Bøker av Peter Stamm

"Given a second chance with an old love, a coolly detached archivist questions the life he could have had, and whether it's not too late to live it. Forty years ago-almost a lifetime-he confessed his love to a classmate and close friend, Franziska. Now, living in his late mother's house with the obsolete archive of the newspaper he once worked for, he looks back on days spent poring over files and clippings, increasingly withdrawn from the world. His occasional relationships never amounted to anything, and the memory of Franziska-who became pop singer Fabienne-continues to haunt him as she appears in the media. When the two cross paths again, the possibility of a different life feels achingly real. But should he risk the comfort of his ordered existence for a romance that might never match what he imagined?"--

From helpful elves to an enchanting Nutcracker, rediscover the German Christmas tales behind our most iconic festive traditions*A Daily Express Book of the Year*Eine fröhliche Weihnachten -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, roast goose and red cabbage, tinsel and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.In this collection, classic works by the Brothers Grimm and Thomas Mann intertwine with more recent stories from writers like Peter Stamm and Martin Suter to bring together the greatest festive tales from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. From a child lost in a snowy, pine-scented forest meeting an unlikely saviour to old lovers reuniting during a last-minute dash across the city for presents, each story creates magical moments of reflection and rediscovery.Bursting with family chaos, carols and yuletide cheer, A German Christmas showcases those works that have helped define the festive period the world over.

A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange GardensOn a day like any other, Andreas changes his life. When a routine doctor’s visit leads to an unexpected prognosis, a great yearning takes hold of him—but who can tell if it is homesickness or wanderlust? Andreas leaves everything behind, sells his Paris apartment; cuts off all social ties; quits his teaching job; and waves goodbye to his days spent idly sitting in cafes—to look for a woman he once loved, half a lifetime ago. The monotony of days has been keeping him in check; now he hopes for a miracle and for a new beginning. Andreas’ travels lead him back to the province of his youth, back to his hometown in Switzerland where he returns to familiar streets, where his brother still lives in their childhood home, and where Fabienne, a woman he was obsessed with in his youth, visits the same lake they once swam in together. Andreas, still consumed with longing for his lost love and blinded by the uncertainty of his future, is tormented by the question of what might have been if things had happened differently. Peter Stamm has been praised as a “stylistic ascetic” and his prose as “distinguished by lapidary expression, telegraphic terseness, and finely tuned sensitivity” (Bookforum). In On a Day Like This, Stamm’s unobtrusive observational style allows us to journey with our antihero through his crises of banality, of living in his empty world, and the realization that life is finite—that one must live it, as long as that is possible.Praise for Unformed Landscape:“Sensitive and unnerving. . . . An uncommonly intimate work, one that will remind the reader of his or her own lived experience with a greater intensity than many of the books that are published right here at home.” —The New Republic Online“If Albert Camus had lived in an age when people in remote Norwegian fishing villages had e-mail, he might have written a novel like this.”—The New Yorker“Unformed Landscape has a refreshing purity, a lack of delusion, a lack of hype.”—Los Angeles Times

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Schon sehr lange ist die Freistellung des Existenzminimums von der Einkommensteuer gefordert worden, doch es bedurfte einer Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, um diese Forderung gesetzlich umzusetzen. In der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit werden dazu verschiedene Aspekte betrachtet: Zum einen wird der 1996 in Kraft getretene Einkommensteuertarif mit seinem Vorgängertarif aus dem Jahre 1990 verglichen und im Hinblick auf Verteilungswirkungen analysiert. Zum anderen werden drei grundsätzlich mögliche Freistellungsmethoden vorgestellt und verglichen. Dabei können in der Literatur und der politischen Diskussion weit verbreitete Mißverständnisse über die Belastungswirkungen von Nullzonentarifen und Grundfreibeträgen ausgeräumt werden. Es wird gezeigt, daß mit allen drei Freistellungsmethoden in statischer Sicht die gleiche Steuerlastverteilung erzielt werden kann. Es werden aber auch Unterschiede in dynamischer Betrachtungsweise aufgezeigt, die eine Freistellung des Existenzminimums mittels eines Freibetrages vorteilhaft erscheinen lassen. Im Rahmen dieser Diplomarbeit werden weiterhin die Grundzüge und Prinzipien der deutschen Einkommensteuer dargelegt sowie Methoden der Tarifanalyse vorgestellt und angewandt. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Inhaltsverzeichnis: TabellenverzeichnisII AbbildungsverzeichnisIII Abkürzungs- und SymbolverzeichnisV 1.Einleitung1 2.Schutz des Existenzminimums3 2.1Begriff "Existenzminimum"3 2.2Höhe des steuerlichen Existenzminimums4 2.2.1Grundzüge der Sozialhilfe.5 2.2.2Ermittlung aus Sozialleistungsdaten7 2.2.3Spielraum bei der Festlegung9 3.Grundzüge der deutschen Einkommensteuer11 3.1Besteuerungsprinzipien11 3.1.1Äquivalenzprinzip12 3.1.2Leistungsfähigkeitsprinzip13 3.2Ermittlung der Steuerbemessungsgrundlage zur Schaffung horizontaler Gerechtigkeit13 3.2.1Einkommen oder Konsum als Bemessungsgrundlage?14 3.2.2Ermittlung des zu versteuernden Einkommens14 3.2.3Stellt das Existenzminimum steuerliche Leistungsfähigkeit dar?17 3.3Wahl eines Tarifs zur Schaffung vertikaler Gerechtigkeit20 3.4Ehegatten-Splitting22 4.Jahressteuergesetz 199624 4.1Oberblick über die Änderungen bei der Bemessungsgrundlage24 4.2Der neue Einkommensteuertarif 199627 4.2.1Freistellung des Existenzminimums durch den Tarif 9628 4.2.2Darstellung und Charakterisierung des Tarifs 9630 4.2.2.1Tarifform30 4.2.2.2Tariftyp32 4.2.2.3Messung der [¿]