A stunning tour de force <strong>Man in the Holocene</strong> constructs a powerful vision ofour place in the world by combining the banality of an aging mans l... » 

A stunning tour de force Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision ofour place in the world by combining the banality of an aging mans lonely innerlife and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home. As arainstorm rages outside Max Frischs protagonist Geiser watches the mountainlandscape crumble beneath landslides and flooding and speculates that the townwill be wiped out by the collapse of a section of the mountain. Seeking refugefrom the storm in town he makes his way through a difficult and dangerousmountain pass only to abandon his original plan and return home. A compellingmeditation by one of Frischs most original characters Man in the Holocenecharts Geisers desperate attempt to find his place in history and in theconfusing and fragile world outside his window. «