I tried reading this in my 20's and lost interest. I'm in my 40's and now finally did. It's always been a book I've been meaning to read. It's weird how time can change things. It's dreamlike. This boy joins a school for servants. The writer himself joined a school for servants and was a butler once. The headmaster falls for him. Actually I need to read a biography of Robert Walser because he spent some of his life in mental institutions. He sounds like an interesting guy. I thought the writing was unique and wonder if he continued this atmopshere in his other writings. The Brothers Quay did a movie of this except it's called Institute Benjamenta.
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