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In Strange Gardens and Other StoriesBy: Peter Stamm With the precision of a surgeon, Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life. They are bankers, students, mothers, or retirees. They live in New York City or somewhere in Switzerland, they work in London or Riga, they cross paths in a Fado bar in Lisbon. They breathe the banal routine of daily life. It is to these ordinary people that Peter Stamm grants center stage in his latest collection of
By: Peter StammWith the precision of a surgeon, Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life.
They are bankers, students, mothers, or retirees. They live in New York City or somewhere in Switzerland, they work in London or Riga, they cross paths in a Fado bar in Lisbon. They breathe the banal routine of daily life. It is to these ordinary people that Peter Stamm grants center stage in his latest collection of short stories. Henry, a cowherd turned stuntman, crisscrosses the country, dreaming of meeting a woman. Inger, the Dane, refuses her skimpy life and takes off for Italy. Regina, so lonely in her big house since her children left and her husband passed away, discovers the world anew thanks to the Australian friend of her granddaughter, who helps Regina envision her next voyage.
In these stories, Stamm's clean style expresses despair without flash, through softness and small gestures, with disarming retorts full of derision and infinite tenderness. There, where life hesitates, ready to tip over—with nothing yet played out—is where these people and their stories exist. For us, they all become exceptional. Praise for Unformed Landscape: "Sensitive and unnerving. . . . An uncommonly intimate work, one that will remind the reader of his or her own lived experience with a greater intensity than many of the books that are published right here at home." —The New Republic Online
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Recommended read by tour guide to Egypt
Format: Paperback
Very good history book of Egypt in non-complicated terms. I wish there were more pictures and maps to add to the descriptions in the book. Read this as it was recommended by our tour guide to Egypt in April
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Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Very informative
Format: Kindle
Bread read. I book gives you a complete overview of Egyptian history without getting too bogged down. Fast moving. I highly recommend
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Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024
★★★★★ 4
Interesting
Format: Kindle
The writers at Enthralling History have put together a well written, easy to read book on Egyptian history that will capture your attention and keep you reading.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2022
★★★★★ 5
An excellent History of Egypt
Format: Kindle
Enthralling History has done it again an written a very well research book about the history of Egypt.
I highly recommend that you don't miss this excellent book.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2022
★★★★★ 5
Tulsa Oklahoma 1921
Format: Paperback
Very short read but very insightful book with a lot of information. A good quick read for a cheap price you will not regret it if you are like me and you love to learn and study especially about the Black culture.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2025