Martin Suters Die Zeit, die Zeit – eine Science-Fiction als Kriminalroman
Martin Suter’s The Time, The Time – A Science Fiction Novel as a Murder Mystery

Summary/Abstract: This paper intends to analyze a contemporary novel Die Zeit, die Zeit (English version The Time, The Time), written by a successful Swiss author, Martin Suter. Even though the novel has been considered by critics a crime thriller, since it deals with the murder of the main character’s wife, the author does not include his work in this genre, the crime story being from my point of view only the surface layer of the novel. It is rather an attempt at a philosophical novel, in which the topic of time is more prominent than the crime case. The pseudo-scientific approach on the topic of time, as well as the denouement of the novel suggest the inclusion of this work in the science-fiction category.

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