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NYRB Classics |
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Electronic book. |
| Summary |
"Alfred Doblin was a titan of modern German literature. This collection of stories--astonishingly, the first collection of his stories ever published in English--shows him to have been equally adept in shorter forms. Included in its entirety is Doblin's first book, The Murder of a Buttercup, a work of savage brilliance and a landmark of literary expressionism. Mortality roams the streets of nineteenth-century Manhattan, with a white borzoi and a quiet smile. A ballerina duels to the death with the stupid childish body she is bound to. We experience, in the celebrated title story, a dizzying descent into a shattered mind. The collection is then rounded off with two longer stories written when Doblin was in exile from Nazi Germany in Southern California, including the delightful "Materialism: A Fable," in which news of humanity's soulless doctrines spreads to the animals, elements, and molecules of nature"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Electronic reproduction. New York New York Review Books 2016 Available via World Wide Web. |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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FICTION / Short Stories (single author).
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FICTION / Psychological.
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FICTION / Literary.
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Electronic books.
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eBook.
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Searls, Damion, translator.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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Short stories. Selections. English
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Print version: Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957, author. Bright magic New York : New York Review Books, 2016 9781590179734 (DLC) 2015040622 |
| ISBN |
9781590179741 ODE (electronic bk.) |
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