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The Questionable Ones (Hardcover)
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The Questionable Ones (Hardcover)
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A brilliant collection of micro-fiction, reflecting our fragmented
times. With quirky humor and wry insight, Swiss author Judith
Keller's micro-fictions unravel the fabric of daily life. She
delves into the aporia of language by taking idiomatic expressions
literally, unpacking the multiple meanings of words, and
confounding expectations. Seven Zurich tram stops provide the
framework for these familiar yet absurd portraits of passers-by,
fellow passengers on the tram, the unemployed and the overemployed,
the innocent and the suspicious, young mothers and confused
elderly. The reader is taken on a journey through the city and
offered glimpses of people going more or less successfully about
their lives. These deceptively banal glimpses, however, show us
more than we expect-they turn the lens back on us, puncture our
complacency and ask, "Who are you to judge?" The characters are
hapless and far-fetched, trying to find their footing on shifting
ground and grateful for what happiness they can find. In just a
sentence or two, Keller unlocks metaphysical trapdoors. The
Questionable Ones offers a collection of snapshots that reveal the
extraordinary lurking inside the ordinary and the ordinary at the
core of the extraordinary.
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