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Recently cited as one of the 100 Most Meaningful Books of All Time by a survey reported in The Guardian, and with a new foreword by German-literary ... More

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This is the book that led to Hans Fallada's downfall with the Nazis. The story of a young couple struggling to survive the German economic collapse ... More

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This arresting novel by one of Germany's foremost modern writers dramatizes the ideological conflict between East Europe and the West at the time of ... More

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These stories, written between 1946 and 1952 are stunning accounts of German soldiers in a war they did not want and the bleak aftermath of Germany ... More

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Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schneir collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won't marry her within the Catholic Church. The desertion ... More

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The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now ... More

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One of the great storybooks of the middle ages: a master storyteller from the thirteenth century recounts classic tales of Icelandic mythology along ... More

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English translation first published in the United States in 1985.

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Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, ... More

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Thirty-six stories by the Nobel Prize winner, including some of his most famous such as "Zlateh the Goat", "Mazel and Shlimazel", and "The Fools of ... More

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Wolfram von Eschenbach (fl. c. 1195-1225), best known as the author of Parzival, based Willehalm, his epic poem of military prowess and courtly love, ... More

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A mystical Javan prince and a promiscuous wife are twin challenges to Commissioner Van Oudijck's seemingly impregnable authority. As he struggles to ... More

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This major family saga is set in Warsaw in the period from 1914-1939. Against a background of turbulence and fear, the author charts the inner doubts ... More

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The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forewords ... More

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Cassandra, daughter of the King of Troy, is endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed. After the fall of Troy, in a stream of ... More

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George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856. Before becoming a playwright he wrote music and literary criticism. Shaw used his writing to attack ... More

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