Ghosts of Berlin : stories

Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945 | Fiktionale Darstellung

Zusammenfassung: "In these hair-raising stories from the celebrated filmmaker and author Rudolph Herzog, millennial Berliners discover that the city is still the home of many unsettled-and deeply unsettling-ghosts. And those ghosts are not very happy about the newcomers. Thus the coddled daughter of a rich tech executive finds herself slowly tormented by the poltergeist of a Weimer-era laborer, and a German intelligence officer confronts a troll wrecking havoc upon the city's unbuilt airport. An undead Nazi sympathizer romances a Greek emigre, while Turkish migrants curse the gentrifiers that have evicted them. Herzog's keen observational eye and acid wit turn modern city stories into deliciously dark satires that ride the knife-edge of suspenseful and terrifying"--(Provided by publisher.)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Truggestalten
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9781612197517 ; 1612197515
• Dimensions: 21 cm
• Extent: 180 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Lizenz des Verl. Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Köln

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Deutsche Literatur

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Brooklyn
• (who): Melville House
• (when): October 2019
• Creator: Herzog, Rudolph

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1206420030/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 2:09 PM CEST