Ideal for students, this affordable anthology features expert new translations of thirteen stories, most of which date from the last fifty years. Previously unavailable in English versions, the tales feature a diversity of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into German life and literature.English translations appear alongside the original German text of such stories as -Beauty and the Beast- by Irmtraud Morgner, Gabriele Wohmanns -Good Luck and Bad Luck, - -Fratricide in the Backwater- by Georg Britting, and Carl Grunerts -The Archaeopteryx Egg.- Other selections by important modern authors include tales by Alfred Henschke (aka Klabund), Michael Inneberger, and Iris Klockmann. The text is completely self-contained -- no further apparatus or reference is necessary. Appropriate for high school and college courses, this dual-language edition is also ideal for independent study.