Synopses & Reviews
This volume contains 22 stories and novellas, many appearing in English for the first time. Among the authors represented are Peter Handke, Alfred Andersch, Stefan Andres, Jurgen Becker, Ulla Merkewicz, Elisabeth Borchers, Gisela Elsner and Max von der Grun.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A. Leslie Willson ALFRED ANDERSCHJesuskingdutschke
Translated by A. Leslie Willson STEFAN ANDRESEl Greco Paints the Grand Inquisitor
Translated by Jeanne R. Willson JURGEN BECKERFrom the Story of a Separation
Translated by A. Leslie Willson ULLA BERKEWICZHi, Wendy!
Translated by A. Leslie Willson ELISABETH BORCHERSMurder; or, This Story Is No Proof
Translated by James A. Hayes GISELA ELSNERThe Engagement
Translated by Minetta Altgelt Goyne HUBERT FICHTEThe Garden
Translated by A. Leslie Willson GUNTER BRUNO FUCHSConfessions of an Elderly Cane Maker
Translated by A. Leslie Willson MAX VON DER GRUNShorthand Text
Translated by John Derrenberger PETER HANDKEThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Translated by Michael Roloff HERBERT HECKMANUBUville--The City of the Grand Egg
Translated by Thomas I. Bacon HELMUT HEIßENBUTTELTexts
Translated by Michael Hamburger MICHAEL KRUGERThe Pet
Translated by A. Leslie Willson ULRIKE LANGLEThe Devil Is the Friend of Man
Translated by Scott G. Williams (with Ulrike Langle, Grit Liebscher, Hiram Maxim, Ann Reitz) FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKERIn a Rundown Neighborhood
Translated by Michael P. Elzay HANS ERICH NOSSACKThe Pocketknife
Translated by Marc Tangner HELGA NOVAKJourney of a Woman Nihilist to Verona in Late Autumn
Translated by Peter Spycher LUTZ RATHENOWStruggle
Translated by George F. Peters JOSEF REDINGDisturbances All the Way to Baton Rouge
Translated by Ralph R. Read III UWE TIMMThe Dinner Party
Translated by Rebecca Penn WOLFGANG WEYRAUCHSomething's Happening
Translated by Earl N. Lewis WOLF WONDRATSCHEKGerman Lesson
Translated by A. Leslie Willson Biographies