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Description: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 peoples 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 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 peoples values and ideals, shortcomings and failures, as his short stories provide timeless messages relevant for our lives, often couched in historical settings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen: A Selection of His Novellas. To get started finding Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen: A Selection of His Novellas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 peoples 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 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 peoples values and ideals, shortcomings and failures, as his short stories provide timeless messages relevant for our lives, often couched in historical settings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen: A Selection of His Novellas. To get started finding Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen: A Selection of His Novellas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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