A Medicine for Melancholy

The Roman Medicine for Melancholy (English Original Title A Medicine for Melancholy ) is a collection of 22 science fiction short stories by the American writer Ray Bradbury.

The German edition appeared in 1969 in Marion von Schröder Publisher. The book came out in Diogenes Verlag in 1981 and was translated by Margaret Bormann.

The original English title appeared 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)
  • Fever Dream ( Fever Dream)
  • The 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 )
  • Icarus Montgolfier Wright ( Icarus Montgolfier Wright)
  • The toupee (The Headpiece )
  • Dark they were 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 )
  • The whole summer in a day ( All Summer in a Day )
  • The Gift ( The Gift )
  • The big clash last Monday ( The Great Collision of Monday Last )
  • The little mice ( The Little Mice )
  • Coastline at sunset (The Shore Line at Sunset )
  • The Strawberry Window (The Stawberry Window )
  • The day came the big rain ( The Day it Rained Forever )

Reviews

" These 22 stories are 22 compelling arguments that Ray Bradbury one of the best living American authors. In allowing his imagination run wild, he manages to shine into hundreds of hidden corners of experience. Bradbury is a poet who is not ashamed to show that he is in love with the language, as a craftsman in love with his Werkzug "

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