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City with Houses
Ernst-Wilhelm Handler
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Description for City with Houses
Paperback. First published in 1995, this work announced the arrival of a major talent, followed by two related volumes. At home in many spheres - business dealings, nitty-gritty romance, practical hells - Handler writes as a literary "outsider", a businessman familiar with philosophical movements. Translator(s): Klebes, Martin. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FYB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 313.
A city with deteriorating houses. A pristine house seemingly without inhabitants. Inhabitants of a world no longer human. In a remarkable collection of stories, Ernst-Wilhelm Handler conducts us into a world where nothing is quite as we know it, or quite what we might expect. In these stories, Handler creates a series of possible worlds, some resembling those we experience on an regular basis, some existing in startling opposition to everyday life. Among them: Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Austria during World War II; a dystopia of a dyslexic matriarchal society; and a world where states ... Read more
A city with deteriorating houses. A pristine house seemingly without inhabitants. Inhabitants of a world no longer human. In a remarkable collection of stories, Ernst-Wilhelm Handler conducts us into a world where nothing is quite as we know it, or quite what we might expect. In these stories, Handler creates a series of possible worlds, some resembling those we experience on an regular basis, some existing in startling opposition to everyday life. Among them: Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Austria during World War II; a dystopia of a dyslexic matriarchal society; and a world where states ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810119123
SKU
V9780810119123
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About Ernst-Wilhelm Handler
ERNST-WILHELM HANDLER was born in Regensburg, Germany in 1953. He studied economics and philosophy and then worked as the head of his family business after completing his studies. City with Houses (Frank-furter Verlaganstalt, 1995) is his much lauded debut collection of short stories and he has since authored three novels Kongress (1996), Fall (1997) and Sturm (1999). In May 1999, ... Read more
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