We're Flying
Stories
New York : Other Press, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: vi, 370 pages ; 21 cm
Following the publication of the widely acclaimed novel Seven Years comes a trove of stories from the Swiss master Peter Stamm. They all possess the traits that have built Stamm's reputation: the directness of the prose, the deceptive surface simplicity of the narratives, and deep psychological insight into the existential dilemmas of contemporary life. Stamm does not waste a word, nor does he spare the reader's feelings. These stories are a superb introduction to his work and a gift for all those who have come to regard his fiction as a precise rendering of the contemporary human psyche.
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 fields... -- 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.
ISBN:
9781590513248 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Stamm | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
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"The first part of this work 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"--Title page verso.