Hope's Rise
T. C. Boyle · 1999
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The first volume of collected short fiction from the award–winning author of The Tortilla Curtain, featuring sixty-eight “varied, clever, and delightful” (The Chicago Tribune) short stories, including seven never-before-published tales “Each [story hops] with manic energy . . .
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„Ich habe eine Geschichte namens Hope's Rise geschrieben, als ich davon las, dass Frösche aussterben. Nun warum? Warum sterben sie aus?“
Boyle illustriert seine Faszination für Biologie und Natur, indem er beschreibt, wie eine wissenschaftliche Entdeckung – das Froschsterben durch Chemikalien aus Verhütungsmitteln – ihn zu einer Kurzgeschichte inspirierte. Er nutzt das als Beispiel für die absurden, unbeabsichtigten Folgen menschlichen Handelns.
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