Couples, passersby
Our rough guess is there are 31,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 2 hours and 6 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 4 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Author
Contributions
- Theobald, Roslyn. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
31,500 words, Guess
Page Count
126 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL993142M
- ISBN-100810112426
- OCLC Control Number35029771
- OCLC Control Numbercouplespassersby0000stra
- Library of Congress Control Numbertmp96031646
and 2 more
- Goodreads2327227
- LibraryThing379700
Classifications
- DDC833/.914
- LCCPT2681.T6898 P3313 1996
Description
In Couples, Passersby, the controversial German writer Botho Strauss deftly combines the fantastic and the mundane to depict a society in which people pair off only to find greater isolation and alienation. In Strauss's world love turns not to hate but to indifference, and lovers fade into strangers, indistinguishable passersby in the crowded loneliness of the city streets. The six linked sections of Couples, Passersby present vignettes of frustrated connections and emotional numbness as characters search for meaning in art, in language, and in each other. Throughout Couples, Passersby, Strauss filters the particulars of everyday existence through his singular sensibility to create an arresting portrait of contemporary urban society and the solitary artist's place within it.
Subjects
Topics
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!