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Description:Jahnn selected the stories, originally appearing as exempla in his novels, for separate publication (13 nicht geheure Geschichten. Suhrkamp, 1967). They reflect his Weltanschauung of the harmonious universe in which man is part of an endless chain, connected on the one hand to his ancestors who pass their deeds on through their works, and on the other to the future by means of the everlasting repetition of the process of nature. To Jahnn the meaning of life was that there are no answers and that man is an unknown quantity. The tragic seriousness of life is not without hope, however, for man is a responsible being, and in this world in need of love and mercy he is the only one to provide unconditional love. Jahnn's work has been considered to be a repetition, in modern dress, of certain aspects of the Gilgamesh his motifs are drawn from it, his characters are archetypes.For the first time in English. With an introduction.From Gerda Jordan:"The stories presented in this volume were selected by Jahnn from Perrudja and Fluß ohne Ufer and published in a separate volume in 1954. Their collective title, Thirteen Uncanny Stories is misleading and may have been chosen as a catch word for selling purposes. They are in no way 'uncanny' in the light of Jahnn's philosophy and of his entire work. In the two novels they appear in various contexts, for example, as reading of history, 'Sassanidian King'; as entertainment at a sick-bed, 'The Slave's Story'; as a memory, 'A Boy Weeps.' This selection shows a cross section of various themes, or rather of Jahnn's variation on one theme, as well as a cross-section of his varied styles, from terse, saga-like compactness to the highly ornamental language of the Baroque." Ragna and Nils (from Perrudja) The Slave's Story (from Perrudja) The Watchmaker (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) Sassanidian King (from Perrudja) The Gardener (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) The Story of the Twins (from Perrudja) A Boy Weeps (from Perrudja) Kebad Kenya (from Das Holzschiff) The Marmalade Eaters (from Perrudja) Mov (later included in Epilog) A Master Selects His Servant (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) The Diver (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) Stolen Horses (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Thirteen Uncanny Stories. To get started finding Thirteen Uncanny Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Jahnn selected the stories, originally appearing as exempla in his novels, for separate publication (13 nicht geheure Geschichten. Suhrkamp, 1967). They reflect his Weltanschauung of the harmonious universe in which man is part of an endless chain, connected on the one hand to his ancestors who pass their deeds on through their works, and on the other to the future by means of the everlasting repetition of the process of nature. To Jahnn the meaning of life was that there are no answers and that man is an unknown quantity. The tragic seriousness of life is not without hope, however, for man is a responsible being, and in this world in need of love and mercy he is the only one to provide unconditional love. Jahnn's work has been considered to be a repetition, in modern dress, of certain aspects of the Gilgamesh his motifs are drawn from it, his characters are archetypes.For the first time in English. With an introduction.From Gerda Jordan:"The stories presented in this volume were selected by Jahnn from Perrudja and Fluß ohne Ufer and published in a separate volume in 1954. Their collective title, Thirteen Uncanny Stories is misleading and may have been chosen as a catch word for selling purposes. They are in no way 'uncanny' in the light of Jahnn's philosophy and of his entire work. In the two novels they appear in various contexts, for example, as reading of history, 'Sassanidian King'; as entertainment at a sick-bed, 'The Slave's Story'; as a memory, 'A Boy Weeps.' This selection shows a cross section of various themes, or rather of Jahnn's variation on one theme, as well as a cross-section of his varied styles, from terse, saga-like compactness to the highly ornamental language of the Baroque." Ragna and Nils (from Perrudja) The Slave's Story (from Perrudja) The Watchmaker (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) Sassanidian King (from Perrudja) The Gardener (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) The Story of the Twins (from Perrudja) A Boy Weeps (from Perrudja) Kebad Kenya (from Das Holzschiff) The Marmalade Eaters (from Perrudja) Mov (later included in Epilog) A Master Selects His Servant (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) The Diver (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn) Stolen Horses (from Die Niederschrift des Gustav Anias Horn)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Thirteen Uncanny Stories. To get started finding Thirteen Uncanny Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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