The Storyteller: Tales out of Loneliness
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A beautiful collection of the legendary thinker’s short stories The Storyteller gathers for the first time the fiction of the legendary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, best known for his groundbreaking studies of culture and literature, including Illuminations , One-Way Street and The Arcades Project . His stories revel in the erotic tensions of city life, cross the threshold between rational and hallucinatory realms, celebrate the importance of games, and delve into the peculiar relationship between gambling and fortune-telling, and explore the themes that defined Benjamin. The novellas, fables, histories, aphorisms, parables and riddles in this collection are brought to life by the playful imagery of the modernist artist and Bauhaus figure Paul Klee. Review: Fine if you've exhausted the author's list of titles--no grand ... - Fast read. Well sequenced collection of loose ends by WB. Fine if you've exhausted the author's list of titles--no grand realizations here. Perec's La Boutique Obscure came to mind... Review: Not this author's best. - Don't expect much. Not this author's best.
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,097,910 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7,353 in Short Stories Anthologies #12,674 in Short Stories (Books) #32,595 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 36 Reviews |
O**O
Fine if you've exhausted the author's list of titles--no grand ...
Fast read. Well sequenced collection of loose ends by WB. Fine if you've exhausted the author's list of titles--no grand realizations here. Perec's La Boutique Obscure came to mind...
D**N
Not this author's best.
Don't expect much. Not this author's best.
M**G
This book is for one who is searching for every ...
This book is for one who is searching for every last thing Benjamin ever wrote. A completist, if you will. A surfeit of fragments, which pique the interest, but leave one wishing for much more.
L**H
A Though Provoking Experience
I enjoyed this collection, but it is kind of hard to review or even really categorize for readers. If I were to sum it up, this feels like a collection of thoughts explored in different ways and to different degrees rather than a collection of complete short stories. Knowing the author, that wasn't really a surprise for me, but others looking for a more traditional/commercial collection will probably find this one a little tough. Despite that, I enjoyed engaging with the ideas and found it a good thing to pick up in between some of my other reads. I won't really pick a 'favorite' piece this time because it just isn't that type of collection. If you are looking for something to make you think a bit, check this one out!
A**T
Five Stars
Book that my daughter is reading and she loves it .
S**E
some pages were turn out
some pages were turn out
P**E
Five Stars
excellent
E**S
Three Stars
I tried to read book then I put it off then try again
E**.
Four Stars
ok
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