Kurt Tucholsky

Heinrich Heine

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Arthur Schnitzler

Heinrich Böll

Peter Stamm

Erich Kästner

Joseph Roth

Peter Rosegger

Thomas Mann

Rainer Maria Rilke

Martin Suter

The Brothers Grimm

Wolfgang von Goethe

Ilse Frapan

Helene Stökl

Wolfdietrich Schnurre

Ernst Anschütz

Hermann Hesse

This collection of new and classic Christmas literature includes stories by Herman Hesse, Joseph Roth, The Brothers Grimm, and many others. This collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. You'll find classic works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent tales by writers like Heinrich Böll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. It also includes the first published English translation of Joseph Roth’s story “Christmas in Cochinchina.” Enjoy Eine fröhliche Weihnachten―A Merry Christmas―made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, all accompanied by plenty of schnapps.

The Greatest Austrian, Swiss and German Holiday Stories of All Time

A Very German Christmas

Helene Stökl

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