When a mysterious man in a grey coat asks Peter Schlemiel if he would sell him his shadow, that "lovely, lovely shadow" of his, he naturally thinks the man must be mad. But then the stranger makes him an offer impossible to resist. In return for his shadow, Schlemiel receives a never-ending source of riches. Convinced he is on the road to ...
One of Germany's most illustrious poets, Heinrich Heine is also celebrated for his idiosyncratic and vibrant prose. Heine's lyrical, humorous, and revealing vision in these four accounts of his voyages in Italy and Germany raises "Travel Pictures" into the transcendent realm of great journey literature. Over one hundred poems pepper the text. ...
These short pieces by Peter Altenberg (1859-1919)--a Viennese writer of prose poems, sketches, and aphorisms--chronicle his enthusiastic appreciation of things that range from good writing to the nubile 13-year-old girls of Vienna. An aesthete and bon vivant with a contagious appetite for good living, Altenberg (his real name was Richard Engländer ...
This is Robert Musil's last book, a collection of satirical pieces, short stories and prose reflections published in 1936. It is divided into sections with titles like "Pictures", "Ill-tempered observations" and "Unstorylike stories".
A late 15th early 16th century theologian is asked to comment on this recommendation by the emperor of Germany. Brings to light a valuable moment in Reformation history.
Peter Wortsman captures the breathlessness and power of Heinrich von Kleist's transcendent prose. These moral tales move across inner landscapes, exploring the bridges between reason and feeling and the frontiers between the human psyche and the divine. The concerns of Heinrich von Kleist are timeless. The mysteries in his fiction and visionary ...
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