Product Description

This is a collection of short stories which captures tiny details of everyday life in contemporary St Petersburg. There's a Mafia shoot-out in a disco and three devils who appear for an evening at the steam bath. These stories capture emotions in prose that is a homage to great Russian writers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #622319 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11-10
• Original language: German
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Best fiction I read in ages
I read Schulze while I was living in St. Petersburg, and both my boyfriend and I were stunned. The book takes a surrealist tone, yet the more absurd it became, the more real it became. We both finished it thinking how disturbing it was that the only way to describe the things we were experiencing was through absolute absurdity. These stories really speak to just how powerful the seemingly 'meaningless' things in life's minutae really are. It's great stuff to think with, but also is possibly the one book I've read that manages to really make you feel as if you are in a particular moment in his place. I'm an anthropologist, so I know how hard this is to do. Well done, Schulze!