Vestido con su traje barato y gastado, Joseph Marti llega a la impresionante villa de Karl Tobler, un inventor entusiasta pero con mala estrella, para comenzar a trabajar como su empleado. Tobler está decidido a financiar el lujoso estilo de vida de su familia con las ganancias de su última idea: un reloj adornado con anuncios. Pero los grandes planes de Tobler están destinados al fracaso y la familia, incluida Marti, se niega a reconocer su ruina inminente.Robert Walser afirmó haber escrito The Assistant, una obra semiautobiográfica, en solo seis semanas como entrada para un concurso literario. La segunda de sus pocas novelas supervivientes, ahora se considera como obra principal de la literatura modernista.
IDIOMA ORIGINAL
Dressed in his cheap, battered suit, Joseph Marti arrives at the impressive villa of Karl Tobler, an enthusiastic but ill-starred inventor, to begin employment as his clerk. Tobler is determined to finance his family’s lavish lifestyle with the proceeds from his latest idea – a clock adorned with advertisements. But Tobler’s grand plans are destined for failure and the household, including Marti, refuse to acknowledge their approaching ruin.Robert Walser claimed to have written The Assistant, a semi-autobiographical work, in just six weeks as an entry for a literary competition. The second of his few surviving novels, it is now regarded as major work of modernist literature.
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