"Ideal for students, this affordable anthology features expert new translations of thirteen stories, most of which date from the last fifty years. Previously unavailable in English versions, the tales feature a diversity of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into German life and literature. English translations appear alongside the original German text of such stories as """"Beauty and the Beast"""" by Irmtraud Morgner, Gabriele Wohmann's """"Good Luck and Bad Luck,"""" """"Fratricide in the Backwater"""" by Georg Britting, and Carl Grunert's """"The Archaeopteryx Egg."""" Other selections by important modern authors include tales by Alfred Henschke (aka Klabund), Michael Inneberger, and Iris Klockmann. The text is completely self-contained - no further apparatus or reference is necessary. Appropriate for high school and college courses, this dual-language edition is also ideal for independent study."
By:
M Charlotte Wolf Translated by:
Prof M Charlotte Wolf Ph D Imprint: Dover Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 136mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 260g ISBN:9780486476322 ISBN 10: 0486476324 Series:Dover Dual Language German Pages: 272 Publication Date:19 April 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
CONTENTS Introduction v Acknowledgments xiii Kurd Lasswitz 1 Die Fernschule / The Distance Learning School 4/5 Carl Grunert 27 Das Ei des Urvogels / The Archaeopteryx Egg 30/31 Alfred Henschke (aka Klabund) 59 Der Bar / The Bear 62/63 Georg Britting 72 Brudermord im Altwasser / Fratricide in the Backwater 74/75 Elisabeth Langgasser 80 Saisonbeginn / Beginning of the Season 84/85 Luise Rinser 90 Die rote Katze / The Red Cat 94/95 Peter Bichsel 109 Ein Tisch ist ein Tisch / A Table Is a Table 112/113 Irmtraud Morgner 122 Der Schone und das Tier / Beauty and the Beast 126/127 Iris Klockmann 155 Der Bote / The Messenger 158/159 Henry Bienek 165 Der Empfang / The Reception 168/169 Gabriele Wohmann 181 Gluck und Ungluck / Good Luck and Bad Luck 184/185 Michael Inneberger 201 Urlaub fur ewig / Eternal Vacation 204/205 Klempner Huber / Plumber Huber 222/223
