To Be a Man
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Lit Hub's Best Books of
2020
Bustle's Best Short Story Collections of 2020Electric Literature's Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020Library Journal's Best Short Stories of 2020“Superb. . . . Krauss’s
depictions of the nuances of sex and love, intimacy and dependence, call to
mind the work of Natalia Ginzburg in their psychological profundity, their
intellectual rigor. . . . Krauss’s stories capture characters at moments in their
lives when they’re hungry for experience and open to possibilities, and that
openness extends to the stories themselves: narratives too urgent and alive for
neat plotlines, simplistic resolutions or easy
answers.” —Molly Antopol, New York Times Book Review “From
a contemporary master, an astounding collection of ten globetrotting stories,
each one a powerful dissection of the thorny connections between men and
women. . . . Each story is masterfully crafted and deeply contemplative, barreling
toward a shimmering, inevitable conclusion, proving once again that Krauss is
one of our most formidable talents in fiction.” —EsquireIn one of her strongest works of fiction yet, Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into the struggle to understand what it is to be a man and what it is to be a woman, and the arising tensions that have existed from the very beginning of time. Set in our contemporary moment, and moving across the globe from Switzerland, Japan, and New York City to Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and South America, the stories in To Be a Man feature male characters as fathers, lovers, friends, children, seducers, and even a lost husband who may never have been a husband at all. The way these stories mirror one other and resonate is beautiful, with a balance so finely tuned that the book almost feels like a novel. Echoes ring through stages of life: aging parents and new-born babies; young women’s coming of age and the newfound, somewhat bewildering sexual power that accompanies it; generational gaps and unexpected deliveries of strange new leases on life; mystery and wonder at a life lived or a future waiting to unfold. To Be a Man illuminates with a fierce, unwavering light the forces driving human existence: sex, power, violence, passion, self-discovery, growing older. Profound, poignant, and brilliant, Krauss’s stories are at once startling and deeply moving, but always revealing of all-too-human weakness and strength.
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Jede Story eine eigene Welt
Jede einzelne dieser Kurzgeschichten steht für sich. Jede öffnet neue Denk- und Erlebnisräume. Deshalb habe ich zwischen den einzelnen Geschichten Zeit zum Verdauen gebraucht. "Ich ging zur Arbeit und machte die Führungen in dem Wissen, dass etwas Winziges in mir entstand, eine Art stetig wachsendes menschliches Beharren, bis zu dem Tag, an dem es schließlich in die Welt hinaus drängen würde, um uns zu sagen, was wir die ganze Zeit nicht gewusst hatten, was uns gefehlt hatte, uns ein Rätsel geblieben war. Ein kleines Wesen mit einer klaren Argumentation, dass die Zukunft vorhersagen konnte." Besonders mochte ich auch die Bezüge zu Israel und seiner Geschichte. Ich sah mich selbst manchmal durch Tel Aviv oder Haifa laufen. Ich sah die Städte und die Landschaften vor mir. Auch so eine ganz andere Welt 🩷🫂🙏
Description
Lit Hub's Best Books of
2020
Bustle's Best Short Story Collections of 2020Electric Literature's Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020Library Journal's Best Short Stories of 2020“Superb. . . . Krauss’s
depictions of the nuances of sex and love, intimacy and dependence, call to
mind the work of Natalia Ginzburg in their psychological profundity, their
intellectual rigor. . . . Krauss’s stories capture characters at moments in their
lives when they’re hungry for experience and open to possibilities, and that
openness extends to the stories themselves: narratives too urgent and alive for
neat plotlines, simplistic resolutions or easy
answers.” —Molly Antopol, New York Times Book Review “From
a contemporary master, an astounding collection of ten globetrotting stories,
each one a powerful dissection of the thorny connections between men and
women. . . . Each story is masterfully crafted and deeply contemplative, barreling
toward a shimmering, inevitable conclusion, proving once again that Krauss is
one of our most formidable talents in fiction.” —EsquireIn one of her strongest works of fiction yet, Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into the struggle to understand what it is to be a man and what it is to be a woman, and the arising tensions that have existed from the very beginning of time. Set in our contemporary moment, and moving across the globe from Switzerland, Japan, and New York City to Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and South America, the stories in To Be a Man feature male characters as fathers, lovers, friends, children, seducers, and even a lost husband who may never have been a husband at all. The way these stories mirror one other and resonate is beautiful, with a balance so finely tuned that the book almost feels like a novel. Echoes ring through stages of life: aging parents and new-born babies; young women’s coming of age and the newfound, somewhat bewildering sexual power that accompanies it; generational gaps and unexpected deliveries of strange new leases on life; mystery and wonder at a life lived or a future waiting to unfold. To Be a Man illuminates with a fierce, unwavering light the forces driving human existence: sex, power, violence, passion, self-discovery, growing older. Profound, poignant, and brilliant, Krauss’s stories are at once startling and deeply moving, but always revealing of all-too-human weakness and strength.
Book Information
Posts
Jede Story eine eigene Welt
Jede einzelne dieser Kurzgeschichten steht für sich. Jede öffnet neue Denk- und Erlebnisräume. Deshalb habe ich zwischen den einzelnen Geschichten Zeit zum Verdauen gebraucht. "Ich ging zur Arbeit und machte die Führungen in dem Wissen, dass etwas Winziges in mir entstand, eine Art stetig wachsendes menschliches Beharren, bis zu dem Tag, an dem es schließlich in die Welt hinaus drängen würde, um uns zu sagen, was wir die ganze Zeit nicht gewusst hatten, was uns gefehlt hatte, uns ein Rätsel geblieben war. Ein kleines Wesen mit einer klaren Argumentation, dass die Zukunft vorhersagen konnte." Besonders mochte ich auch die Bezüge zu Israel und seiner Geschichte. Ich sah mich selbst manchmal durch Tel Aviv oder Haifa laufen. Ich sah die Städte und die Landschaften vor mir. Auch so eine ganz andere Welt 🩷🫂🙏