{"product_id":"girlfriends-ghosts-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Walser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Whalen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eNicole Kongeter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together eighty-one brief texts spanning Robert Walser's career, from pieces conceived amid his early triumphs to later works written at a psychiatric clinic in Bern. Many were published in the feuilleton sections of newspapers during Walser's life; others were jotted down on slips of paper and all but forgotten. They are strung together like consciousness, idiosyncratic and vulnerable, genuine in their irony, wistful in their humor. Some dwell on childish or transient topics--carousels, the latest hairstyles, an ekphrasis of the illustrations in a picture book--others on the grand themes of nature, art, and love. But they remain conversational, almost lighter than air. Every emotion ventured takes on the weight of a sincerity that is imperiled as soon as it comes into contact with the outside world, which retains all of the novelty it had in childhood--and all of the danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Walser\u003c\/b\u003e (1878-1956) was born into a German-speaking family in Biel, Switzerland. He led a wandering, precarious existence while writing his poems, novels, and vast numbers of the \"prose pieces\" that became his hallmark. NYRB Classics also publishes Walser's \u003ci\u003eJakob\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003evon Gunten \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBerlin Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTom Whalen\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, and the co-editor of the Robert Walser issue of the \u003ci\u003eReview of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNicole Köngeter\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance translator and teacher of English and German in southwest Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnnette Wiesner\u003c\/b\u003e's translations of Robert Walser have appeared in \u003ci\u003eConnecticut Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKestrel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.3 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770376519968,"sku":"9781681370163","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/243f4709833ba59dd6e7ce8a16b0e1e4.webp?v=1780370440","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/girlfriends-ghosts-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}