NEW TITLES ∙ GERMAN LITERATURE NEW TITLES ∙ GERMAN LITERATURE THEODOR FONTANE PETER WORTSMAN, editor No Way Back Tales of the German Imagination from the PAID GERMAN NEWLY TRANSLATED WITH AN AFTERWORD Presort Std U.S. Postage BY HUGH RORRISON AND HELEN CHAMBERS Permit No. 169 Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann Staten Island, NY TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR This psychologically acute study of a failing marriage and sexual politics exemplifies the irony, elegance, and masterly dialogue for which Fontane is acclaimed through its tragi- This rich and varied anthology gathers together the most strange and fantastical German comic exploration of romance, misperception, decisions, and consequences. stories from the past 200 years. “Helen Chambers and Hugh Rorrison have improved on the previous English version by “[This] collection of German tales, beautifully translated by Peter Wortsman, introduces LITERATURE some of the most fascinating and powerful examples of this genre to English speakers.... Douglas Parmée, especially in the handling of conversation. While Parmée’s translation sometimes felt stilted, they compose natural, idiomatic conversations.”—Times Literary Wortsman dazzles.”—Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona Supplement NEW TITLES f o r 2 0 14 “An excellent selection of master tales and some hidden jewels not usually in an under- PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 256 PP. • 978-0-14-139215-8 • $16.00 graduate reading list. I plan to incorporate it immediately.”—Raymond Burt, University of North Carolina-Wilmington PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 400 PP. • 978-0-14-119880-4 • $18.00 THEODOR FONTANE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Descent into the Mines ∙ Heinrich Heine A Raw Recruit On Tangled Paths My Gmunden ∙ Peter Altenberg Klabund (aka Alfred Henschke) Introduction: ‘Making Bones Sing’ The Magic Egg NEWLY TRANSLATED WITH AN AFTERWORD BY PETER JAMES BOWMAN The Time Saver The Singing Bone ∙ The Brothers Grimm Mynona (aka Salomo Friedlaender) Ignaz Wrobel (aka Kurt Tucholsky) First published in 1887, this taut, flawless masterpiece caused a scandal with its portrayal USA Hansel and Gretel ∙ The Brothers Grimm The Seamstress ∙ Rainer Maria Rilke The Tattooed Portrait ∙ Egon Erwin Kisch of a sexual affair across the classes. Fontane’s deft contrast of the lovers’ genuine affection The Children of Hameln The Island of Eternal Life ∙ Georg Kaiser The Experiment or the Victory of the and society’s trivialization of their relationship solidifies this classic novel as a pillar of The Brothers Grimm In the Penal Colony ∙ Franz Kafka Children ∙ Unica Zürn The Sandman ∙ E. T. A. Hoffmann The Kiss ∙ Robert Walser The Dandelion ∙ Wolfgang Borchert German literature. Rune Mountain ∙ Ludwig Tieck The Blackbird ∙ Robert Musil Shadowlight ∙ Paul Celan “Has the flawless logic and beautiful design of the novella at its best.” St Cecilia or the Power of Music The Lunatic ∙ Georg Heym The Secrets of the Princess of Kagran —The Spectator (UK) Heinrich von Kleist A Conversation Concerning Legs Ingeborg Bachmann Peter Schlemiel ∙ Adelbert von Chamisso Alfred Lichtenstein Conversation ∙ Jürg Laederach “There is an undertow of sadness to this novel, yet to read it is a joy, for its humanity, PENGUIN GROUP Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014-3657 subtlety, and visual immediacy.”—The Independent (UK) The Marble Statue ∙ Josef von Eichendorff The Onion ∙ Kurt Schwitters The Tales and Their Authors PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 192 PP. • 978-0-14-139217-2 • $16.00 ALSO IN PAPERBACK: Effi Briest ∙ 978-0-14-044766-8 PHILIP PULLMAN Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A New English Version The Sorrows of Young Werther The New York Times–bestselling author retells the world’s best-loved fairy tales—from favorites like Cinderella to lesser-known treasures—on their 200th anniversary. and Selected Writings “[A] pitch-perfect retelling....Pullman reminds us that the stories have lost none of TRANSLATED BY CATHERINE HUTTER their relevance or racing energy, even two hundred years after they were written down.” INTRODUCTION BY MARCELLE CLEMENTS —Maria Tatar, Harvard University NEW AFTERWORD BY ELISABETH KRIMMER PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 448 PP. • 978-0-14-310729-3 • $18.00 An immediate continent-wide success and scandal in its own day, this confessional novel of unrequited love spawned cults of appreciation and imitation as well as violent criti- cism—and even suppression—for its alleged romanticization of suicide. Goethe’s sensi- STEFAN KIESBYE tive exploration of the mind of a young artist at odds with society and unprepared to cope with harsh reality is now considered one of the best tragic portraits in European Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone literature. Shirley Jackson meets The Twilight Zone in this eerily dispassionate novel of supernatu- ral horror that centers on four young friends coming of age in a German village on the “[In] Werther, all the richness of [Goethe’s] gift was apparent....The extreme, nerve-shat- EXAMINATION COPY OFFER: $5.00 PAPERBACKS · $10.00 HARDCOVERS tering sensitivity of the little book...evoked a storm of applause which went beyond all Devil’s Moor, a place untouched by time and shrouded in superstition. bounds and fairly intoxicated the world.”