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Parallel Text: German Short Stories
Deutsche Kurzgeschichten
Editor - David Constantine
Penguin : Parallel Text
Paperback
: 24 Jun 1976
£9.99
Synopsis
The eight stories in this volume offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. Styles include the non-fictional manner of Kluge's montage technique and the contrasting classical storytelling of Penzoldt.
With reading notes and parallel texts in German and English, this anthology is valuable to the German student of English as well as the English student of German. Reflecting trends in German literature, the stories have been selected for their quality as well as their readability, and will enhance the appreciation of both languages.
Table of contents
IntroductionThe Dolphin / Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955) translated by David Constantine
Jennifer's Dreams / Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–74) translated by Helen Taylor
Fedezeen / Gunter De Bruyn (1926– ) translated by Peter Anthony
The Renunciation / Siegfried Lenz (1926– ) translated by Stewart Spencer
The Dogs / Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–73) translated by Francis Kyle
Lobellen Grove / Johannes Bobrowski (1917–65) translated by Ray Ockenden
Anita G. / Alexander Kluge (1932– ) translated by Simon Caulkin
The Joiner / Thomas Bernhard (1931–89) translated by David Horrocks
Notes on German Texts
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