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We're Flying
Wir fliegen
Peter Stamm (born 1963)
Translated by Michael Hofmann
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We're Flying
Other Press · United States · 2012 · 370 pages
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Heidi draws the young girl she never was. Years ago she wanted to become an artist and study at the academy in Vienna, but the journey only got as far as Innsbruck; now she has a husband and a child she never wanted, until Carmen, the pretty apprentice at the bakery, makes her start to dream again. Bruno has worked as a hotel porter for thirty even years. He has been to the doctor, and a bad result may be waiting; it is his last night before he knows, and for a moment he is completely happy. These stories are about such moments, when something changes in a life, almost unnoticed, and time seems to stand still.
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About the book
- Form
- Short stories
- Length
- 174 pages in the original
- First published
- 2008 by S. Fischer Verlag
- Author's age
- 45 when first published
- ISBN
9783100751287 (original)
9781590513248 (Other Press, United States)