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OverviewScathingly clever short stories. Includes ""The Devil in the White House"" and ""The Development of Iraq as a Case for the Files."" At once a genuine story-teller and a literary documentarian, Alexander Kluge's genius lies in the very special way he makes found material his own. Each of the miniatures collected here touches on ""facts"" and is only several pages long. In just a paragraph he can etch a whole world: he is as great a master of compression as Kafka or Kawabata. Arranged in five chapters, the dozens of stories of The Devil's Blind Spot are condensed, like novels in pill form. The first group of stories illustrates the little-known virtues of the Devil. The second explores love from Kant and opera through the Grand Guignol. The third is entitled ""Sarajevo Is Everywhere"" and tests how convincing power is. The fourth group concerns the cosmos, and the fifth ranges all our ""knowledge"" against our feelings. In each piece, Kluge alights on precise particulars: on board the atomic submarine Kursk, for instance, we are marched precisely step by step through a black comedy of the exact, disastrous stages of thinking that lead to catastrophe. Sample titles include ""The Devil in the White House,"" ""The Development of Iraq as a Case for the Files,"" ""Intelligence of the Second Degree,"" and ""Love's Mouth Also Kisses the Dog."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander KlugePublisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.60cm Weight: 0.402kg ISBN: 9780811217361ISBN 10: 0811217361 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 13 September 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""Alexander Kluge, that most enlightened of writers.""" Alexander Kluge, that most enlightened of writers. Author InformationAlexander Kluge, born in Germany in 1932, is a world-famous author and filmmaker (his twenty-three films include Yesterday Girl, The Female Patriot, The Candidate), a lawyer, and a media magnate. He has won Germany’s highest literary award, the Georg Büchner Prize. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |