Timm, Uwe 1940- creator text Picaresque literature. nyu New York New Directions 1994 monographic eng ger

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viii, 402 p. ; 21 cm. Contents: The Call -- The Stone dream -- The Grosse trampgang -- Ascension day -- On running across ice -- The Spirit on parade -- Window display -- The Stoney stone -- The Surfer -- Topedo boats, go for the enemy -- The Uvular -- Stiletto heels -- Books under the arm -- Strawberry flavour -- The Murderer in the ruins -- The Flashlight -- The Thread game -- The Man with red hair -- Robert, known as Rob -- Banknotes, washproof -- The External communicator -- The Lizard and the bottle -- Going under -- A Proverb of Solomon's -- The Window handle -- Fictitious creatures -- Chaos and tripe -- The Bed in the corridor -- The Birdman and his price -- The Little apple man -- The House on the sullberg -- The Surf boat -- A Popcorn rubdown -- The Swede -- Sunk in an asphalt lake -- Escape -- The Island. Uwe Timm ; translated from the German by Peter Tegel. "Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited." poea--- Easter Island Fiction PT2682.I39K6713 833/.914 0811212548 (acidfree paper) : 93010382 DLC 930318 20210414114123.0 4887121