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“dorothee elmiger”

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  • The Dutch Women

    A Novel

    by Dorothee Elmiger ...
    Translated by Jen Calleja ...
    In this short, ruthlessly brilliant international sensation, an obsessive theater maker and his doomed ensemble set out into the jungle where two Dutch women disappeared, repurposing the facts of the case into an unwieldy – and increasingly real – work of art.A renowned writer receives a call from a famous theater producer desperate to involve her in her latest project—a play set in the South ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Out of the Sugar Factory

    by Dorothee Elmiger ...
    Translated by Megan Ewing ...
    The narrator of Out of the Sugar Factory, Dorothee Elimger, is a writer, archivist—and possibly a hoarder—of objects and stories that speak to the profound impact of the sugar industry on the world. Seated in the room where her vast collection sprawls across the floor, she obsessively connects a violent global industry to our unsettled present. In this deeply researched and stylistically ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Drift

    by Kate Zambreno ...
    Translated by Dorothee Elmiger ...
    Drift erzählt von der Unmöglichkeit des Schreibens, vom Mysterium der Kreativität, von der Besessenheit, das Jetzt auf dem Papier einfangen zu wollen. Die Erzählerin arbeitet an einem längst überfälligen Roman, verbringt lange Tage zu Hause, streift mit ihrem ruhelosen Terrier Genet durch die Straßen der Nachbarschaft und korrespondiert mit Schriftstellerkolleginnen, die ihre Schreibkrise teilen, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Schachnovelle

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  • Portrait of an Unknown Lady

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