Dílo ještě v 90. letech u nás téměř neznámého Švýcara Roberta Walsera (1878–1956), považovaného za jednoho z nejvýznamnějších autorů německy psané literatury 20. století, je nyní – po několika románech a souborech krátkých próz – představováno českému čtenáři v neobvyklé formě tzv. mikrogramů, jež Walser pořizoval dvoumilimetrovým písmem tužkou a které byly zprvu považovány za nerozluštitelné. Po dešifrování všech nalezených 526 textů napsaných na různých útržcích papírů, k němuž došlo až na sklonku 20. století, vyšlo...

The Christopher Small Reader is the fourth and final book in Christopher Small's legacy as a composer, pianist, teacher, friend, provocateur, and influential outsider in classical music studies. It is at once a compendium of, a complement to, and an important addition to Small's prior books: Musicking; Music, Society, Education; and Music of the Common Tongue. The Christopher Small Reader brings previously published work, some of it available in disparate locations, together with key excerpts from his three books, and other writings that remained unpublished at his passing in 2011, making...

The Christopher Small Reader is the fourth and final book in Christopher Small s legacy as a composer, pianist, teacher, friend, provocateur, and influential outsider in classical music studies. It is at once a compendium of, a complement to, and an important addition to Small s prior books: Musicking; Music, Society, Education; and Music of the Common Tongue. The Christopher Small Reader brings previously published work, some of it available in disparate locations, together with key excerpts from his three books, and other writings that remained unpublished at his passing in 2011, making...

Few writers have ever experienced such a steady rise in their reputation and public profile as Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) has seen in recent years. As more of his previously little known work has been translated into English, readers have discovered a unique writer whose off-kilter sensibility and innovations in form are perfectly suited to our fragmented, distracted, bewildered era.

This book brings English-language readers work by Walser in yet another form: dramolette. The short plays presented here, inspired by the German theater Walser enjoyed in his youth, while never...