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A very German Christmas : the greatest Austrian, Swiss and German holiday stories of all time.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Very German
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Very Christmas series
- A Very Christmas series
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas stories, German--Translations into English.
- Christmas stories, German.
- Christmas stories, Austrian--Translations into English.
- Christmas stories, Austrian.
- Christmas stories, Swiss (German)--Translations into English.
- Christmas stories, Swiss (German).
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Short stories
- Christmas fiction
- Translations
- Christmas fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Vessel Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas series conveying a festive spirit from the place where many Christmas traditions were invented. A delightful and unpredictable collection redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.
- Contents:
- The elves and the shoemaker / the Brothers Grimm
- After Christmas / Hermann Hesse
- Berlin at Christmastide / Heinrich Heine
- Christmas / Kurt Tucholsky
- Interview with Santa Claus / Erich Kästner
- The separation / Ilse Frapan
- Every year once again
- the client gift / Martin Suter
- The Christmas box / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- In the outer suburbs / Peter Stamm
- Advent / Rainer Maria Rilke
- Christmas shopping / Arthur Schnitzler
- Christmas with the Buddenbrooks / Thomas Mann
- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Böll
- On Christmas Eve / Helene Stökl
- Nutcracker and the King of Mice / E.T.A. Hoffman
- Christmas in Cochinchina / Joseph Roth
- Christmas Eve / Peter Rosegger
- Martin's Christmas wish / Erich Kästner
- The loan / Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- O Tannenbaum / Ernst Anschütz.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781939931887
- 1939931886
- OCLC:
- 1140368383
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