Medicine for melancholy

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The novel medicine for melancholy (engl. Original title A Medicine for Melancholy ) is a collection of 22 science fiction - short stories of the American writer Ray Bradbury .

The German first edition was published by Marion von Schröder Verlag in 1969 . The book was published by Diogenes Verlag in 1981 and was translated by Margarete Bormann.

The English original title was published in 1959.

The stories

  • During the summer months ( In a Season of Calm Weather )
  • The Dragon ( The Dragon )
  • Medicine for Melancholy ( A Medicine for Melancholy )
  • The end of the beginning ( The End of the Beginning )
  • The wonderful ice cream suit ( The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit )
  • Delirium ( Fever legend )
  • Marriage Savior ( The Marriage Mender )
  • The city where no one got out ( The Town Where No One Got Off )
  • The scent of Sarsaparilla ( A Scent of Sarsaparilla )
  • Ikaros Montgolfier Wright ( Icarus Montgolfier Wright )
  • The Toupee ( The Headpiece )
  • Dark, she and goldäugig ( Dark They Were, and Golden-eyed )
  • The smile ( The Smile )
  • The first night of Lent ( The first Night of Lent )
  • Time to go ( The Time of Going Away )
  • All the summer in a day ( All Summer in a Day )
  • The gift ( The Gift )
  • The big clash last Monday ( The Great Collision of Monday load )
  • The little mice ( The Little Mice )
  • Coastline at sunset ( The Shore-Line at Sunset )
  • The strawberry window ( The Stawberry Window )
  • The day when the big rains came ( The Day it Rained Forever )

Reviews

“ These 22 stories are 22 compelling arguments that would make Ray Bradbury one of the best American writers alive. By letting his imagination run wild, he manages to shine into hundreds of hidden corners of the experience. Bradbury is a poet who is not ashamed to show that he is in love with language, just as a craftsman is in love with his tool ”

- Los Angeles Times

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