THE FRAGMENTS OF THE WORK OF HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS ON NATURE

The Listener, Or A Description Of A Route With A Hidden Motive / Siegfried Lenz -- Waiting For The Guests / Dieter Wellershoff -- Eating Mussels (excerpt) / Birgit Vanderbeke -- The Good Old Days / Gabriele Wohmann -- Lascia / Judith Hermann -- Chicago/shanty Town / Georg Klein -- Grandfather And The Decision-makers / Christoph Hein -- The Suspect / Jurek Becker. Edited And Translated By Ernst Zillekens. Includes Bibliographical References. Text In English And German. This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. The majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich variety of themes and styles, from Georg Klein's and Gabriel Wohmann's explorations of nationality and change, to Judith Hermann's poignant tale of the end of a relationship. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language This new volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature in the original, with the aid of parallel translations. The majority of these stories have been written in the past decade, and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language. This new volume of eight short stories with parallel English translations offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature. The majority of these stories have been written in the past decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language. "This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary"--Back cover