Three Stories and a Reflection (1995)

by Patrick Süskind

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From the author of Perfume, The Double Bass and The Pigeon, this collection of stories includes: Amnesia in Litteris, in which the author recounts how few of the books in his library he can remember; and Depth Wish, in which a promising young painter takes her notices too much to heart.

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The first story "Der Zwang zur Tiefe" actually gets 5 stars from me. But maybe that's because I'll never forget the first time I ever heard it. I didn't read it, a friend read it to us at a camp. And the fact that she's the best storyteller I know, forever burned this story into my head. I have read it countless times since then and whenever I do I feel transported back to that night in front of the campfire, hearing that tragic yet funny story about a women misunderstood by the people around her who ends up flying over a cornfield... (

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Patrick Süskind	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Fuente, Ana María de la	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Bloomsbury Quid

Kleine Diogenes Taschenbücher (70008)

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Three Stories and a Reflection | Maître Mussard's Bequest by Patrick Süskind

Opere by Patrick Suskind

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The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind

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Drei Geschichten und eine Betrachtung

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1995

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Der Zwang zur Tiefe: Eine junge Frau aus Stuttgart, die schön zeichnete, bekam bei ihrer ersten Ausstellung von einem Kritiker, der nichts Böses meinte und sie fördern wollte, gesagt: "Es ist begabt und ansprechend, was Sie machen, aber Sie haben noch zu wenig Tiefe."

Ein Kampf: An einem frühen Abend im August, als die meisten Menschen den Park bereits verlassen hatten, sassen sich im Pavillon an der Nordwestecke des Jardin du Luxembourg noch zwei Männer am Schachbrett gegenüber, deren Partie von einem guten Dutzend Zuschauer mit so gespannter Aufmerksamkeit verfolgt wurde, dass, obwohl die Stunde des Aperitifs schon näher rückte, niemand auf den Gedanken gekommen wäre, die Szene zu verlassen, ehe der Kampf sich nicht entschieden hätte.

Das Vermächtnis des Maître Mussard: Diese wenigen Blätter sind bestimmt für einen mir unbekannten Leser und für ein späteres Geschlecht, das den Mut hat, die Wahrheit zu sehen, und die Kraft besitzt, sie zu ertragen.

Amnesie in litteris: ...Wie war die Frage?

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From the author of Perfume, The Double Bass and The Pigeon, this collection of stories includes: Amnesia in Litteris, in which the author recounts how few of the books in his library he can remember; and Depth Wish, in which a promising young painter takes her notices too much to heart.

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