{"product_id":"becoming-fiction-9781433135262","title":"Becoming Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecoming Fiction: Reassessing Atheism in Dürrenmatt's\u003c\/em\u003e Stoffe sets forth a clarification of the importance of Friedrich Dürrenmatt, modern Swiss dramatist, essayist, novelist and self-proclaimed atheist (19211990), and offers new insights into the ways in which his father's vocation as a Protestant minister, along with Dürrenmatt's own decision as a young man to pursue a career in writing rather than religion, shaped his world view and, in particular, made necessary a final, desperate attempt to fictionally recast his own life through revisions and amplifications of many of his earlier works when he created his final prose volume, \u003ci\u003eStoffe\u003c\/i\u003e. Dürrenmatt devoted immense energy in his writings to wrestling with his father's God as a way of seeking self-identity. That perceived loss of his father's esteem became the motor behind his works. After earlier successes, the icy reception of his most ambitious play, \u003ci\u003eDer Mitmacher\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1976, left the author in such a frustrate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Searching for Home – \u003ci\u003eStoffe\u003c\/i\u003e: The Story of a Life – Durrenmatt and God – \u003cem\u003eLabyrinth Turmbau. Stoffe I–IX\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDer Winterkrieg in Tibet\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003ci\u003eMondfinsternis\u003c\/i\u003e: Home by Chance – \u003cem\u003eDer Rebell\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eBegegnungen\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eQuerfahrt\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDie Brücke\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDas Haus\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eVinter\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDas Hirn\u003c\/em\u003e – Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039609225559,"sku":"9781433135262","price":76.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433135262.jpg?v=1750944249","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/becoming-fiction-9781433135262","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}