β Scribed by Hotschnig, Alois;Lewis, Tess
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A spellbinding short story collection by one of Austria's most critically acclaimed authors. A man becomes obsessed with observing his neighbours. A large family gathers for Christmas only to wait for the one member who never turns up. An old woman lures a man into her house where he finds dolls resembling himself as a boy. Mesmerizing and haunting stories about loss of identity in the modern world. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'I love Kafka and here we have a Kafkaesque sense of alienation - not to mention narrative experiments galore! Outwardly normal events slip into drama before.;Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; The Same Silence, the Same Noise; Two Ways of Leaving; Then a Door Opens and Swings Shut; Maybe This Time, Maybe Now; The Beginning of Something; Encounter; The Light in My Room; Morning, Noon and Night; You Don't Know Them, They're Strangers; Other Peirene titles; About the Author; Copyright.
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
The Same Silence, the Same Noise
Two Ways of Leaving
Then a Door Opens and Swings Shut
Maybe This Time, Maybe Now
The Beginning of Something
Encounter
The Light in My Room
Morning, Noon and Night
You Don't Know Them, They're Strangers
Other Peirene titles
About the Author
Copyright.
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