Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Old Child and Other Stories | 1999 | Jenny Erpenbeck | Buy |
| 2 | Things That Disappear | 2025 | Jenny Erpenbeck | Buy |
Jenny Erpenbeck’s collected works consist of two volumes separated by more than twenty-five years. The Old Child and Other Stories came out in 1999, and Things That Disappear followed in 2025. Both are fiction collections that stand on their own.
Readers new to Erpenbeck might start with either volume, since they are independent of each other. The long gap between publications makes each collection a product of a very different period in Erpenbeck’s career.