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A Very German Christmas : The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of All Time

✍ Scribed by Wolfgang von Goethe; Rainer Maria Rilke; Hermann Hesse; Heinrich. Heine; The Brothers Grimm; Kurt Tucholsky; Erich Kästner; Ilse Frapan; Martin Suter; Peter Stamm

Publisher
New Vessel Press
Year
2020
Tongue
English
Leaves
137
Series
Very Christmas Series
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This collection of new and classic Christmas literature includes stories by Herman Hesse, Joseph Roth, The Brothers Grimm, and many others. This collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. You'll find classic works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent tales by writers like Heinrich Böll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. It also includes the first published English translation of Joseph Roth's story "Christmas in Cochinchina." Enjoy Eine fröhliche Weihnachten―A Merry Christmas―made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, all accompanied by plenty of schnapps.

✦ Subjects

Christmas stories, German--Translations into English. ; Christmas stories, Austrian. ; Christmas stories, German.

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