Description
When Alfredo Traps, a traveling salesman, finds his car disabled in a remote Italian village, he accepts an invitation for dinner from a retired judge. What begins as a simple act of hospitality soon unravels into a sinister game of psychological manipulation and existential dread. Trapped in the judge's opulent home, Alfredo is drawn into a surreal trial where his life becomes the subject of a perverse intellectual exercise. Dürrenmatt masterfully explores themes of guilt, justice, and the absurdity of human existence in this darkly comedic and thought-provoking novella.
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Published Jan 1, 1960
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Details
First Published
1960
Language
deu
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Traps by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.