Great German short stories.

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Author

Stephen Spender

Publication

1960 - Dell Pub. Co., [New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

71,000 words, Guess

Page Count

284 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL5812555M
OCLC Control Number297484
OCLC Control Numbergreatgermanshort00spen
Library of Congress Control Number60051901
LibraryThing431449

Classifications

LCCPZ1.S755 Gr

Description

284 p. 17 cm. Contents: Lenz / Georg Buchner -- Brigitta / Adalbert Stifter -- Earthquake in Chile / Heinrich von Kleist -- Little legend of the dance / Gottfried Keller -- Tale of the Cavalry / Hugo von Hofmannsthal -- Autopsy / George Heym -- Gym period / Rainer Maria Rilke -- "Gladius Dei" / Thomas Mann -- In the penal colony / Franz Kafka -- Village tale / Robert Walser -- Conquest / Gottfried Benn -- Living authors / Stephen Spender -- Bound man / Ilse Aichinger -- Man with the knives / Heinrich Boll -- New apartment / Heinz Huber -- Meeting in the hallway / Hans Erich Nossack -- Game of murder / Gerd Gaiser -- World ends / Wolfgang Hildesheimer -- Series Title: Laurel editions, LC148 Responsibility: Edited and introduced by Stephen Spender. Abstract: Seventeen representative stories by 19th- and 20th- century authors, with an introduction by the editor. [New York, Dell Pub. Co., 1960]