April 20, 2011 I bought this book in 1979 and read it sometime in the early 80 s.It s only a couple of hundred pages, so when Praj asked me to review it, I thought, hey, why not re read it even though I very rarely re read books.April 22, 2011 Re reading this novel has been a total revelation.Firstly, I had previously rated it four stars from memory Now I have upgraded it to five stars.It s not just good, it s great, one of the best books I ve read.Secondly, I haven t seen the Volker Schlondorff [...]

And now here at last is a real book for grown ups Intelligent and utterly unsentimental, Homo Faber would, I feel, have been wasted on me if I d read it ten years ago now it strikes me as extraordinary This is unlike most novels, which, if not actually aimed at people in their late teens and early twenties, seem to resonate most strongly with that intense and exciting age group As it happens, Walter Faber, the central character of this novel, does not read novels at all He can t see the point A [...]

Is everything in life a coincidence, or are things predestined for us How much do the decisions that we make in life influence the outcome , even down to the smallest of details For globe trotting Walter Faber this is a conflict that is never really resolved, through the misadventures of a strange semi mid life crisis, Frisch writes a poignant and sometimes shocking novel as Faber struggles to maintain his previously unwavering belief in technology, whilst human connections both past and present [...]

Warning contains major spoilers for Sophie s WorldManfred, my inner German child, is looking even smugger and annoying than usual I m not a child any , he informs me I m grown up I read Max Frisch s Homo Faber You are a child, Manfred, I sigh You re only three Three and a half, says Manfred with a little less confidence Three and a half if you like, I agree And you didn t understand that book It was too difficult for you Did so, says Manfred Okay, Manfred, I say If you understood it, why don t [...]

What a difference a reread makes Now I want to seize everybody in turn by the lapels and say read this book and then read it again.Unusually I know when I had the book for the first time, the Easter of 1995, there s an inscription in my Mother s handwriting on a flyleaf with that date Now I ve read it again, but also read it for the first time You can t read the same book twice since you never can be the same reader.The narrator doesn t see things that way He is told technology.e knack of so arr [...]

I had never heard of this book, or of its author, but boy am I glad I decided to buy it on a whim It is a work that deserves to stand with Camus and Sartre in its penetration of the modern condition an understanding of which is in each case elucidated through the perspective of a misanthrope The protagonist, Faber, is an engineer, who is characterised by certain stereotypically male traits he lacks empathy, and is logical and analytical to the point of inhumanity He treats significant events eve [...]

A Swiss Heart of DarknessAn engineer with an engineering outlook on life, the eponymous Homo Walter Faber believes in the randomness of existence But he fails to recognise that such randomness is equivalent to a kind of cosmic spontaneity And that such spontaneity implies some sort of spirit He insists on the absolute disjunction between spirit and matter The former is emotional, sentimental and soft The latter is masculine and what constitutes reality, what can be measured, assembled and disass [...]

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself Max Frisch.Walter Faber is a paradigm of collective identity v s self identity, rationality v s irrationality and providence v s concurrence counter positioning free will You cannot find yourself anywhere except in yourself Frisch portrays the contradictory worlds of methodical reasonableness and the quandary of being a mortal Walter believes in what he nurtures As a technologist working for UNESCO, he lives in the present and connects with the world thro [...]

This book is required reading in many schools in Germany Crazy idea What are the children supposed to get out of it And so are the ratings and reviews here and elsewhere by the young ones Unfavorable I have, I believe, seen the film one time But have forgotten all about it.Homo Faber is Walter Faber Engineer Lives by the motto f r einen Ingen r ist nichts zu schw r Constructs his world around technology Writes letters in the desert after an emergency landing on a typewriter mechanical Feels at h [...]

oh my god I am so glad to be done with this tortuous book I appreciate the other reviewers who point out the reasons for this story s existence It is very well written and I suppose it serves to remind us not to live like robots, to have feelings Fortunately I don t live like a robot and I already have many feelings, thank you very much, so for me reading this was like spending hours and hours with a depressed and depressing very sad old man who is telling me all his regrets without even really [...]

On the surface a straightforward story, simple and resembling a parable but like a parable capable of many interpretations and readable on than one level Walter faber is a rational man who believes in technology, a creature of habit A series of events disrupt his settled life A plane crash, a chance meeting with the brother of an old friend, a visit to the friend in central america, whose body they discover at his home Then there ia a boat journey across the Atlantic Faber, a middle aged man, m [...]

A series of number cropping up everywhere you look a lotto winning combination A girl or a boy you meet, accidentally, in several unlikely places we are meant for each other A sudden inclement weather on a scheduled date for a job interview a better job is waiting for me elsewhere Coincidences, synchronicity people read meanings from them, even the atheists or those who believe in the pure randomness of the world.An author who can create a world, and horrify you with it e.g Elias Canetti in Auto [...]

I can t believe this book is under the category unpopular books this is one of books that have influenced me the most The story of this man destined to become a robot, ignoring his emotions, trying to avoid suffering and depending always on logic and system, is a story of people in the 20th century What we know now about emotional intelligence is what Max Faber lacks If someone is interested in the depths and miseries of the human soul, he should read this book Morover the language is so clear a [...]

