The stories here possess all the qualities that have built Peter Stamm's reputation as one of the very finest European writers alive today - the undemonstrative prose, the deceptive simplicity of the storylines, and the calm, clear understanding of psychology and the emotions. In 'Expectations', we meet a woman who becomes involved with her younger upstairs neighbour; in 'The Result', a man waiting for the outcome of medical tests; and in 'Sweet Dreams', a young couple learning to navigate the thrills and complications of ...
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The stories here possess all the qualities that have built Peter Stamm's reputation as one of the very finest European writers alive today - the undemonstrative prose, the deceptive simplicity of the storylines, and the calm, clear understanding of psychology and the emotions. In 'Expectations', we meet a woman who becomes involved with her younger upstairs neighbour; in 'The Result', a man waiting for the outcome of medical tests; and in 'Sweet Dreams', a young couple learning to navigate the thrills and complications of cohabitation. A master of the short story, Stamm does not spare the reader's feelings - and nor does he waste a word.
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Physical description; vi, 370 pages; 20 cm. Notes; Short stories. The first part of this books was originally published in German as Wir fliegen by S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2008. The second part was originally published in German as Seerücken by S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2011. Translated from the German. Contents; We're Flying: Expectations--A foreign body--Three sisters--The hurt--The result--We're flying--Videocity--Men and boys--The letter--Years later--Children of god--Go out into the field....The ridge: Summer folk--The natural way of things--Holy sacrament--In the forest--Ice moon--Seven sleepers--The last romantic--The suitcase--Sweet dreams--Coney Island. Genre; Short story. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.
Add this copy of We“Re Flying to cart. $54.78, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2013 by Granta Books.
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Very Good. 2013. Hardback. From the acclaimed author of Seven Years, a coolly arresting collection of stories that charts with extraordinary precision the impulses that determine the course of ordinary lives Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402. Very good copiy in clean dustwrapper. Frst edition......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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