“I am not Stiller!” The protagonist begins his writing with this phrase, and writes seven notebooks in order to prove that he is not who everyone insists he is. He confesses to unsolved murders, and tells the details of his previous life in Mexico and America among the cowboys and dock workers, but nevertheless, Stiller's wife, friends, and brother adhere to their opinion, while the hero of the novel writes what they say in his notebooks and comments on it, the life of that sculptor, and his emotional relationships. And marriage, and about art and artists and the ups and downs of their lives. "Stieler" is considered one of the literary pearls, and one of the most important contemporary novels written in German. It is an exceptional novel about modern man and his fractured relationship with identity, and about the self-image of oneself and others. It is a novel written with tenderness and a complex artistic structure that is convincing and enjoyable at the same time. It highlights the exceptional ability of the famous Swiss writer, Max Frisch.