{"product_id":"the-walk-9780811219921","title":"The Walk","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Walser | Susan Bernofsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pseudo-biographical \"stroll\" through town and countryside rife with philosophical musings, \u003cem\u003eThe Walk\u003c\/em\u003e has been hailed as the masterpiece of Walser's short prose. Walking features heavily in his writing, but nowhere else is it as elegantly considered. Without walking, \"I would be dead,\" Walser explains, \"and my profession, which I love passionately, would be destroyed. Because it is on walks that the lore of nature and the lore of the country are revealed, charming and graceful, to the sense and eyes of the observant walker.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Walk\u003c\/em\u003e was the first piece of Walser's work to appear in English, and the only one translated before his death. However, Walser heavily revised his most famous novella, altering nearly every sentence, rendering the baroque tone of his tale into something more spare. An introduction by translator Susan Bernofsky explains the history of \u003cem\u003eThe Walk\u003c\/em\u003e, and the differences between its two versions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311793066135,"sku":"9780811219921","price":893.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780811219921.webp?v=1767703311","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-walk-9780811219921","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}