Stig Dagerman (1923–1954) was regarded as the most talented young writer of the Swedish postwar generation. By age twenty-six he had published four novels, a collection of short stories, and four full-length plays, in addition to German Autumn. Robin Fulton Macpherson is a Scottish poet and translator who has lived and worked in Norway since 1973. Mark Kurlansky is a New York Times best-selling author of many books, including Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World and Salt: A World History.
Foreword: Pitiless Fall
Mark Kurlansky
Introduction
Robin Fulton Macpherson
1. German Autumn
2. Ruins
3. Bombed Cemetery
4. Poor Man’s Cake
5. The Art of Sinking
6. The Unwelcome
7. The Rivals
8. Lost Generation
9. The Course of Justice
10. Cold Day in Munich
11. Through the Forest of the Hanged Boys
12. Return to Hamburg
13. Literature and Suffering
