City with Houses - Handler, Ernst-Wilhelm
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A city with deteriorating houses. A pristine house seemingly without inhabitants. Inhabitants of a world no longer human. In this remarkable collection of stories, Ernst-Wilhelm Handler transports us to a place where nothing is quite as we know it. Handler creates a series of possible worlds, some resembling those we experience on a regular basis, others existing in startling opposition to everyday life. Narrated by businessmen, a philosopher, a prostitute who has undergone a sex change, and an old woman suffering from Alzheimer's, these stories unfold through experiments in thought, language,…mehr

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A city with deteriorating houses. A pristine house seemingly without inhabitants. Inhabitants of a world no longer human. In this remarkable collection of stories, Ernst-Wilhelm Handler transports us to a place where nothing is quite as we know it. Handler creates a series of possible worlds, some resembling those we experience on a regular basis, others existing in startling opposition to everyday life. Narrated by businessmen, a philosopher, a prostitute who has undergone a sex change, and an old woman suffering from Alzheimer's, these stories unfold through experiments in thought, language, and voice that illustrate, reflect on, and reconfigure the problems that shape and unsettle our lives. >
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Ernst-Wilhelm Händler was born in Regensburg, Germany, in 1953. He studied economics and philosophy and worked as the head of his family's business after completing his studies. Since the publication of his highly acclaimed debut, City with Houses, he has written three novels--Kongreß, Fall, and Sturm. In 1999 he was awarded the prestigious Erik-Reger Prize for Literature.