Books in the The German library series

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. This is a collection of his shorter works. "Death in Venice", is a poetic meditation on art and beauty, where the dying composer Aschenbach (modelled on Gustav Mahler) becomes fixated by the young boy Tadzio.

With an introduction by Manfred Stassen, this collection of articles by Martin Heidegger covers many topics over many years. They cover his anti-semitism, his relationship with Nazism, his work on phenomenology and essays on his groundbreaking notions of Being.

This collection features an introduction and includes representative poems by 60 modern poets, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Gottfried Benn, Berthold Brecht, Paul Celan, Gunter Eich, Gunter Grass, Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke and many others.

This collection, concentrating on the years 1938-48, includes the following authors and works - Irmgard Keun, "After Midnight", Wolfgang Koeppen, "Death in Rome", and Ernst von Salomon, "The Questionnaire".

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. This is a collection of his shorter works. "Death in Venice", is a poetic meditation on art and beauty, where the dying composer Aschenbach (modelled on Gustav Mahler) becomes fixated by the young boy Tadzio.

Here are five important modern German dramas: "Farmyard" by Franz Xaver Kroetz; "Offending the Audience" by Peter Handke; "Eve of Retirement" by Thomas Bernhard; "Big and Little" by Both Strauss; and "Clara S." by Elfriede Jellinek.

Here are five important modern German dramas: "Farmyard" by Franz Xaver Kroetz; "Offending the Audience" by Peter Handke; "Eve of Retirement" by Thomas Bernhard; "Big and Little" by Both Strauss; and "Clara S." by Elfriede Jellinek.