by Martin Walser · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518042694
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«Ein fliehendes Pferd» is the short novel by Martin Walser, published in 1979 by Suhrkamp Verlag in paperback (150 pages, in German).
Helmut Halm, a secondary-school teacher, spends the summer with his wife Sabine by Lake Constance. He meets Klaus Buch, a former schoolmate, sportsman and environmentalist, who is travelling with an attractive young woman. Walks and excursions reveal Helmut's secret rivalry and envy towards Klaus, and call friendship and marriage into question.
The work, subtitled «Novelle», was originally published in 1978 and belongs to contemporary German literature.
It is a work for university students of German studies and readers of contemporary German fiction. A short novel about human relationships.
Martin Johannes Walser was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for Süddeutscher Rundfunk, where he wrote and directed audio plays. He was a member of Group 47 from 1953 on.
