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 ...

A handstand on top of a shaky flagpole—it’s unbelievable what humans are willing to do for a living. ‘For our sixth act you will see,’ says the echoing loudspeaker, ‘something no human eye has ever ...

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 ...