Homo Faber is one of Frisch's key novels. In this book, for the first time, the motives that would later become leading in his work come to the fore: the loneliness of man in the modern world, the unrealized potential of feelings, powerlessness before the will of fate, the doom of any attempt to change one’s destiny and, most importantly, the theme of duality. The hero of the novel is Walter Faber While traveling, he meets a girl with whom he falls passionately and sincerely in love. This plot device is explained on two levels of perception - realistic and philosophical...