Agnes (novel)

Agnes
AuthorPeter Stamm
LanguageGerman
PublisherArche Verlag
Publication date
August 1, 1998
Published in English
2000
Media typePrint
Pages152 pages
ISBN978-3-7160-2245-0

Agnes is a 1998 novel by the Swiss writer Peter Stamm in his literary debut.[1] The book was first published in German on August 1, 1998, through Arche Verlag and follows a romance between a nameless older man and Agnes, a young woman that is almost half his age.[2][3] Of the book, Stamm commented that he saw the book's landscape and climate as an important way of setting the tone for the novel and its characters.[4]

The book has been adapted into a radio play and in 2012, Agnes was adapted into a stage play by Christian Papke.[5][6]

  1. ^ Harris, Nigel; Sayner, Joanne (2008). The Text and Its Context: Studies in Modern German Literature and Society. Peter Lang. pp. 263–264. ISBN 978-3-03910-928-9.
  2. ^ Komorowsk, Dariusz (2008). Jenseits von Frisch und Dürrenmatt: Raumgestaltung in der gegenwärtigen. Königshausen & Neumann. pp. 95–105. ISBN 978-3-8260-3913-3.
  3. ^ Schmid, Birgit (2004). Die literarische Identität des Drehbuchs: Untersucht am Fallbeispiel "Agnes. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-03910-246-4.
  4. ^ Studer, Patrick; Egger, Sabine (2007). From the Margins to the Centre. Peter Lang. pp. 65, 67. ISBN 978-3-03910-716-2.
  5. ^ "Agnes: nach dem Roman von Peter Stamm". Staats Theater. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Der Schweizer Schriftsteller Peter Stamm ist eine Woche lang in der Stadt". SWP. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.