About “Homo faber”
Homo Faber: A Report is a novel by Swiss author Max Frisch, first published in Germany in 1957. An English translation by Michael Bullock was published in Britain in 1959. The story is told through the first-person perspective of Walter Faber, a successful engineer who travels across Europe and the Americas for UNESCO. Faber's life is built on logic, probability, and technology. However, his rigid, rational worldview is disrupted by a series of strange coincidences that force him to confront his past and the limitations of his beliefs. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1957
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