Bertolt Brecht

Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Willett, John; Manheim, Ralph

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great 20th-century innovators in theatre - the literary-theatrical equivalent of a Picasso or Stravinsky - and Germany's greatest poet of the last century, but the playwright was also a dazzling writer of stories. Storytelling permeated his art as a dramatist; fundamentally in his plays he was a storyteller. This volume collects the complete short stories written by Brecht, including the prize-winning 'The Monster', and the fragmentary memoir ghost-written by Brecht, 'Life Story of the boxer Samson-Körner'. Brecht scholar Marc Silberman provides an introduction and editorial notes.

Fans of Brecht will find in the 37 stories assembled here the same directness, lack of affectation, and wry humour that characterise his plays. Every lover of short stories will discover an unexpected trove of pleasure in this "mine for short-story addicts" (Observer).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472577535
• Artikelnr.: 41832664

Autorenporträt

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC-BY-SA

Inhaltsangabe

IntroductionThe Bavarian Stories (1920-1924)Barvan gives upStory on a ShipThe RevelationThe Foolish WifeThe Blind ManA Helping HandJava MeierThe Lance-SergeantMessage in a BottleA Mean BastardThe Death of Cesare MalatestaThe Berlin Stories (1924-1933)The AnswerBefore the FloodConversation about the South SeasLetter about a MastiffHook to the ChinMüller's Natural AttitudeNorth Sea ShrimpsBad WaterA Little Tale of InsuranceFour Men and a Poker GameBarbaraThe Good Lord's PackageThe MonsterThe JobStories Written in Exile (1934-1948)Safety FirstThe Soldier of La CiotatA MistakeGaumer and IrkSocrates WoundedThe ExperimentThe Heretic's CoatLucullus's TrophiesThe Unseemly Old LadyA Question of TasteThe Augsburg Chalk CircleTwo SonsAppendixLife Story of the Boxer Samson-KörnerEditorial NotesThe Principle Collections of Brecht's Short StoriesNotes on the Individual StoriesIndex of Titles in German

Rezensionen

Casual wickedness, moral hypocrisy, determined self-interest - such are the familiar residents of Brecht's milieu . . .in this complete collection of his known finished stories . . . Chilling perfection. Times Literary Supplement