Der Gehülfe
Joseph is hired by an inventor and moves in with his family. Although he doesn't get any salary for his work, he stays on because he believes that the highly dysfunctional family needs to be rescued.
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"Der Gehülfe (the handyman) is a book by Swiss author Robert Walser. It is set a few years before World War One and tells the story of Josef Marti, a young man without employment, means or family who is engaged as the secretary of a self styled inventor. He lives with the inventor's family in a suburban villa near Zurich as a boarder. As a keen observer he soon discovers that the family is dysfunctional; the haughty and arrogant behavior of the inventor and his wive cover up a fast financial decline and a marriage without love or devotion. Although Josef Marti does not receive any salary ..."
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Joseph is hired by an inventor and moves in with his family. Although he doesn't get any salary for his work, he stays on because he believes that the highly dysfunctional family needs to be rescued.