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This book is printed in the form of the writer's corrected typewritten manuscript. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Gathered here are all of the short stories that Arno Schmidt wished to preserve. They are grouped under three headings: the first two, Tales from Island Street and Sturenburg Stories, are a perfect spot to test Schmidtian waters, to hear the voice of a master storyteller. Twenty-five short tales written for a wide audience, they all share an eerie whimsy. It is as if Schmidt's beloved German Romantics were here with new stories for the modern reader. And then there is Country Matters, longer, more experimental stories written for the adventurous reader. Joyce and Freud are constant inspirations, but Schmidt's unique brand of intellectual ribaldry, shot through with the pain of our common humanity, enlivens all ten stories. Of the thirty-five stories in this volume, only two have previously appeared in English translation. Ranging from Schmidt at his most inviting and whimsical to Schmidt at his most cerebral and complex, the stories are a perfect introduction to his work....

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Arno Schmidt, considered by many to be the "German James Joyce," was born in 1914 and died in 1979. This book is printed in the form of the writer's corrected typewritten manuscript. This is one of Schmidt's "superbooks," a large format novel with unusual page layouts, illustrations, and puns a'plenty. Nowhere near as difficult as Zettel's Traum or Evening Edged in Gold, it's a rollicking tale of culture-clash set in the near future (with an extended flashback to 1969), and features a typical Schmidt protagonist (a walking encyclopedia of an old codger), two delightful 17-year-old girls, a visiting American Secretary of State nicknamed Isis, and many more. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is printed in the form of the writer's corrected typewritten manuscript. It is the English translation of "Abend mit Goldrand: eine MarchenPosse 55 Bilder aus der La/endlichkeit fur Gronner der Verschreibkunst," a book that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is printed in the form of the writer's corrected typewritten manuscript. The three unbound photocopied pages within the insert depict handwritten pages by Schmidt for this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents

Arno Schmidt, considered by many to be the "German James Joyce," was born in 1914 and died in 1979. This book is printed in the form of the writer's corrected typewritten manuscript. The Sackner Archive also holds the original German edition of this book. This is one of Schmidt's "superbooks," a large format novel with unusual page layouts, illustrations, and puns a'plenty. Nowhere near as difficult as Zettel's Traum or Evening Edged in Gold, it's a rollicking tale of culture-clash set in the near future (with an extended flashback to 1969), and features a typical Schmidt protagonist (a walking encyclopedia of an old codger), two delightful 17-year-old girls, a visiting American Secretary of State nicknamed Isis, and many more. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.