Postmodern biography in Urs Widmer’s novel "My Father’s book"

The article considers the novel "My Father’s book" written by a Swiss German-speaking author Urs Widmer with the focus on the particularities of postmodern biography. As the basis of the analysis definite features of postmodern writing were chosen.

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