German short stories Deutsche kurzgeschichten
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
German short stories = Deutsche kurzgeschichten
（Penguin parallel text）
Penguin Books, 1964-1976
- v. 1
- v. 2
Available at 16 libraries
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Note
Vol. 2, edited by David Constantine
English and German
Contents of Works
- v. 1. Pale Anna / Heinrich Boll
- Die blasse Anna / Heinrich Boll
- Story in reverse / Ilse Aichinger
- Spiegelsgeschichte / Ilse Aichinger
- The host / Hans Bender
- Die Hostie / Hans Bender
- Woman driver / Gertrud Fussenegger
- Dame am Steuer / Gertrud Fussenegger
- Antigone and the garden dwarf / Gerd Gaiser
- Antigone und der Gartenzwerg / Gerd Gaiser
- At the Trocadero / Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- Im Trocadero / Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- When Potemkins's coach went by / Reinhard Lettau
- Beim vorbeifahren der Potemkinschen kutsche / Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- Thithyphuth, or my uncle's waiter / Wolfgang Borchert
- Schischyphusch oder der Kellner meines Onkels / Wolfgang Borchert
- v. 2. The dolphin / Ernst Penzoldt
- Der Dolphin / Ernst Penzoldt
- Jennifer's dreams / Marie Luise Kaschnitz
- Jeniffers Traume / Marie Luise Kaschnitz
- Fedezeen / Gunter De Bruyn
- The renunciation / Siegfried Lenz
- Der Verzicht / Siegfried Lenz
- The dogs / Ingeborg Bachmann
- Das Gebell / Ingeborg Bachmann
- Lobellen Grove / Johannes Bobrowski
- Lobeller Waldchen / Johannes Bobrowski
- Anita G. / Alexander Kluge
- The Joiner / Thomas Bernhard
- Der Zimmerer / Thomas Bernhard
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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v. 1 ISBN 9780140020403
Description
Much maligned in pre-war Germany, the short story enjoyed a creative rebirth in 1945. Initially imported by the Allies, the form also matched perfectly the prevailing mood of irony, objectivity and mistrust of the didactic.
With the original German text running alongside English translations, this collection features stories from eight outstanding post-war authors including Heinrich Boell, Ilse Aichinger and Reinhard Lettau which students will find both educational and engrossing. Boell's opening story 'Pale Anna' follows a soldier returning home, his situation comparable to that of the writer in the first months of peace: he knows no-one and has few words not linked to painful memories. This poignant narrative is followed by a variety of tales representing the diversity of the time and including satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780140041194
Description
The eight stories in this volume offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. Styles include the non-fictional manner of Kluge's montage technique and the contrasting classical storytelling of Penzoldt.
With reading notes and parallel texts in German and English, this anthology is valuable to the German student of English as well as the English student of German. Reflecting trends in German literature, the stories have been selected for their quality as well as their readability, and will enhance the appreciation of both languages.
Table of Contents
- The dolphin, Ernst Penzoldt
- Jennifer's dreams, Marie Luise Kaschnitz
- Fedezeen, Gunter de Bruyn
- the renunciation, Siegfried Lenz
- the dogs, Ingeborg Bachmann
- lobellen grove, Johannes Bobrowski
- Anita G., Alexander Kluge
- the joiner, Thomas Bernhard.
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