A German Christmas
Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria
$27.63
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2022
Summary
A gorgeous gift edition of festive stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
From helpful elves to an enchanting Nutcracker, rediscover the German Christmas tales behind our most iconic festive traditions.
A Daily Express Book of the Year
Eine fröhliche Weihnachten – A Merry Christmas – made all the more joyful with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, roast goose and red cabbage, tinsel and stollen cakes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784878221 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784878227 |
| Author: | The Brothers Grimm, Thomas Mann, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Martin Suter, Peter Stamm |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 135mm x 185mm |
| Series: | Vintage Christmas Tales |
You Can Find This Book In
Critics Review
A festive treat with a German twist
A festive treat with a German twist * Daily Express, Christmas Gift Guide 2022 *
A gorgeous little book and the perfect Christmas stocking filler * Art Shelf, Christmas Gift Guide 2022 *
The Brothers Grimm
Various Authors
Gretchen Reydams-Schils is an award-winning professor of classics, philosophy, and theology at the University of Notre Dame. She is a specialist in Plato and the traditions of Platonism and Stoicism, is the author of numerous books, and runs the Notre Dame Workshop on Ancient Philosophy.
Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is widely regarded as the greatest German novelist of the twentieth century. His first novel, Buddenbrooks, was a huge success and led to a Nobel Prize in Literature. However, when the Nazis came to power, his works were blacklisted and burned and Mann was stripped of his citizenship. He spent the latter part of his life in exile in the United States and Switzerland. His other major novels include The Magic Mountain, Doctor Faustus and Joseph and His Brothers.
E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was one of the most important writers of German Romanticism. His novella The Sandman inspired Delibes’ ballet Coppelia, whilst The Nutcracker and the Mouseking became the basis of Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Christmas ballet.
Martin Suter is a novelist, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist born in Zurich, Switzerland. He has written a dozen novels, many of them bestsellers in Europe and translated into thirty-two languages, including The Last Weynfeldt, as well as Allmen and the Dragonflies and its sequel Allmen and the Pink Diamond. Suter lives with his family in Zurich.
Peter Stamm is the Swiss author of eleven novels, along with several short story collections, plays, and radio dramas. Several of his works have been translated into English. He has received several German language literary prizes, and was short-listed for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize for his full body of work.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.