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The Burden (Paperback)
Georg Julius Leopold Engel; Translated by Kerry Nitz
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Discovery Miles 4 090
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The Crows (Paperback)
Hermann Stehr; Translated by Kerry Nitz
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Three Nights (Paperback)
Hermann Stehr; Translated by Kerry Nitz
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Thy Neighbour's Wife (Paperback)
Georg Julius Leopold Engel; Translated by Kerry Nitz
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Four novellas/short stories translated from German into English for
the first time. "The Twilight" An old woman decides to end it all,
but not before telling a few home-truths to her husband. "The Last
Child" Dead souls become angels that do the work of taking souls to
and from the earth. But what happens when an angel is sent to
retrieve the soul of his infant brother? Will he be able to do it?
Will his mother stop him carrying off her last child like all the
others? "The Tale of the Rustling" A fable of how the sounds of
nature came into the world. "The Shadow" A man's matter-of-fact
reaction to his wife's death triggers a series of rumours amongst
his fellow villagers. Hermann Stehr (1864-1940) was a Silesian
author of over thirty novels and novellas. He was awarded the
Bauernfeld Prize (1910), the Fastenrath Prize (1919), the Schiller
Prize (1919), the Rathenau Prize (1930), the Wartburg Rose (1932),
the Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1932) and the Goethe Prize of
Frankfurt-am-Main (1933), and appointed as a founding member of the
Prussian Literary Academy (1926).
"We all do not know how often we have been driven into that strange
state, and perhaps it is really an everlasting trick of scared,
weak souls to escape responsibility by such a confusion of their
inner existence." (25) Four short stories mainly set in late
nineteenth century Silesia. - The Shimmer of the Assistant: a
surreal story about a clerk who fails to get a pay-rise. - The Last
Act: a banker's past deeds come back to haunt him over an evening
in a tavern. - The Grandmother: a grandmother with a reputation for
saving dying people tries to save her grandson in the face of her
son-in-law's obstruction. - The Spirit of the Father: an explorer
in the Orient receives a visitation from his dying father. Hermann
Stehr (1864-1940) was a Silesian author of over thirty novels and
novellas. He was awarded the Bauernfeld Prize (1910), the
Fastenrath Prize (1919), the Schiller Prize (1919), the Rathenau
Prize (1930), the Wartburg Rose (1932), the Goethe Medal for Art
and Science (1932) and the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main
(1933), and appointed as a founding member of the Prussian Literary
Academy (1926). "His people talk with their hearts and breathe with
their souls; whoever listens to them, hears sounds meant for the
ears of God." - Walther Rathenau
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The Buried God (Paperback)
Hermann Stehr; Translated by Kerry Nitz
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"And between the night's rise and fall, the hourly chimes of human
existence swing in a quite narrow space. Their tone is eternal
desire in miserable struggle and bitterest sweetness." Two souls
come together in an inauspicious marriage and struggle towards
their intertwined fates. Hermann Stehr (1864-1940) was a Silesian
author of over thirty novels and novellas. He was awarded the
Bauernfeld Prize (1910), the Fastenrath Prize (1919), the Schiller
Prize (1919), the Rathenau Prize (1930), the Wartburg Rose (1932),
the Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1932) and the Goethe Prize of
Frankfurt-am-Main (1933), and appointed as a founding member of the
Prussian Literary Academy (1926).
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Leonore Griebel (Paperback)
Hermann Stehr; Translated by Kerry Nitz
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A young woman from a noble family fallen on hard times, Leonore
Griebel marries an older businessman. Brought up on the romantic
stories of her ancestors, Leonore must find a way to reconcile
herself to the marriage, her new son and ... the house. Hermann
Stehr (1864-1940) was a Silesian author of over thirty novels and
novellas. He was awarded the Bauernfeld Prize (1910), the
Fastenrath Prize (1919), the Schiller Prize (1919), the Rathenau
Prize (1930), the Wartburg Rose (1932), the Goethe Medal for Art
and Science (1932) and the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main
(1933), and appointed as a founding member of the Prussian Literary
Academy (1926). "Germany possesses in Stehr an artist with profound
powers of portrayal. There are no precursors to his special style."
- Gerhart Hauptmann, Nobel Laureate in Literature (1912)
It is seven years since Franz Tone awoke to find his wife had died.
Now dependent on his wife's miserly niece, he is losing the will to
live. Can he find love and fulfillment again? Hermann Stehr
(1864-1940) was a Silesian author of over thirty novels and
novellas. He was awarded the Bauernfeld Prize (1910), the
Fastenrath Prize (1919), the Schiller Prize (1919), the Rathenau
Prize (1930), the Wartburg Rose (1932), the Goethe Medal for Art
and Science (1932) and the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main
(1933), and appointed as a founding member of the Prussian Literary
Academy (1926). "Germany possesses in Stehr an artist with profound
powers of portrayal. There are no precursors to his special style."
- Gerhart Hauptmann, Nobel Laureate in Literature (1912)
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