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Tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion.
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- Title
- Homo Faber
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Max Frisch
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1974
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Classics, German Literature, 20th century, School, Adapted for Film, Swiss Literature
- First published
- 1957
- Original title
- Homo faber
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion.