ANSWER TO AN INQUIRY, by Robert Walser

Ugly Duckling Press, 2010, First edition, 54 pp., 5 1/4 X 7 1/2", Hardcover

Fine

Fiction. Art. Translated from the German by Paul North. Illustrated by Friese Undine. The Swiss author Robert Walser's Answer to an Inquiry is a short work written in the form of a letter. Walser assumes the voice of a great man of the theater responding to an aspiring actor's request for advice. The young actor is given very simple, practical suggestions on how best to perform absolute anguish.