It’s no good. We have to do something about people’s suffering and pain. War, poverty, fascism, all that stuff. Everyone can do something. Everyone. Give something, help somewhere, something like that. Take responsibility. If everything’s going down the drain, then at least with some dignity, damn it! Who better to lift us up in these turbulent times than master storyteller and German Book Prize winner Saša Stanišić (“Where You Come From”). Following acclaimed novels, children’s tales, short stories and YA books, he has published a collection of speeches. In My Unhappiness Begins with Electrical Circuits Being Depicted Not as Circles, but as Rectangles, he hits back against idleness. What can we expect? A wild hodgepodge of literary fragments, Thomas Bernhard (alive), a wood pigeon (dead), language, courage and empathy.

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Saša Stanišić was born in 1978 in Višegrad, Yugoslavia, and has lived in … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.

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Mein Unglück beginnt damit, dass der Stromkreis als Rechteck abgebildet wird

Mein Unglück beginnt damit, dass der Stromkreis als Rechteck abgebildet wird

Saša Stanišić
Luchterhand

978-3-630-87840-9

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