Hard copies of the novel can be ordered through multiple vendors online the eBook is also available for download to Kindle, iPad, and other digital reading platforms. Please Note: In order to participate in the online discussion (carried out over Zoom), registrants must obtain access to the novel on their own. In cooperation with the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the Catholic University of America. Led by local German professor Amanda Sheffer (The Catholic University of America), this book club focuses on contemporary fiction and will explore experiences and thoughts about the text. All books can be read in recent English translation or in the German original our discussion will be in English.
Read and discuss works by contemporary German authors in this series hosted by the Goethe-Institut.
(EN 1959, 2006) translations by Maurice Valency, Joel AgeeĪ virtual book club discussion of The Visit / Der Besuch der alten Dame (DE 1956, EN 1959, 2006) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, translated into English by Maurice Valency in 1959, Joel Agee in 2006
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