Dürrenmatt repeatedly said that he was the heir of the European Enlightenment. But that was a strange kind of enlightenment. He wanted to explain the world, but not entirely. The human spirit demands unsolvable riddles; it demands secrets and mysteries.
“Canyon Upturn” is Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s last novel. The author could still see his book. Retelling it makes no sense—here it is, right in front of you. And yes, you can’t really retell Dürrenmatt—you just have to read it and enjoy this thrilling intellectual game, unexpected transformations, psychological twists, and subtle irony, along with funny jokes and humor, sarcasm—these constant companions of a watchful artist who brought his mastery to brilliance, illuminating even his final work…