by Elke Heidenreich · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9783499232534
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«Der Welt den Rücken» is a collection of short stories by Elke Heidenreich, published by Rowohlt in paperback (192 pages, in German).
The title, which can be translated as «turning one's back on the world», anticipates the subject of these stories: characters who decide to withdraw from their surroundings to reflect on their lives. With an intimate and reflective tone, Heidenreich addresses loneliness, relationships and the search for oneself.
The book's subtitle is «Geschichten» (stories). The work originally appeared in 2001; this paperback edition was published in 2003 in Rowohlt's rororo collection.
For those who enjoy short fiction and want to read a sample of contemporary German literature in German.
Elke Heidenreich is a German author, TV presenter, literary critic and journalist. She has written audio plays, a magazine column, scripts for television plays and books. Heidenreich is known as the Kabarettist who created a character, Else Stratmann. She is a literary critic in the television Literaturclub of the Schweizer Fernsehen.
