Kleinzeit by Russell Hoban
After being fired from his job and admitted to a London hospital with mysterious pains, a man embarks on a surreal, comic odyssey through illness, love, and creativity. As everyday objects and abstract ideas speak, he navigates flirtations with a brisk nurse, skirmishes with Death, and a tempestuous romance with the Word itself. Blending mythic undertones with urban mundanity, the story traces his struggle to find meaning and to write his way into a new life.
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- Published
- 1974
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-260
- Original Language
- English
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