{"product_id":"zundel-s-exit","title":"Zündel’s Exit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Markus Werner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Michael Hoffman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628976922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628976939\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13th, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKonrad Zündel is a man at the end of his rope in Markus Werner’s cult-hit first novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZündel’s Exit\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark comedy of psychological disintegration, scrounged from notebooks and hearsay. These fragments tell the story of Konrad Zündel: schoolteacher, philosopher, wanna-be writer—scattered, self-conscious, anxious, unlucky, discontent. One summer, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. He makes it as far as Italy when he sees a child vomit in a department store, loses his front-tooth on a ferry, then finds a severed finger in a restroom before retreating to his home in Switzerland. Zündel himself seems on the verge of falling to bits, as his marriage, career, thoughts, and words collapse around him. Will there be anything left, or anyone to hold the pieces?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarkus Werner\u003c\/strong\u003e was a German-speaking Swiss author. He was the author of seven novels, including \u003cem\u003eZündels Abgang\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eZündel’s Exit\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eAm Hang\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e), and \u003cem\u003eDie kalte Schulter\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCold Shoulder\u003c\/em\u003e). Born in 1944 in Eschlikon, in northeast Switzerland, he entered the University of Zürich in 1965, where he studied German, philosophy and psychology. In 1974, Werner completed a doctorate on Max Frisch, whose writing was to be an important influence upon Werner’s own. Werner then began work as a teacher and an assistant professor at a high school in Schaffhausen, but eventually dedicated himself exclusively to writing, and lived and wrote in Schaffhausen for the remainder of his life. He has received numerous German-language awards, including the Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis, the Joseph Breitbach Prize, the Bodensee Literature Prize, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Hofmann\u003c\/strong\u003e is a German-born poet and critic and the translator of many German books. He taught for a number of years at the University of Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49308377251995,"sku":"9781628976922","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49308377284763,"sku":"9781628976939","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/DAP_CoverPlaceholderImage.jpg?v=1786994364","url":"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/zundel-s-exit","provider":"Dalkey Archive Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}