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Can I read Homo Faber on EtoBox?
Homo Faber by Max Frisch is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Homo Faber about?
The novel tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion, he has an incestuous affair. Finally Faber becomes ill with stomach cancer, but it is too late for him to change his life.
Who reads Homo Faber?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Max Frisch
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.74 / 5 (41 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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