Language, for the Swiss writer Max Frisch, “is like a chisel that chips away at everything but secrets.” Speaking is always beside the point. What’s important is what comes after. Before he wrote ...

CHELSEA — Politically engaged theater matters, never more so than now, when democracy seems to be genuinely teetering on the edge of a cliff. But quality also matters. And on that score, “The ...

Max Frisch, the Swiss novelist and playwright, was awarded today at the Jerusalem International Book Fair the Jerusalem Prize for his book, “Man’s Freedom in Society.” The award was presented to him ...

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