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The Pledge - Paperback

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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Availability:In StockContributor:Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joel Agee (Translator)Publish date:2006-10-01Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226174372ISBN-10:226174379UPC:9780226174372Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, LiterarySize:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SC6G3BPMQ7
Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim's mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong man has been arrested for the crime, the detective lays a trap for the real killer--with all the patience of a master fisherman. But cruel turns of plot conspire to make him pay dearly for his pledge. Here Friedrich Dürrenmatt conveys his brilliant ear for dialogue and a devastating sense of timing and suspense. Joel Agee's skilled translation effectively captures the various voices in the original, as well as its chilling conclusion.

One of Dürrenmatt's most diabolically imagined and constructed novels, The Pledge was adapted for the screen in 2000 in a film directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226174372ISBN-10:226174379UPC:9780226174372Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, LiterarySize:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SC6G3BPMQ7
Friedrich D?rrenmatt (1921-1990) was a prolific Swiss dramatist, novelist, and essayist. His Selected Writings, in three volumes, is also published by the University of Chicago Press. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English. Sven Birkerts is the author of six books, including The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age and My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time. He is editor of the journal AGNI and teaches writing at Harvard University.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joel Agee (Translator)

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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