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Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht
Contributor(s): Brecht, Bertolt (Author), Silberman, Marc (Introduction by), Willett, John (Editor)
ISBN: 1472577515     ISBN-13: 9781472577511
Publisher: Methuen Drama
OUR PRICE:   $31.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: 833.912
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.14" W x 7.83" (0.60 lbs) 344 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Germany
 
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Publisher Description:

Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great 20th-century innovators in theatre - the literary-theatrical equivalent of a Picasso or Stravinsky - and Germany's greatest poet of the last century, but the playwright was also a dazzling writer of stories. Storytelling permeated his art as a dramatist; fundamentally in his plays he was a storyteller. This volume collects the complete short stories written by Brecht, including the prize-winning 'The Monster', and the fragmentary memoir ghost-written by Brecht, 'Life Story of the boxer Samson-K rner'. Brecht scholar Marc Silberman provides an introduction and editorial notes.

Fans of Brecht will find in the 37 stories assembled here the same directness, lack of affectation, and wry humour that characterise his plays. Every lover of short stories will discover an unexpected trove of pleasure in this mine for short-story addicts (Observer).


Contributor Bio(s): Brecht, Bertolt: -

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Silberman, Marc: - "Marc Silberman is Professor of German at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA. He is the co-editor of the completely revised and updated third edition of Brecht on Theatre and of Brecht on Performance (both 2014), and editor of Brecht on Film & Radio."