Synopses & Reviews
Never before in English, Regina Ullmann's work is distinctive and otherworldly, resonant of nineteenth-century village tales and of authors such as Adalbert Stifter and her contemporary Robert Walser. In the stories of , largely set in the Swiss countryside, the archaic and the modern collide, and "sometimes the whole world appears to be painted on porcelain, right down to the dangerous cracks." this delicate but fragile beauty, with its ominous undertones, gives Ullmann her unique voice.
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"A pure poetic talent: everything is full of mystery." Hermann Hesse
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"To read your book for me is such a multiplicity of joys that I can only gradually cope with it." Rainer Maria Rilke, in a letter to Regina Ullmann
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"Her voice is something holy." Thomas Mann
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"Regina Ullmann has a sense of authenticity and a touch of genius."
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"A triumphant translation." Publishers Weekly
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"Its language feels timeless--rich and cavernous and haunted." Kevin Nguyen
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"Ullman delicately balances each of her characters' emotions on a pinpoint, presenting both the beauty and fragility of every momentary feeling." Grantland
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"It's as if Ullmann takes biblical wisdom literature, strips it of all moral judgment, and then spins it with rotating moments of natural bliss and existential fear." Jan Anspach Words Without Borders
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Although a famous Swiss author, Regina Ullmann has never appeared before in English: her oracular, strange, singular voice astonishes.
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The stories in this volume are largely set in the Swiss countryside, and though resonant of nineteenth-century village tales and of authors such as Adalbert Stifter, Ullmann's distinctive, otherworldly voice has inspired comparisons to her contemporary Robert Walser.
About the Author
Admired by Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, and particularly Rainer Maria Rilke, Regina Ullmann became famous with the 1921 publication of this collection.