Selection of Kurt Kusenberg's Best Short Stories

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Sometimes, the best authors of a certain period remain hidden or are forgotten by posterity. This is unfortunately also the case with the brilliant German author of absurd and paradoxical short stories, Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983). Quite similar to Franz Kafka and Haruki Murakami, but always with a strong sense of humor, Kusenberg created outstanding and timeless narratives that ironically undermine the rational approach to our world and suggest that there are alternative forces with a considerable impact on us. Things are often not what they appear to be at first sight, and the individual commonly finds him/herself in a rather unexpected context that defies the mechanical notion of our existence. Kusenberg invites us consistently to smile about the absurdity of our lives and suggests abandoning our trust in material reality because things might turn out to be rather different than normal. This author was fully aware of the existential crisis the modern individual suffers from, but the narrator manages to smile about it and so makes us scratch our heads in a creative bewilderment.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-01
Mått148 x 212 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor183
FörlagCambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN9781036474713

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Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona USA. He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of German and European literature from about 800 to 1600, but occasionally he also investigates modern literary works. He has currently published 136 books and well over 855 articles dealing with comparative issues, gender topics, environmental concerns, and cultural historical themes. Most recently appeared Criticism of the Court the Evil King in Medieval Literature (2024) and an English translation of Georg Wickram's Rollwagenbüchlein (2025), both followed by Miracles and Wonders in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (ed., 2025). He also published a translation of The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor (2025) and a translation of Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen (2021). In 2004, the German government honored him with the highest civilian award, Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band. In 2017, he received the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. He is also a productive poet (15 vols.) and author of short prose narratives (5 vols.), while serving as the editor-in-chief of the journals Mediaevistik, Humanities, and Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.