{"product_id":"collected-short-stories-of-bertolt-brecht","title":"Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Bertolt Brecht with an introduction by Marc Silberman \u003cbr\u003eEdited by John Willett \u0026amp; Ralph Manheim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Casual wickedness, moral hypocrisy, determined self-interest - such are the familiar residents of Brecht's milieu . . .in this complete collection of his known finished stories . . . Chilling perfection.” ―\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Highly anecdotal, humourously accepting of the facts of life, like tales told by a clever seaman in a pub.” ―\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“These tales are the least known of Brecht's work, yet they underlie most of his major writings in other fields. Terse, mild-voiced, with piercing detail―a mine for short story addicts.” ―\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone 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-Körner'. Brecht scholar Marc Silberman provides an introduction and editorial notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e342 pages\u003cbr\u003eBloomsbury Publishing, 2015\u003cbr\u003e8 x 5 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781472577511\u003cbr\u003eDrama, Poetry Anthology\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51550101897384,"sku":"9781472577511","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/Collected-Short-Stories-Of-Bertolt-Brecht_Bloomsbury.jpg?v=1740089899","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-short-stories-of-bertolt-brecht","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}