''Bluebeard'' (german: Blaubart) is a 1982 novel by the Swiss writer
Max Frisch. It tells the story of a medical doctor who is accused of murdering his ex-wife. It was Frisch's last novel.
Reception
Hans Mayer
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of ''
Die Zeit
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History
The ...
'' called ''Bluebeard'' "A beautiful new story, which with ''
Montauk'' and ''
Holocene
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'' clearly rounds off an epic
triptych. Reinhard Baumgart of ''
Der Spiegel
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'' described it as "very taciturn, yes a quiet book", and wrote that "In parts, the story truly speaks the embarrassing, suggestive and all but naked language of dreams, of the repression of a very bright and sometimes also too weakly lit dream."
Film
*' (1984, TV film directed by
Krzysztof Zanussi
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), with
Vadim Glowna,
Margarethe von Trotta,
Barbara Lass
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (1 June 1940 – 6 March 1995) was a Polish actress.
Early life and career
Barbara Kwiatkowska was born in Patrowo, a village near Gostynin in central Poland, then under Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German ...
,
Karin Baal,
Vera Tschechowa
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,
Maja Komorowska
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Selected filmography
* ''Family Life'' (1971)
* ''A Woman's Decision'' (1975)
* ''Budapest Tales'' (1976)
* ''Spiral'' ...
,
Elisabeth Trissenaar
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Life and career
Trissenaar's father was the Dutchman Frans Trijssenaar. After studying at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna, she was cast in her first rol ...
See also
*
1982 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1982.
Events
* February 17 – Philip K. Dick ignores advice to go immediately to hospital. A fortnight later, after two strokes, he is pronounced brain-dead and ...
*
Swiss literature
As there is no dominant national language, the four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1 ...
References
External links
Max Frisch discusses ''Bluebeard'' with Michael Hamburger- a British Library sound recording
1982 novels
German-language novels
Novels by Max Frisch
Swiss novels adapted into television shows
Swiss novels adapted into films
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