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The fifth volume in the popularVery Christmasseries, this collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. You’ll find classic works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Joseph Roth and Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent tales by writers like Heinrich Bll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter.Eine frhliche WeihnachtenA Merry Christmasmade all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopfand stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.

Joseph Roths story Christmas in Cochinchina, published in English for the first time in this collection, appears in the December 2020 issue ofHarpers Magazine.Read less