Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations
- Introduction to the Contemporary Short Story in German
- 1 Berlin Shorts: The German Capital in the Short Story of the Twenty-First Century
- 2 The German Crime Story in the Twenty-First Century
- 3 Performance, Performativity, and the Contemporary German Kurzgeschichte
- 4 Cramped Spaces, Creative Bottlenecks: Sudabeh Mohafez’s Das Zehn-Zeilen-Buch and the Short-Short
- 5 Bodo Kirchhoff’s Widerfahrnis: A Novelle for Our Time?
- 6 The Liminal Space of the Short Story: Clemens Meyer’s Die Nacht, die Lichter and Die stillen Trabanten
- 7 Framing the Presence: Judith Hermann’s Lettipark
- 8 Of Unhomed Subjects and Unsettled Voices: Alois Hotschnig’s Die Kinder Beruhigte Das Nicht
- 9 Authorial Development and Fluid Spaces in the “Complete Stories”: Peter Stamm’s Der Lauf Der Dinge
- 10 On Disappearing: Reading Ulrike Almut Sandig with Sylvia Bovenschen
- 11 Metamorphic Becomings: Yoko Tawada’s Opium Für Ovid: Ein Kopfkissenbuch Von 22 Frauen
- 12 Melinda Nadj Abonji and Jurczok 1001: Performance, Politics, and Poetry
- 13 Rhizomatic Wanderings: The Writings of Gabriele Petricek
- 14 Trends and Issues in the Contemporary German-Language Short Story
- Appendix: Contemporary German-Language Short Stories in Translation
- Bibliography of Primary Texts
- Notes on the Contributors
- Index
Appendix: Contemporary German-Language Short Stories in Translation
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations
- Introduction to the Contemporary Short Story in German
- 1 Berlin Shorts: The German Capital in the Short Story of the Twenty-First Century
- 2 The German Crime Story in the Twenty-First Century
- 3 Performance, Performativity, and the Contemporary German Kurzgeschichte
- 4 Cramped Spaces, Creative Bottlenecks: Sudabeh Mohafez’s Das Zehn-Zeilen-Buch and the Short-Short
- 5 Bodo Kirchhoff’s Widerfahrnis: A Novelle for Our Time?
- 6 The Liminal Space of the Short Story: Clemens Meyer’s Die Nacht, die Lichter and Die stillen Trabanten
- 7 Framing the Presence: Judith Hermann’s Lettipark
- 8 Of Unhomed Subjects and Unsettled Voices: Alois Hotschnig’s Die Kinder Beruhigte Das Nicht
- 9 Authorial Development and Fluid Spaces in the “Complete Stories”: Peter Stamm’s Der Lauf Der Dinge
- 10 On Disappearing: Reading Ulrike Almut Sandig with Sylvia Bovenschen
- 11 Metamorphic Becomings: Yoko Tawada’s Opium Für Ovid: Ein Kopfkissenbuch Von 22 Frauen
- 12 Melinda Nadj Abonji and Jurczok 1001: Performance, Politics, and Poetry
- 13 Rhizomatic Wanderings: The Writings of Gabriele Petricek
- 14 Trends and Issues in the Contemporary German-Language Short Story
- Appendix: Contemporary German-Language Short Stories in Translation
- Bibliography of Primary Texts
- Notes on the Contributors
- Index
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- The Short Story in German in the Twenty-First Century , pp. 291 - 292Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2020