Introduction: Boxing (in) life stories. The Spanish picaresque tradition and Its European repercussions
"Students who have lost the Holy Writ" : Franz Kafka's Der Verschollene
Students who have lost their teachers : Robert Walser's Jakob von Gunten
Picaresque topoi I. Tertium datur : between autonomy and self-preservation
The confidence man as shape-shifter : Thomas Mann's Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull
Picaresque topoi II. Third space : A stage for the modern picaro
The shape-shifter as underdog : Edgar Hilsenrath's Der Nazi und der Friseur
Picaresque topoi III. Third Agents : The inclusion of the excluded
The eternal recurrence of the picaresque body : Günter Grass' Die Blechtrommel
Drumming (out) life stories.
