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"The most underestimated writer of the 20th century" Robert Walser's debut novel has been translated into Chinese for the first time, and is the prelude to the autobiographical Berlin novel trilogy. Respected by Hesse, Benjamin, Sontag, Musil and Zweig! A soul who does not want to be bound by the professional society seeks his own freedom in wandering. Literal translation of the authoritative German version, with special inclusion of the editor's postscript. "The Donner Brothers" is Robert Walser's debut novel and the prelude to his autobiographical trilogy of Berlin novels. The protagonist, Simon Downer, wanders around the world forever, meeting and separating from his brothers and sisters. He is always full of utopian fantasies about life. In modern society where people generally pursue personal and career development, only Simon Donner, an outsider and dreamer, strives to pursue the reunification of poetry and life. He constantly changes careers, trying to break away from the constraints and influence of the external world, which is controlled by time, on human behavior and consciousness. He refused to surrender himself to a world full of alienation and complex relationships, and could only seek his own salvation in fantasy and dreams. In this novel, the writer does not intend to accurately describe a specific scene or event in the world, but focuses on the pure and transcendent inner world through seemingly ordinary and trivial life episodes.
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