Füsilier Wipf

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Füsilier Wipf is a 1917 work by Swiss writer Robert Faesi. It tells the story of a soldier during World War I. The book was later revised in 1938 and became popular as a film. Faesi was a prolific writer, also known for his novels about Zurich life and critical studies of literary figures. He was also a professor of German literature at the University of Zurich.1

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Robert Faesi
His Füsilier Wipf (1917; rev. ed. 1938), the story of a soldier of World War I, became popular as a film. Zürcher Idylle (1908; rev. ed. 1950; “The Zürich Idyll”) and one of his most important works, the epic saga Die Stadt der Väter, Die Stadt…
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His Füsilier Wipf (1917; rev. ed. 1938), the story of a soldier of World War I, became popular as a film. Zürcher Idylle (1908; rev. ed. 1950; “The Zürich Idyll”) and one of his most important works, the epic saga Die Stadt der Väter, Die Stadt…
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