A Very German Christmas: The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of ALL Time
(Book #5 in the Very Christmas Series)
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The fifth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. You'll find classic works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Joseph Roth and Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent tales by writers like Heinrich B?ll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. Eine fr?hliche Weihnachten--A Merry Christmas--made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.Joseph Roth's story "Christmas in Cochinchina," published in English for the first time in this collection, appeared in the December 2020 issue of Harper's Magazine.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1939931886
ISBN13:9781939931887
Release Date:September 2020
Publisher:New Vessel Press
Length:140 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.9" x 10.1"
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