A new edition with previously translated stories compiled from various sources, including several collections and individual periodicals.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
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.