Friedrich Dürrenmatt's body of work is as extensive and diverse as that of hardly any other modern writer. This unmistakable monumental work remains, even after the author's death, a dark continent, often unilluminated and untested, a continent in motion that is likely to offer intellectual surprises and theatrical adventures for a long time to come. The Dürrenmatt Reader documents Dürrenmatt's work from the beginning and reflects its diversity: early and late prose, radio plays and theater, essayistic texts.