Speaking to the Rose: Writings, 1912-1932 AUTH-3655510 where the blooming wildflowers and

where the blooming wildflowers and colorful sunsets make life feel picture perfect

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Speaking to the Rose: Writings, 1912-1932 AUTH-3655510 where the blooming wildflowers andThe Swiss writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place," Robert Walser (1878 1956) is only now finding an audience among English speaking readers commensurate with his merits if not with his self image. After a wandering, precarious life during which he produced poems, essays, stories, and novels, Walser entered an insane asylum, saying, "I am not here to write, but to be