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In one of these intensely imaginative stories a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated dependences and loves of a family.
Following spiralling paths towards utterly logical, entirely absurd conclusions, Galchen's creations occupy a dreamlike dimension, where time is fluid and identities are best defined by the qualities they lack. The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, allowing the reader the pleasure of discovering familiar favourites in new guises. Here 'The Lost Order' covertly recapitulates James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', while 'The Region of Unlikeness' playfully mirrors Jorge Luis Borges's 'The Aleph'.
By turns realistic, fantastical and lyrical, all these marvellously uneasy stories share a deeply emotional core and are written in dryly witty, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer of eye-opening ingenuity.
In one of these intensely imaginative stories a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated dependences and loves of a family.
Following spiralling paths towards utterly logical, entirely absurd conclusions, Galchen's creations occupy a dreamlike dimension, where time is fluid and identities are best defined by the qualities they lack. The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, allowing the reader the pleasure of discovering familiar favourites in new guises. Here 'The Lost Order' covertly recapitulates James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', while 'The Region of Unlikeness' playfully mirrors Jorge Luis Borges's 'The Aleph'.
By turns realistic, fantastical and lyrical, all these marvellously uneasy stories share a deeply emotional core and are written in dryly witty, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer of eye-opening ingenuity.
Rivka Galchen received her MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, having spent a year in South America working on public health issues. Galchen completed her MFA at Columbia University, where she was a Robert Bingham Fellow. Her essay on the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics was published in The Believer, and she is the recipient of a 2006 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Galchen lives in New York City. She is the author of the novel Atmospheric Disturbances.
/ Rivka Galchen wurde 1976 in Toronto geboren und wuchs in Normal, Oklahoma, auf, wo ihr Vater Professor für Meteorologie war und am lebenden Objekt Tornados erforschte. Sie studierte die seltene Mischung von Literatur und Medizin in Princeton und an der Mount Sinai Medical School. Rivka Galchen ist verheiratet und lebt in Brooklyn.| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
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| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Übersetzungstitel: | Amerikanische Erfindungen |
| Inhalt: | 178 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780007548774 |
| ISBN-10: | 000754877X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 085303 |
| Einband: | Paperback |
| Autor: | Galchen, Rivka |
| Hersteller: |
Fourth Estate
HarperCollins UK |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Rivka Galchen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.05.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,14 kg |
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