Parallel Text: German Short Stories 2

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

Introduction

THE 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