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

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : New Vessel Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (174 pages).
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Series Very Christmas series
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Summary "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."-- Provided by Freading.
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Subject Christmas stories, German -- Translations into English.
Christmas stories, Austrian -- Translations into English.
Christmas stories, Swiss (German) -- Translations into English.
FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863, author.
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859, author.
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962, author.
Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856, author.
Tucholsky, Kurt, 1890-1935, author.
Kästner, Erich, 1899-1974, author.
Frapan, Ilse, 1849-1908, author.
Suter, Martin, 1948- author.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832, author.
Stamm, Peter, 1963- author.
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926, author.
Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931, author.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955, author.
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822, author.
Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939, author.
Rosegger, Peter, 1843-1918, author.
Schnurre, Wolfdietrich, 1920-1989, author.
Böll, Heinrich, author.
Stökl, Helene Boeckel, 1845-1929, author.
Anschütz, Ernst, author.
ISBN 9781939931894 (epub)
9781939931887 (print)
Standard No. 9781939931894
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