{"product_id":"selected-stories-breon-mitchell-9780811211055","title":"Selected Stories","description":"Siegfried Lenz is one of West Germany's foremost writers, ranking in popularity as well as critical esteem with G?ter Grass and Heinrich Bl. In the United States, his stature is based primarily on the novel \u003cem\u003eThe German Lesson\u003c\/em\u003e--a modern classic reissued by New Directions in 1986--but he is also considered a master of the short story, perhaps the best of his postwar generation. \u003cem\u003eThe Selected Stories of Siegfried Lenz\u003c\/em\u003e, edited and translated by Breon Mitchell, is the first comprehensive gathering of the writer's short fiction ever to appear in English. In tone, the stories range from compassionate reflections on the human condition to gentle, humorous tales of prewar country life, to high comedy as well as spare, direct narratives. The twenty-six stories--roughly a third of Lenz's total--are grouped as \"Tales of Our Times,\" \"Tales from the Village,\" and \"German Lessons.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Breon Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811211053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811211055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.32w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1989","brand":"Breon Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072801173759,"sku":"9780811211055","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d49f0de1-11c2-4ce6-a851-9048b2493b03.jpg?v=1685444015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-stories-breon-mitchell-9780811211055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}