A German Christmas - Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria

From classic works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Joseph Roth and Arthur Schnitzler, to more recent tales by writers like Heinrich Boll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter, A GERMAN CHRISTMAS brings together the best traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Eine frohliche Weihnachten -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.

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A festive treat with a German twist Daily Express, *Christmas Gift Guide 2022*

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Heinrich et al Heine, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Thomas Mann, Peter Stamm, Martin Suter, The Brothers Grimm, VARIOUS
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2022
• EAN: 9781784878221
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-822-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 186 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Christmas Tales
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Christmas, austria, FICTION / Holidays, Switzerland, FICTION / Literary, Germany, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction in translation, Gift books, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry)