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Deutsche Literatur/German Literature

Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland
by Lewis Carroll, Antonie Zimmermann
A German translation of the classic "Alice in Wonderland." Hardcover.

Best of Rilke: Seventy-Two Form-True Translations with Facing Originals, Commentary & Compact Biography
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator Walter Arndt applies so-called "form-true" English translations of Rilke's rhymed poems. Univ. Press of New England. Paperback.

Die Blechtrommel
by Günter Grass
German version of the novel The Tin Drum. Paperback.

The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka
Translators: Wila and Erwin Muir, and others
The only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories. Foreword by John Updike. Schocken Books, 1995. Paperback. - Your Guide's Review of this title.

Deutsche Sagen und Legenden  neu!
NTC
By Herb Kernecker and Hyde Flippo. An illustrated collection of legends (in German) from the German-speaking world. For students and readers who have at least a basic reading knowledge of German. With questions and a German-English glossary. Paperback.

Faust (Dual-Language Edition)
by J.W. Goethe
A bilingual edition of Goethe's classsic Faust, Part I with facing German and English texts. A revised edition translated by Peter Salm. 352 pages. Bantam. Paperback.

Five Great German Short Stories/
Fünf deutsche Meistererzählungen

by Stanley Appelbaum (Editor)
A bilingual, dual language edition. 267 pages. Paperback.

Golden Treasury of German Verse - Audio Cassette
by Henry Schnitzler
An audio collection of German poetry. Audio cassette.

Great German Poems of the Romantic Era
Stanley Appelbaum, Ed.
A dual-language German-English collection of romantic poetry by many authors. Dover Publications. Paperback.

Into the Blue
By Rebecca Gault
A romantic novel set in Germany - with lots of language and culture included. Five Star. Hardcover. - Your Guide's Review of this title.

My Century
by Günter Grass
Translator: Michael Heim
English version of Mein Jahrhundert. Hardcover.

Penguin Book of German Verse
Leonard Forster, Ed.
A very enjoyable comprehensive collection of German poetry from all ages with English translations beneath each selection. Viking Penguin. Paperback. - Your Guide's Review of this title.

Der Prozeß: Roman
by Franz Kafka
The German-language edition of Kafka's novel "The Trial." Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1994. Taschenbuch/Paperback.

Stimmen der Zeit
An audio history of Germany in the 20th century on 3 CDs with printed transcript and glossary. See this review of Stimmen der Zeit: Deutschland im 20. Jahrhundert by your Guide.

The Trial - Audio Cassette
by Franz Kafka
Audio version of this German classic story about Joseph K., a man trying to defend himself against unknown charges in a weird court. Audio cassette.

Treasury of German Love Poems, Quotations & Proverbs
Marlen Wolfram, Ed.
A comprehensive collection of German poetry from all ages with English translations beneath each selection. Hippocrene. Hardcover. See AUDIO below.

Treasury of German Love Poems, Quotations & Proverbs - Audio Cassette
Marlen Wolfram, Ed.
The companion audio cassette for the book above. Hippocrene. Audio cassette.

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Johnann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Günter Grass
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Franz Kafka
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