Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-vii

Note on Translations

pp viii-viii

Introduction to the Contemporary Short Story in German

pp 1-16

1 - Berlin Shorts: The German Capital in the Short Story of the Twenty-First Century

pp 17-34

2 - The German Crime Story in the Twenty-First Century

pp 35-50

3 - Performance, Performativity, and the Contemporary German Kurzgeschichte

pp 51-75

4 - Cramped Spaces, Creative Bottlenecks: Sudabeh Mohafez’s Das Zehn-Zeilen-Buch and the Short-Short

pp 76-96

5 - Bodo Kirchhoff’s Widerfahrnis: A Novelle for Our Time?

pp 97-117

6 - The Liminal Space of the Short Story: Clemens Meyer’s Die Nacht, die Lichter and Die stillen Trabanten

pp 118-136

7 - Framing the Presence: Judith Hermann’s Lettipark

pp 137-155

8 - Of Unhomed Subjects and Unsettled Voices: Alois Hotschnig’s Die Kinder Beruhigte Das Nicht

pp 156-174

9 - Authorial Development and Fluid Spaces in the “Complete Stories”: Peter Stamm’s Der Lauf Der Dinge

pp 175-190

10 - On Disappearing: Reading Ulrike Almut Sandig with Sylvia Bovenschen

pp 191-210

11 - Metamorphic Becomings: Yoko Tawada’s Opium Für Ovid: Ein Kopfkissenbuch Von 22 Frauen

pp 211-230

12 - Melinda Nadj Abonji and Jurczok 1001: Performance, Politics, and Poetry

pp 231-251

13 - Rhizomatic Wanderings: The Writings of Gabriele Petricek

pp 252-271

14 - Trends and Issues in the Contemporary German-Language Short Story

pp 272-290

Appendix: Contemporary German-Language Short Stories in Translation

pp 291-292

Roman Ehrlich, “Engineers of Time”

pp 293-300

Saša Stanišić, “The Factory”

pp 301-304

Sudabeh Mohafez, Selection of Short-Shorts

pp 305-314

Bibliography of Primary Texts

pp 315-322

Notes on the Contributors

pp 323-326

Index

pp 327-345