Author(s): E. T. A. Hoffmann; Martin Suter; Peter Stamm; Thomas Mann

Fiction

From classic works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Joseph Roth and Arthur Schnitzler, to more recent tales by writers like Heinrich B ll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter, A GERMAN CHRISTMAS brings together the best traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Eine fr hliche Weihnachten -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.