Der Weg ins Freie he has used his shortcomings to enhance his qualities and so has given us a novel which comes very near to the first rank. And in all his best work he restlessly and persistently seeks truth in the field of the mind, ruthlessly exposing all mental shams and subterfuges, including his own.
"When the name of this city ( Vienna) was mentioned George noticed from people's smirking faces how, like overtones on the basic note, certain other words began to vibrate in sympathy, even though they were not uttered."
"When the woods shimmer in red and yellow and the golden haze lies across the hills and the sky is so remote and pale as if it were afraid of its own infiniteness."
"Dusk was coming on and Marie got up from the bench . . . It had become much cooler and yet the air still had something of the softness of the fading May day."
"On the slopes against which the little town nestled, there was a gleam as of a golden mist, the roofs caught the sun, and the river which came into view in the meadows beyond the town shone as it flowed on into the countryside. The air was motionless and the cool of evening still seemed far off."
"Darkness came early on this overcast December day. Hardly had the train passed the outskirts and the suburbs than a light fall of snow began which gradually became heavier so that frosty hills, roads and roofs soon glistened in a soft consoling whiteness."
"I will make a long stay here. An air of melancholy languor which does me good attaches to this place between sea and wood. Everything is silent and motionless. Only the white clouds drift slowly past. But the wind is so high in the air above waves and treetops that there is no murmur from trees or water. A deep solitude is here which one feels all the time."
"He went in. It was the bedroom. The shutters were closed; a small lamp was lit. The dead woman lay stretched out on the bed. The quilt was drawn up to her mouth; on the bedside--table a candle burned `and its light shone harshly on to the grey face. If he had not known that it was she, he would not have recognized her."
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Publication Information: Book Title: German Men of Letters. Volume: 2. Contributors: Alex Natan - editor. Publisher: Oswald Wolff. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: 74.
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