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| | Gadfly Online. |
 | | Walser, 75, is one of post-war Germanys most important writers, the author of such novels as Ein fliehendes Pferd (A Runaway Horse) and Das Schwanenhaus (Swan Villa). |
 | | When Walser was accused of being an anti-Semite in 1998, after remarking that Auschwitz should no longer be held over Germany as a "moral cudgel," Reich-Ranicki came to his defense. |
 | | Speaking to Walser directly, he said, "This book has upset both my wife and myself deeply and it pains me to think that such a book could be written in Germany in 2002 and by such a well-known writer." It pains me, too, but it sure as hell doesnt surprise me. |
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