Abstract:Besides his plays, Friedrich Dürrenmatt was known for his incursions in the detective novel, where he challenged the limits of the genre; one of his texts is even subtitled Requiem for the Detective Novel. Less known is the fact that he also published texts inspired by science fiction, such as the radio play Das Unternehmen der Wega (1954), and the narratives "Der Winterkrieg in Tibet" (1981) and "Der Versuch" (posthumous, 1992). As per usual in his work, Dürrenmatt makes large use of irony and sarcasm, but o… Show more
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