Product Description

This new volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature in the original, with the aid of parallel translations. The majority of these stories have been written in the past decade, and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39474 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-25
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
Ernst Zillekens teaches German at Charterhouse in Godalming, Surrey.

Customer Reviews

A little misleading
This is a good set of german short stories. However, the back cover blurb is a little misleading. It says that it is accessible for all levels which is not true. Any book which has the sentence "They served from an African lake there, which instead of having been caught in nets, had been anaesthetized chemically" can not be classed as being aimed at "all levels". However the stories are challenging for students at A-level and I can recommend them for keeping your German ticking over in the summer holiday between the AS and A2 years. The layout is excellent as well, and makes difficult sentences easily crackable without having to refer to the dictionary a lot.

Brilliant for building your German
I am inclined to agree with "wattsawatts2000" in that this is an excellent book, though indeed it has quite complex grammar in places and would suit A-Level students or those with a good working knowledge of written German. The notes added by the editor are very useful, and the English translations are very true to the German but without comprimising the English sense. I've found it a very useful and interesting way to build upon my existing German, and the stories are also very readable in English anyway. I would definitely recommend it to anyone of AS/A-Level standard (or equivalent) who would like a challenge!