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Robert Walser And The Walk

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“Without walking, I would be dead,” Robert Walser, The Walk. Originally published in 1917, “The Walk,” is a novella written by Robert Walser, categorized as a pseudo-biographical, with a episodic dark comedy. In this novella, the author presents hints of dark humor and self-awareness, in which is shown through encounters with several other characters and isolated moments in nature through the journey of the main character’s meaningless walk. In the course of the dull, isolated walk, the character gains a sense of self-awareness, creativity, and enlightenment. In addition, each of the several comedic, dark encounters along the road with the main character, aids in the writer’s search for freedom. Consequently, the isolated moments the character
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