{"product_id":"selected-stories-new-york-review-books-classics-9780940322981","title":"Selected Stories (New York Review Books Classics)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Stories (New York Review Books Classics)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sontag, Susan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780940322981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to place the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser, a humble genius who possessed one of the most elusive and surprising sensibilities in modern literature? Walser is many things: a Paul Klee in words, maker of droll, whimsical, tender, and heartbreaking verbal artifacts; an inspiration to such very different writers as Kafka and W.G. Sebald; an amalgam, as Susan Sontag suggests in her preface to this volume, of Stevie Smith and Samuel Beckett.\n\nThis collection gathers forty-two of Walsers stories. Encompassing everything from journal entries, notes on literature, and biographical sketches to anecdotes, fables, and visions, it is an ideal introduction to this fascinating writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, \"If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place.\"\n\nResponse to a Request\nFlower Days\nTrousers\nTwo Strange Stories\nBalloon Journey\nKleist in Thum\nThe Job Application\nThe Boat\nA Little Ramble\nHelblings Story\nThe Little Berliner\nNervous\nThe Walk\nSo! \"Ive Got You\"\nNothing at All\nKienast\nPoests\nFrau Wilke\nThe Street\nSnowdrops\nWinter\nThe She-Owl\nKnocking\nTitus\nVladimir\nParisian Newspapers\nThe Monkey\nDostoevskys Idiot\nAm I Dreaming?\nThe Little Tree\nStork and Porcupine\nA Contribution to the Celebration of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer\nA Sort of Speech\nA Letter to Therese Breitbach\nA Village Tale\nThe Aviator\nThe Pimp\nMasters and Workers\nEssay on Freedom\nA Biedermeier Story\nThe Honeymoon\nThoughts on Cezanne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964721885237,"sku":"ByrdShop_0940322986","price":190.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780940322981_a56b6eac-eed3-4949-8354-8aae4227cab4.jpg?v=1781406727","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selected-stories-new-york-review-books-classics-9780940322981","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}