Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories (New York Review Books)

Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories (New York Review Books)

Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories brings together eighty-one brief texts spanningÂ Robert Walserâ€™s career, from pieces conceived amid his early triumphs toÂ later works written at a psychiatric clinic in Bern. Many were published in theÂ feuilleton sections of newspapers during Walserâ€™s life; others were jotted down onÂ slips of paper and all but forgotten. They are strung together like consciousness,Â idiosyncratic and vulnerable, genuine in their irony, wistful in their humor. SomeÂ dwell on childish or transient topicsâ€”carousels, the latest hairstyles, an ekphrasisÂ of the illustrations in a picture bookâ€”others on the grand themes of nature, art,Â and love. But they remain conversational, almost lighter than air. Every emotionÂ ventured takes on the weight of a sincerity that is imperiled as soon as itÂ comes into contact with the outside world, which retains all of the novelty it hadÂ in childhoodâ€”and all of the danger.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681370163

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