German Stories And Tales

by Robert Pick (Editor)

lvery good--1970-, Washington Square Press, pb- excellent copy--a359ab

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, German Literature

Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this during/after a trip to Switzerland -- really loved almost all of these stories! Some are very beautiful (Youth, Hesse), some funny (Kannitverstan, Hebel), some awfully sad (The Friend in the Closet, Kesten), some way older than I expected and super atmospheric (Bergkristall, Stifter). Revisited The Metamorphosis after many years and really enjoyed it. Also very interesting to consider the collection having been published in 1955, just 10 years after the end of the war.

[Alan (the Lone Librarian on semi-hiatus)) Teder]

In English language,Translated from German,short stories,anthology,Hermann Hesse,Thomas Mann,Franz Kafka

[Liza Jane]

Contents:

YOUTH, BEAUTIFUL YOUTH, by Hermann Hesse
KANNITVERSTAN, by Johann Peter Hebel
AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF THE MARSHAL DE BASSOMPIERRE, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
LUKARDIS, by Jakob Wassermann
KRAMBAMBULI, by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
CARDIAC SUTURE, by Ernst Weiss
THE MESSAGE THAT FAILED, by Moritz Heimann
ROCK CRYSTAL, by Adalbert Stifter
THE BACHELOR'S DEATH, by Arthur Schnitsler
UNEXPECTED REUNION, by Johann Peter Hebel
MONA LISA, by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
THE PICNIC OF MORES THE CAT, by Clemens Brentano
ZERLINE, THE OLD SERVANT GIRL, by Hermann Broch
THE FRIEND IN THE CLOSET, by Hermann Kesten
THE METAMORPHOSIS, by Franz Kafka
A LITTLE LEGEND OF THE DANCE, by Gottfried Keller
DEATH IN VENICE, by Thomas Mann
THE HUSSAR, by Johann Peter Hebel

[Carlos · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a serviceable but unremarkable collection. Having already read the main stories of the collection, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and “Death in Venice” by Thomas Mann, I was a little disappointed in the rest of the stories. Aside from 2 or 3, I found most of the stories quite unremarkable in content or style. While the stories were not poorly written they are almost all of the same, in my view bland, style, perhaps readers more receptive to that style will find this collection a great resource for late 19th/early 20th century German authors.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good stories!!

[Megan Alyse · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful and fun to read.

[Archie Lynas · Rating 5 out of 5]

could someone give me a quick synopsis? Just a couple of paragraphs? thanks