—Thomas Mann “By turns creepy, sensitive, unsettling, and beautifully written.”—Daniel Woodrell, au- SIGNET CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 272 PP. • 978-0-451-41855-5 • $7.95 thor of Winter’s Bone “A brilliant amalgam of Faulkner, the Brothers Grimm, and Günter Grass as if condensed ALSO OF INTEREST: The Sorrows of Young Werther PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK ∙ 978-0-14-044503-9 for intensity.”—Josip Novakovich, author of Fiction Writing Workshop PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 208 PP. • 978-0-14-312146-6 • $15.00 our College Faculty Information Service (CFIS) at: WWW.PENGUIN.COM/FACINFO PENGUIN GROUP USA For complimentary examination copies and personalized PENGUIN GROUP USA • WWW.PENGUIN.COM/ACADEMIC • GERMAN LITERATURE 2014 assistance in selecting titles for your courses, sign up for WWW.PENGUIN.COM/ACADEMIC PENGUIN GROUP USA • WWW.PENGUIN.COM/ACADEMIC • GERMAN LITERATURE 2014 NEW TITLES ∙ GERMAN LITERATURE NEW TITLES ∙ GERMAN LITERATURE THEODOR FONTANE PETER WORTSMAN, editor No Way Back Tales of the German Imagination from the PAID GERMAN NEWLY TRANSLATED WITH AN AFTERWORD Presort Std U.S. Postage BY HUGH RORRISON AND HELEN CHAMBERS Permit No. 169 Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann Staten Island, NY TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR This psychologically acute study of a failing marriage and sexual politics exemplifies the irony, elegance, and masterly dialogue for which Fontane is acclaimed through its tragi- This rich and varied anthology gathers together the most strange and fantastical German comic exploration of romance, misperception, decisions, and consequences. stories from the past 200 years. “Helen Chambers and Hugh Rorrison have improved on the previous English version by “[This] collection of German tales, beautifully translated by Peter Wortsman, introduces LITERATURE some of the most fascinating and powerful examples of this genre to English speakers.... Douglas Parmée, especially in the handling of conversation. While Parmée’s translation sometimes felt stilted, they compose natural, idiomatic conversations.”—Times Literary Wortsman dazzles.”—Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona Supplement NEW TITLES f o r 2 0 14 “An excellent selection of master tales and some hidden jewels not usually in an under- PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 256 PP. • 978-0-14-139215-8 • $16.00 graduate reading list. I plan to incorporate it immediately.”—Raymond Burt, University of North Carolina-Wilmington PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 400 PP. • 978-0-14-119880-4 • $18.00 THEODOR FONTANE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Descent into the Mines ∙ Heinrich Heine A Raw Recruit On Tangled Paths My Gmunden ∙ Peter Altenberg Klabund (aka Alfred Henschke) Introduction: ‘Making Bones Sing’ The Magic Egg NEWLY TRANSLATED WITH AN AFTERWORD BY PETER JAMES BOWMAN The Time Saver The Singing Bone ∙ The Brothers Grimm Mynona (aka Salomo Friedlaender) Ignaz Wrobel (aka Kurt Tucholsky) First published in 1887, this taut, flawless masterpiece caused a scandal with its portrayal USA Hansel and Gretel ∙ The Brothers Grimm The Seamstress ∙ Rainer Maria Rilke The Tattooed Portrait ∙ Egon Erwin Kisch of a sexual affair across the classes. Fontane’s deft contrast of the lovers’ genuine affection The Children of Hameln The Island of Eternal Life ∙ Georg Kaiser The Experiment or the Victory of the and society’s trivialization of their relationship solidifies this classic novel as a pillar of The Brothers Grimm In the Penal Colony ∙ Franz Kafka Children ∙ Unica Zürn The Sandman ∙ E. T. A. Hoffmann The Kiss ∙ Robert Walser The Dandelion ∙ Wolfgang Borchert German literature. Rune Mountain ∙ Ludwig Tieck The Blackbird ∙ Robert Musil Shadowlight ∙ Paul Celan “Has the flawless logic and beautiful design of the novella at its best.” St Cecilia or the Power of Music The Lunatic ∙ Georg Heym The Secrets of the Princess of Kagran —The Spectator (UK) Heinrich von Kleist A Conversation Concerning Legs Ingeborg Bachmann Peter Schlemiel ∙ Adelbert von Chamisso Alfred Lichtenstein Conversation ∙ Jürg Laederach “There is an undertow of sadness to this novel, yet to read it is a joy, for its humanity, PENGUIN GROUP Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014-3657 subtlety, and visual immediacy.”—The Independent (UK) The Marble Statue ∙ Josef von Eichendorff The