A Very German Christmas: The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of All Time
| AUTHOR | Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang; Rilke, Rainer Maria; Heine, Heinrich et al. |
| PUBLISHER | New Vessel Press (09/15/2020) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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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 Bll, Peter Stamm, and Martin Suter. Eine frhliche 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.
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ISBN-13:
9781939931887
ISBN-10:
1939931886
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
140
Carton Quantity:
30
Product Dimensions:
6.90 x 0.70 x 10.10 inches
Weight:
1.05 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Fiction | Holidays
Fiction | Literary
Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)
Dewey Decimal:
833.010
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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 Bll, Peter Stamm, and Martin Suter. Eine frhliche 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.
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