A novel of slowing down and being left behind by the world and technology, and the imprisonment that that world might bring.

i truly hate this book i had to read it in class once and create a frikking presentation my mood drops several degrees when only thinking about this crappy book HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED

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In trying to make sense of Homo Faber, I feel as ill equipped to do so as the other reviews lead me to believe Walter Faber as he exists at the start of the novel would be if you asked him to explain the meaning of life and human existence He d go Umm, to assemble propellers , right So I m led to believe But why is that Did I miss the part where Frisch explains why his cold, isolated engineer, who doesn t want to be chattered at by some stranger on his long haul flight the utter git , ended up t [...]

I m not going to lie Homo Faber was a difficult story to read We meet a restless and unfeeling man called Walter Faber, who understands the world only through reason and technology At the beginning of the novel, Faber travels to South America, but the plane crashes in the Mexican desert Despite being stranded in the desert for several days, Faber does not lose his temper and fixates his mind on playing chess to pass the time By chance, he learns that a fellow passenger is the brother of his form [...]

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A friend of mine, originally from Lichtenstein, read my first book and then immediately suggested that I read Max Frisch s Homo Faber He described it as a standard lit class novel in German language high schools throughout Europe, and I cringed with the notion that it would be boring as hell When he told me that it was from one of the most famous Swiss authors and that it would be interesting to read his 1950 s take on Switzerland, M xico and the US all places I ve lived as well as some of the s [...]

2 kere 2 nin 4 etti i bir d nyada ya arken bir anda ge mi i ile y zle mek durumunda kalan Mr Faber in hikayesi Homo Faber Kimi zaman ne yapt anla lm yor, kimi zaman ise kendi mant na g re en iyisini yap yor Garip bir karakter, teknik adam tabiri zerine cuk oturuyor te yandan Amerikan toplumu ve Amerikanvari ya am, k rtaj, yaln zla ma gibi konulardaki d nceleriyle potansiyel bir sosyolog.Ama karakter hakk nda yle bir s k nt var ki, kitap bitti inde hala anlayamam t m Kendi z k z oldu unu d nd Sab [...]

There aren t any prehistoric monsters any Why should I imagine them I m sorry, but I don t see any stone angels either nor demons I see what I see the usual shapes due to erosion and also my long shadow on the sand, but no ghosts Walter Faber is a pragmatist and he lives as if he is blown by the wind he is a ship without an anchor and there is no haven for him in the sea of life and there is no place he can call his own And in this endless roaming and his genuflection before the soulless techno [...]

I had to read this for school and it was better than all the other books I ve read for school I actually enjoyed it and it was really quick and easy to read.

Homo Faber oder der Anti dipus in der modernen Welt Versuch einer subjektiven Interpretation des Gefallens enth lt Spoiler Rezensionen und Anmerkungen zu Homo Faber gibt es zuhauf, und die Meinung zu dem Werk ist je nach Quelle gr tenteils gut bis sehr gut Nichtsdestotrotz stelle ich mir sehr oft die Frage, warum denn das Werk so besonders anspricht Diese Frage soll im folgenden beantwortet werden, wobei das Ganze rein subjektiv zu verstehen.Homo Faber erz hlt von einer vergangenen Welt Zumindes [...]

Homo Faber un romanzo del 1957 scritto dallo scrittore e architetto svizzero Max Frisch.Walter Faber un ingegnere svizzero che lavora per l Unesco e trascorre la maggior parte del suo tempo in viaggio per i paesi sottosviluppati.Faber un uomo razionale che vede ogni cosa come un insieme di numeri e probabilit ,crede che i sentimenti siano sinonimi di stanchezza ed affaticato dagli esseri umani.Si potrebbe parlare molto del protagonista del suo carattere cinico e insensibile o della sua indiffere [...]

Um Gottes Willen Endlich geschafft Meiner Meinung nach v llig berbewertet Ein 200 Seiten langes blablablablablablabla Wenn man die Namen Hanna und Sabeth aus dem Buch l schen w rde, w r es wahrscheinlich nur 50 Seiten lang Sabeth macht dies, Sabeth macht das, Hanna will weg aus Griechenland, Hanna will doch in Athen bleiben Bla bla bla.

Tragedy OedipusHomo Faber

Era da molto che volevo leggere questo libro, ma non riuscivo mai a trovarne una copia tra l usato Poco tempo fa l ho trovata e dopo tanto cercare non ho voluto rimandarne la lettura Il libro mi piaciuto anche se mi aspettavo molto di pi perch ne avevo sentito parlare benissimo e quindi forse vivevo di aspettative La traduzione italiana lascia un po a desiderare perch c erano delle espressioni che non avevano molto senso Penso che in futuro lo legger anche in tedesco.La valutazione che si d ai l [...]

Unbelievably compelling a spiraling of complexity and madness Almost any description would be a spoiler, but in its simplest form a very model of the modern and detached Swiss modernist is thrust into a whirlwind increasingly beyond his understanding When epiphany arrives, death and insanity are its companions She thought it stupid of a woman to want to be understood by a man the man said Hanna wants the woman to be a mystery, so that he can be inspired and excited by his own incomprehension The [...]