Homo Faber :
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Modern classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 2006Description: 217 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780141188669 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Engineers -- Fiction | Suicide -- Fiction | Incest -- FictionGenre/Form: Didactic fiction. | Classics.DDC classification: 833.912 LOC classification: PT2611.R814Summary: 'Homo Faber' tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in a rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - his plane makes an emergency landing in a Mexican desert, his friend hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of concussion.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Main Library Fiction | F .F917 1957 | Available | 31102 |
Total holds: 0
This translation originally published: London: Abelard-Schuman, 1959.
'Homo Faber' tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in a rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - his plane makes an emergency landing in a Mexican desert, his friend hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of concussion.