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Minotaurus / Der Auftrag / Midas
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The Minotaur/ The Assignment; or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers/ Midas

Published by Diogenes as Minotaurus / Der Auftrag / Midas
Original Title: Minotaurus/Der Auftrag/Midas

Friedrich Dürrenmatt became one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed playwrights of the second half of the twentieth century. But from our perspective today, we can see that Dürrenmatt's career from start to finish embraced fictional works whose quality and significance are undeniable. His novellas and short stories are searing, tragicomic explorations of the ironies of justice and the corruptibility of institutions. The best known and most successful of them are The Judge and His Hangman, Suspicion, The Pledge, Greek Man Seeks Greek Wife, Justice, The Tunnel, Traps, The Minotaur and The Assignment.


General Fiction
208 pages
1998

978-3-257-23066-6

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»The Minotaur stands out, not only as an illustration of Dürrenmatt's life-long obsession with Greek mythology, but for his unique perspective on the old tale. For his minotaur is no rapacious monster whose only role is to make a hero of some Theseus, but a sympathetic creature, capable of melancholy and happiness, who is trapped in a labyrinth of mirrors, confused and tormented by reflections, longing for companionship in a world that offers only mockery and cruelty.«

Michael Butler / Times Literary Supplement, London