Friedrich durrenmatt ebook by friedrich durrenmatt. In one sense the visit takes place in a town which, as in the play andorra by durrenmatt s fellow swiss writer max frisch, is a kind of mythical and timeless fantasyland that has somehow landed in. Adapted into a hollywood film, the pledge is the chilling story of a man in desperate search of the truth. Buy the pledge by friedrich durrenmatt, joel agee from waterstones today. The book the pledge, friedrich durrenmatt is published by university of chicago press. The pledge durrenmatt, friedrich, agee, joel livres.
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