pick3⭐️ Based on Walser‘s personal experience, this is a fictitious diary of a young man from a rich family who enrolled himself into a school for servants. It gets odd in the middle when Jakob shares his weird dreams, and I‘ve never truly enjoyed a story where reality and dream blend together 😞Jakob‘s mix of arrogance and humility somehow reminds me of Uriah Heep (from David Copperfield)😂 …minus the writhing, of course.
pickJakob Von Gunten is a student at the Benjamenta Institute where students are taught to serve and “stay small“. Written like whimsical thoughts and observations on life with ambiguities and philosophical ramblings, this is a brilliant book that stands alone in its style of prose. It is a must read!
The innocent audacity of the narrator‘s attitude makes me want to equate it to rightness. This is the genius of Walser.
pickFinished first book in #24in48 @24in48readathon really good. Reminded me of Kafka. plus there was a delicious lager with lunch. Bells Brewery Lager of the Lakes.
Jakob von Gunten | 
