The Anselm Kristlein trilogy ( German: Anselm-Kristlein-Trilogie) is three novels by the German writer Martin Walser. The trilogy consists of the novels Halbzeit (1960), The Unicorn ( German: Das Einhorn) (1966, English 1971) and Der Sturz (1973), with a combined length of over 1500 pages. [1]
The largely autobiographical novels centre on Anselm Kristlein as he makes a career as a salesman, advertising worker and eventually author. [2] They concern life and consciousness in post-war West Germany. [1] Kristlein appears as a detached dreamer but not an outsider, because no such thing can exist in the way the novels portray society akin to natural history. [3]
The trilogy has been described as Walser's magnum opus. [1] The Unicorn was the basis for the 1978 film The Unicorn. [4]
The Anselm Kristlein trilogy ( German: Anselm-Kristlein-Trilogie) is three novels by the German writer Martin Walser. The trilogy consists of the novels Halbzeit (1960), The Unicorn ( German: Das Einhorn) (1966, English 1971) and Der Sturz (1973), with a combined length of over 1500 pages. [1]
The largely autobiographical novels centre on Anselm Kristlein as he makes a career as a salesman, advertising worker and eventually author. [2] They concern life and consciousness in post-war West Germany. [1] Kristlein appears as a detached dreamer but not an outsider, because no such thing can exist in the way the novels portray society akin to natural history. [3]
The trilogy has been described as Walser's magnum opus. [1] The Unicorn was the basis for the 1978 film The Unicorn. [4]