Translated from the German A new edition with previously translated stories compiled from various sources, including several collections and individual periodicals
Contents:
Children are civilians too. Across the bridge My pal with the long hair The man with the knives Rise, my love, rise That time we were in Odessa "Stranger, bear word to the Spartans we..." Drinking in Petöcki Dear old Renée Children are civilians too What a racket At the bridge Parting Breaking the news Between trains in X Reunion with Drüng The ration runners Reunion in the avenue In the darkness Broommakers My expensive leg Lohengrin's death Business is business On the hook My sad face Candles for the madonna Black sheep And where were you, Adam? Enter and exit: a novella in two parts. When the war broke out When the war was over 18 stories. Like a bad dream The thrower-away The balek scales My uncle Fred Daniel the just The postcard Unexpected guests The death of Elsa Baskoleit A case for Kop This is Tibten! And there was the evening and the morning... The adventure Murke's collected silences Bonn diary Action will be taken The laugher In the valley of the thundering hoofs The seventh trunk A soldier's legacy The casualty The embrace The unknown soldier Jak the tout The murder Vingt-et-Un Cause of death: hooked nose Vive la France! The casualty The cage I can't forget her Green are the meadows The rain gutter Autumn loneliness Beside the river The green silk shirt The waiting-room An optimistic story I'm not a communist Contacts At the border The surfer In Friedenstadt Uncollected stories. Adventures of a haversack Christmas not just once a year Recollections of a young king A peach tree in his garden stands Pale Anna In search of the reader The tidings of Bethlehem The taste of bread Monologue of a waiter Undine's mighty father No tears for Schmeck Anecdote concerning the lowering of productivity He came as a beer-truck driver The Staech affair Till death us do part On being courteous when compelled to break the law Too many trips to Heidelberg My father's cough Rendevous with Margret or: happy ending Nostalgia or: Grease spots In which language is one called Schneckenröder? Confession of a hijacker The mad dog. The fugitive Youth on fire Trapped in Paris The mad dog The rendezvous The tribe of Esau The tale of Berkovo Bridge The dead no longer obey America Paradise lost
