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Contemporary German Stories: Peter Handke, Friederike Mayröcker, Uwe Timm, and Others
Contemporary German Stories: Peter Handke, Friederike Mayröcker, Uwe Timm, and Others
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This volume contains 22 stories and novellas, many appearing in English for the first time. Among the authors represented are Peter Handke, Alfred Andersch, Stefan Andres, Jurgen Becker, Ulla Merkewicz, Elisabeth Borchers, Gisela Elsner and Max von der Grun.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A. Leslie Willson
ALFRED ANDERSCH
Jesuskingdutschke
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
STEFAN ANDRES
El Greco Paints the Grand Inquisitor
Translated by Jeanne R. Willson
JURGEN BECKER
From the Story of a Separation
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
ULLA BERKEWICZ
Hi, Wendy!
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
ELISABETH BORCHERS
Murder; or, This Story Is No Proof
Translated by James A. Hayes
GISELA ELSNER
The Engagement
Translated by Minetta Altgelt Goyne
HUBERT FICHTE
The Garden
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
GUNTER BRUNO FUCHS
Confessions of an Elderly Cane Maker
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
MAX VON DER GRUN
Shorthand Text
Translated by John Derrenberger
PETER HANDKE
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Translated by Michael Roloff
HERBERT HECKMAN
UBUville--The City of the Grand Egg
Translated by Thomas I. Bacon
HELMUT HEIßENBUTTEL
Texts
Translated by Michael Hamburger
MICHAEL KRUGER
The Pet
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
ULRIKE LANGLE
The Devil Is the Friend of Man
Translated by Scott G. Williams (with Ulrike Langle, Grit Liebscher, Hiram Maxim, Ann Reitz)
FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKER
In a Rundown Neighborhood
Translated by Michael P. Elzay
HANS ERICH NOSSACK
The Pocketknife
Translated by Marc Tangner
HELGA NOVAK
Journey of a Woman Nihilist to Verona in Late Autumn
Translated by Peter Spycher
LUTZ RATHENOW
Struggle
Translated by George F. Peters
JOSEF REDING
Disturbances All the Way to Baton Rouge
Translated by Ralph R. Read III
UWE TIMM
The Dinner Party
Translated by Rebecca Penn
WOLFGANG WEYRAUCH
Something's Happening
Translated by Earl N. Lewis
WOLF WONDRATSCHEK
German Lesson
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
Biographies
Product details
| Published | Nov 01 1998 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9780826409690 |
| Imprint | Continuum |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | German Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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