'I' by Wolfgang Hilbig
Introduces us to W, a mere hangeron in East Berlin's postmodern underground literary scene. This title offers a black comedy about state power and the seductions of surveillance. Its vision seems especially relevant in the world of cameras on every train, bus, and corner.-
War Diary
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Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances
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The Flying Mountain
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Holderlin
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Sebastian Dreaming
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Air Raid
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Monsters Like Us
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Gone But Not Forgotten
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Atlas of an Anxious Man
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The Village Indian
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The Silences of Hammerstein
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Kazimira
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Myself, Four Times
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Without Model
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The Idiots
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fleurs
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‘We Didn’t Do Very Well’
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At the Burning Abyss
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In Search of Lost Time
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Blumenberg
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Rubble Flora
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A History of Clouds
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A Slap in the Face
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Night Music
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Old Masters
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Rummelplatz
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Bad Sheep
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Arson
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Lifespan Narratives
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Of Seven Fir Trees and the Snow
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The Long March of Basic Trust
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My Mother's Silver Fox
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In the Forest of Metropoles
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Circus Commentary
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Orpheus in the Underworld
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A Skeleton Plays Violin
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The Rest Is Slander
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War Primer
"[Hilbig writes as] Edgar Allan Poe could have written if he had been born in Communist East Germany" (Los Angeles Review of Books)
Wolfgang Hilbig (1941-2007) was a German writer who was awarded the Georg Buchner Prize for his life's work. Isabel Fargo Cole is an American writer and translator based in Berlin. Her translations include All the Roads Are Open, The Jew Car, and Friedrich Durrenmatt's Selected Essays, all published by Seagull Books.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780857422347 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857422340 |
| Title | 'I' |
| Author | Wolfgang Hilbig |
| Series | The German List |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-07-17 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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