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020			_a9780199669790 (pbk.)
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050		0	_aPT3826.S4 _bV58 2014
082	0		_a833.0108358436/13 _223
245	0	0	_aVienna tales : _bstories / _cselected and translated by Deborah Holmes ; edited by Helen Constantine.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aOxford, U.K. : _bOxford University Press, _c2014.
260			_c©2014.
300			_avii, 286 pages : _billustrations; map ; _c20 cm.
500			_aTranslated from the German.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aThe four-poster bed / Arthur Schnitzler -- Day out / Joseph Roth -- Vienna 1924 to ... / Friedericke Mayröcker -- The twilight of the gods in Vienna / Alexander Kluge -- Lenin and Demel / Anton Kuh -- O happy eyes / Ingeborg Bachmann -- Vienna / Heinrich Laube -- The feuilletonists / Ferdinand Kürnberger -- Spas sleeps / Dimitré Dinev -- The spring ship / Joseph Roth -- The prater / Adalbert Stifter -- The criminal / Veza Canetti -- Ottakringerstrasse / Christine Nöstlinger -- Envy / Eva Menasse -- Six-nine-six-six-nine-nine / Doron Rabinovici -- Merry-go-round / Joseph Roth -- Out for a walk / Arthur Schnitzler.
520			_a"Situated on the cusp of West and East, between the foothills of the Alps and the mighty "Blue Danube", Vienna has long presented authors with a wealth of material for stories that entertain and intrigue. The city's famous quality of life and rich variety of cultural offerings is apparent here at every turn, but so too is its darker side, whether it be the Viennese obsession with death and decay or the dramatic, tragic events of its twentieth-century history. In stories from the early to mid-nineteenth century in particular, the city stands for wine, women and song, for a laid-back--perhaps somewhat lax?--outlook on life that is invariably linked to its location as German culture's southernmost centre. In more recent tales, the theme of the good life and of Vienna's beauty continues, but there are very few authors who do not dwell on elements of darkness or melancholy. Indeed, from the mid-twentieth century onward, death itself seems to have become literature's preferred guide to the city. The collection concentrates on stories set at the city's margins. The tales are arranged geographically rather than chronologically, around and through the city from west to east and back again. We begin and end with Arthur Schnitzler and Joseph Roth, two authors already indelibly associated with Vienna, but represented here by little-known gems, translated for the first time. Other authors include stars of Vienna's nineteenth century feuilleton journalism--Heinrich Laube, Ferdinand Kürnberger, Adalbert Stifter--but also the most recent generation of Viennese writers, Doron Rabinovici, Eva Menasse, Dimitré Dinev, with tales as yet unknown in English. -- _cPublisher's website.
650	1	0	_aShort stories, German _vTranslations into English.
651		0	_aVienna (Austria) _vFiction.
700	1		_aConstantine, Helen.
700	1		_aHolmes, Deborah, _etr.
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