{"product_id":"girlfriends-ghosts-and-other-stories-by-robert-walser","title":"‘Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories’ by Robert Walser","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Walser's short prose finds its subjects in the apparently inconsequential. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomething simple. A walk through the countryside, an awkward social encounter, a passing observation, a small embarrassment; all become words full of humour, melancholy and flights of imagination, twists into the absurd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection brings together short stories and prose miniatures from across Walser's career, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Tip\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Little Ramble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Sheep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His narrators wander, digress, contradict themselves and become preoccupied with details that more purposeful observers might overlook. Beneath their cheerful politeness and occasional self-mockery lies a persistent interest in loneliness, social hierarchy, artistic identity and the difficulty of belonging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis attention to the marginal and overlooked, and his willingness to let a story end almost before it begins, make these miniature works especially distinctive. An excellent introduction to one of the twentieth century's most idiosyncratic literary voices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition \/ Condition: NYRB Classics, 2016 paperback edition. Translated by Tom Whalen, Nicole Köngeter and Annette Wiesner, with an afterword by Tom Whalen. Very good condition, with minimal signs of handling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931117387859,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/CopyofCopyofCopyofhowtodestroythefutureinstagramassets_29.png?v=1793061835","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/girlfriends-ghosts-and-other-stories-by-robert-walser","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}