num_pages: 132
description: This brief and poignant novel from Germany explores existential questions as its 46-year-old narrator reflects on broken relationships and other failures, and struggles to come to terms with life.The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt by Wilhelm Genazino, 2004 recipient of the Georg-Buchner-Preis, Germany's highest literary honor, is finally available to English-speaking readers in a pitch-perfect translation by Philip Boehm.Employed by a high-end shoe manufacturer to test new
language: English
title: The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt
titlecomplete: The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt (New Directions Paperbook)
genres: Roman, Novels, German Literature, Germany, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Modern
ratings_count: 877
publisher: New Directions