The problem of Walser’s foreignness is the key issue of a colloquium at the University of Lausanne in February 1994, which is documented in this volume. It gathers Walser's publishers, translators and interpreters to discuss the problems of his translatability, stylistic peculiarities and his relationship with ‘homeland’ and ‘foreignness’. It establishes a bibliographic overview of Walser’s translations into the most important European languages and informs about the prevailing situation of reception. Finally, it discusses the problem of adaptation of his prose for the stage.