Rarely has a book of the post-war period triggered such heated discussions as the views of a clown, which struck a chord with the morals and lifestyle of bourgeois Catholic society.

The volume edited by Jochen Schubert offers a comprehensive selection from Heinrich Böll's narrative work, following several aspects: in addition to the best-known stories, there are those that are representative due to their subject and narrative style, and others that have not yet been published or are only planned hard-to-reach places. The total of 75 stories vividly document Böll's work in...

The major new edition of one of the most discussed books in GDR literature. The sensational book for the first time as the author wrote it. Thanks to a lucky find, we can rediscover this novel, which is currently causing international enthusiasm due to its amazing modernity, in an unabridged, politically unembellished version.

Because Franziska would rather choose 30 wild years instead of 70 good ones, the young and talented architect ignores the predetermined career path. One year she will work in the back provinces. She doesn't want to be satisfied with what's feasible, nor does she want to become cynical like Ben, the mysterious man she makes her lover.

When angry farmers thwart a seizure of livestock, everything in a small northern German town gets out of joint. Intrigues and political intrigues are hatched, no one can escape the game of money and power. – With this lively, deeply human novel, Hans Fallada creates a rich panorama of the domestic misery of the Weimar Republic.

Hans Fallada's Unpublished Stories. What a find: Of the stories that Hans Fallada wrote in the course of his life, more than twenty important texts are unknown to readers because they have never been published or were written directly for a magazine. They show the familiar author in top form and at the same time allow us to discover new sides of him. These stories spanning four decades lead...

His profile was posted publicly in the county seat when Johann Schulz sought refuge with relatives in a Rhenish-Hessian village. He is accused of killing a police officer at a demonstration. The bounty offered becomes a temptation for the villagers, and it is a matter of opinion who finally denounces the cop killer. Because the Nazis advertise in the village.

Feuchtwanger's world-famous family novel They are successful and respected: Gustav, the writer and senior boss, Martin, the businessman, and Edgar, the doctor. But then the unbelievable happened: The Nazis set up their regime with murder and fire. Home is slipping away from the Oppermanns. They have to leave their homes and their friends because they are of Jewish descent.

When Toni Muhr returned to Vienna from the war in the fall of 1916, Emperor Franz Joseph I was being ceremonially buried. Toni's world seems to be getting out of joint in other respects too: his employer quite obviously applied for the chemical patent himself, which he had offered him for sale in vain shortly before he was drafted into military service, and thus made incredible wealth during...

'This is the story of the musician Johannes Elias Alder, who at the age of twenty-two committed his life to death after deciding not to sleep any longer.' – With his debut novel about the life and death of a musical genius in an Austrian mountain village, Robert Schneider succeeded sensational world success, which was translated into over 30 languages, successfully filmed and became a...

Be Faithful unto Death is the moving story of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old-established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary. Misi, a dreamer and would-be writer, is falsely accused of stealing a winning lottery ticket. The torments through which he goes ? and grows ? are superbly described. The novel is brimming with vivid detail from the...

This gem of Slovak naturalism was written in 1940. The story takes the reader to a mountain village. The protagonist narrates the vicissitudes, suffering, and success he experiences as he pursues a love affair, resulting in the triumph of pure love.