Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen: A Selection of His Novellas (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527569133)

Long ignored, the fascinating Baltic-German author Werner Bergengruen (d. 1964), once even nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature, is reintroduced here through the English translation of a selection of his best short stories. The bulk of the book consists of his Death from Reval (1939), in which we are confronted with a variety of perspectives on death as intertwined with peopleâ (TM)s lives in that Estonian city. We are invited to follow curious habits and attitudes by various survivors and thus learn to smile about and with death. In other novellas chosen from his extensive Å"uvre, Bergengruen offers thought-provoking and intriguing accounts about events in the Middle Ages and the early modern age concerning honor, love, freedom, marriage, power, and the importance of humility particularly in politics. Bergengruen emerges as an excellent observer of peopleâ (TM)s values and ideals, shortcomings and failures, as his short stories provide timeless messages relevant for our lives, often couched in historical settings.

Author: Albrecht Classen
ISBN-10: 1527569136
ISBN-13: 9781527569133
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2021
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.80d