by Judith Hermann · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596157983
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«Nichts als Gespenster» is Judith Hermann's collection of short stories, published by Fischer Taschenbuch in paperback (317 pages, in German).
Stories portraying people trapped in complex relationships and routine, marked by loneliness, disillusionment, and the difficulty of finding meaning in contemporary life. Travel and the observation of landscapes such as Prague, Venice, Iceland, or Tromsø accompany characters who oscillate between melancholy and an uncertain future.
The full title is «Nichts als Gespenster: Erzählungen»; it originally appeared in 2003 with S. Fischer Verlag, and this paperback edition belongs to the Fischer collection (no. 15798).
Readers of contemporary German fiction who prefer short stories with an intimate atmosphere and a melancholic tone.
Judith Hermann is a German author. She has published several books of short stories and her first novel was published in 2014. She is a leading figure of the Fräuleinwunder group of women writers.
