Runaway Horse Explained
| Runaway Horse |
| Author: | Martin Walser |
| Title Orig: | Ein fliehendes Pferd |
| Orig Lang Code: | de |
| Translator: | Leila Vennewitz |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Pub Date: | 1978 |
| English Pub Date: | 1987 |
Runaway Horse (de|Ein fliehendes Pferd) is a 1978 novella by the German writer Martin Walser.
Plot
Two men facing midlife crisis, Klaus Buch and Helmut Halm, are old school friends and meet by chance during vacation with their wives at Lake Constance. Their socialising during the vacation turns into a power struggle. Klaus boasts about his manliness whereas Helmut has come to terms with his ordinary and uneventful life.[1]
Reception
Runaway Horse was an immediate bestseller in Germany. It was published in an English translation by Leila Vennewitz in 1987.[2]
Adaptation
The novella is the basis for the 2007 film Runaway Horse.[3]
Further reading
- Osmanović . Sabina . 2020 . The Search for Meaning and the Illusion of Escaping: Martin Walser's Runaway Horse – a Novella about the Midlife Crisis . Primerjalna književnost . 43 . 3 . 199–218 . 10.3986/pkn.v43.i3.11 . free .
- Westphal . Bärbel . 2003 . Wahrscheinlich sollte man reden miteinander. Die narrativen Modi als Mittel der Gestaltung von Ehe und Beziehungsproblemen in Martin Walsers Novelle 'Ein fliehendes Pferd' . de . PhD . 91-554-5746-0 .
- Wilkinson . Jane . 2006 . Writing Home: Martin Walser's Ein fliehendes Pferd as Anti-Tourist Literature . Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change . 4 . 3 . 177–193 . 10.2167/jtcc066.0 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Kieselbach . Sabine . 22 March 2019 . Martin Walser: 'Runaway Horse' . . 21 March 2023 .
- News: Ruta . Suzanne . 1 November 1987 . What's All This Dying, Helmut? . . 21 March 2023 .
- News: Elley . Derek . Runaway Horse . . 11 December 2007 . 21 March 2023 .
