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The Philosopher Stories (Essential Prose, 217) - Softcover

Levy, Jerry

 
9781771838757: The Philosopher Stories (Essential Prose, 217)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1771838752 ISBN 13: 9781771838757
Verlag: Guernica Editions, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The dozen stories in this collection chronicle the life of Karl Pringle, a wannabe philosopher who had once been enrolled in the graduate Philosophy program at the University of Toronto where he imagined himself as an Ubermensch, a Superman derived from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche. But he was summarily dismissed from the program after punching out his academic supervisor. Now Karl lives in a decrepit apartment above a butcher shop in Toronto's Kensington Market, is unemployed and very much rootless. The stories in The Philosopher Stories follow Karl as he moves from one strange episode to another, none of which end well. Although Karl likes to think of himself as an Ubermensch, in the bleakest moments following his many mishaps, he seems to know better, that perhaps he is only fooling himself with his grandiose dreams. That he is nothing more than one of life's rejects, an out-and-out failure. Nuanced and multilayered, funny and yet achingly sad, these stories depict a young man grappling with life's big questions, including love, finding a place for oneself in an uncaring world, morality, success, and fate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jerry Levy's first collection of stories, Urban Legend, came out with Thistledown Press in 2013. In 2020, his second collection, The Quantum Theory of Love and Madness, was published by Guernica Editions. His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies in Canada, the US, and the UK. He lives in Toronto.

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Verlag
Guernica Editions
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1771838752
ISBN 13 
9781771838757
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
232
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