At Home: A selection of stories

by Franz Hohler, Elsbeth Borer (Translator), Dianne Dicks (Translator), Katalin Fekete (Translator), Mary Hogan (Translator), Peter Routledge (Translator), Andrew Rushton (Translator), Andrew Shields (Translator), Katherine Ziegler (Translator)

Overview

At Home contains 37 stories and tales by the popular Swiss author Franz Hohler, who has won several of the most significant literary prizes in German-speaking Europe. The endearing stories range from touching to bizarre to dead-on realistic and have been translated into English by various translators.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783905252187
Publisher:	Schwabe
Publication date:	03/01/2009
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	4.72(w) x 7.28(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Franz Hohler is one of Switzerland's most popular and respected writers and performers. He has received some of the most significant literary prizes in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. He lives in Zurich.

Table of Contents

At Home
My Mother's Father
The Tragic Centipede
Alternatours
Conditions for Taking Nourishment
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Pet
The Goddess
The Deception
The Clean-Up
The Farm Hand
The Open Refrigerator
The Recapture
The Creation
The Cross-Country Skier
The Whitsun Sparrow
The Name Change
Kosovo, Yes
Intermission
The Salesman and the Moose
The Wild Chase on the Oberalp
The Caravan
The Gateau
Discount Offer
Accidents
The Execution
Destination Selzach
The Motorway Mystery
The Daily Death
The Contrabass Player
The End of the World
Coupons
A Song about Cheese
The Dying Man
In Another Country
Visiting Ancestors
The Mailbox
About Franz Hohler
Credits, permissions and translators
Acknowledgements
About Bergli Books