Besprechung
Egan displays wonderful empathy toward people who are standing at the brink of life; her tales celebrate the power of hope and redemption. Like a necklace in which every stone is a stunner, Emerald City will take your breath away Glamour

Kurztext / Annotation
Kurzgeschichten aus der Feder der Pulitzer Preis Gewinnerin. Einsamkeit und Sehnsucht, Bedauern und Verlangen treiben ihre Protagonisten an, etwas ausserhalb ihres eigenen Erfahrungsbereich zu suchen.

Langtext

These eleven masterful stories - the first collection from acclaimed author Jennifer Egan - deal with loneliness and longing, regret and desire. Egan's characters, models and housewives, bankers and schoolgirls, are united by their search for something outside their own realm of experience.

They set out from locations as exotic as China and Bora Bora, as cosmopolitan as downtown Manhattan, or as familiar as suburban Illinois to seek their own transformations. Elegant and poignant, the stories in Emerald City are seamless evocations of self-discovery.