Short Stories in German: New Penguin Parallel Texts and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more


or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
Trade in Yours
For a £0.35 Gift Card
Trade in
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Colour:
Image not available

 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book
Start reading Short Stories in German: New Penguin Parallel Texts on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

German Short Stories: Deutsche Kurzgeshichten (New Penguin Parallel Texts Series) [Paperback]

none (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
RRP: £8.99
Price: £6.74 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.25 (25%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Only 11 left in stock (more on the way).
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Gift-wrap available.
Want it Friday, 21 June? Choose Express delivery at checkout. Details

Formats

 Amazon Price New from Used from
Kindle Edition £6.99   -- --
Paperback £6.74   -- --
Unknown Binding --   -- --
Trade In this Item for up to £0.35
Trade in German Short Stories: Deutsche Kurzgeshichten (New Penguin Parallel Texts Series) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.35, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Special Offer until June 30, 2013: Receive an additional £5 promotional Gift Card, when you trade-in at least £10 worth of books. Learn more

Book Description

Publication Date: 25 Sep 2003 | ISBN-10: 0140265422 | ISBN-13: 978-0140265422 | Edition: 1st Edition

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.

Frequently Bought Together

German Short Stories: Deutsche Kurzgeshichten (New Penguin Parallel Texts Series) + Five Great German Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book (Dual-Language Books) + German Short Stories: Deutsche Kurzgeshichten: Volume 1 (Penguin Parallel Text Series)
Price For All Three: £22.43

Buy the selected items together

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Product details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; 1st Edition edition (25 Sep 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140265422
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140265422
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.3 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

About the Author

Ernst Zillekens teaches German at Charterhouse in Godalming, Surrey.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A little misleading 25 July 2005
By Mrs. Margaret E. Watts
Format:Paperback
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.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant for building your German 26 Feb 2009
By Ms. P. J. Browne
Format:Paperback
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!
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this for a Kindle! 28 Feb 2011
By davidT
Format:Kindle Edition
Note that this review is for the Kindle version ONLY, and relates only to the format. I've no opinion as to the merits of the translation, or the level of language required, because I'm about to commit the unforgivable sin of posting a review before reading the book.
The point of having a parallel text is surely so that you can cover up one page, and try as hard or as little as you feel like to understand the original before taking a look at the translation.
That's not possible with a Kindle edition - the English version follows at the end of the entire German text in each case, so you'll have to bookmark it in several places as you go along and skip backwards and forwards.
Maybe it's my fault - after all, how did I expect they were going to render parallel columns? - but feeling stupid doesn't make feeling disappointed any better.
1 Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Challenging 2 Mar 2010
By A. J. Boothman
Format:Paperback
This book is advertised as being for any level of german. This is not the case. The grammer and vocabulary are very advanced. I have been studying by myself for a few years and was constantly refering to the english translation.

The stories themselves are quite abstract, similar to those of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing 31 July 2011
By Sandford TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is supposed to be a parallel text, but on the Kindle version, it isn't. Having to scroll through to the end of the German text to find the English translation is unacceptable. What is the point of a book that states a parallel , bi-lingual, book, when it just isn't there? I should have bought the hard copy, and made life a lot easier.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Not for me 26 Dec 2012
By D. S. Hall
Format:Paperback
I struggled with the way this was translated so I loaned it to a native Berliner who works as a translator for the government, she was less than impressed and suggested the translation was poor and that some compound German words were either not used or do not exist.
I buy parallel text books from German bookshops now.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Parallel reading 18 Dec 2011
By Pat
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It is a long, long time ago since I studied German, nor have I had the opportunity of speaking the language...but I found the book not downright easy, but not difficult either. The parallel definition is good.

I am refreshing German mainly as a challenge - using it just like a crossword to stimulate my brain. I am treating the text as I was taught - studying the German concentrating on it , memorizing it as best I can then turning to the English and translating that. It does the trick. If I have a word I just can`t make head nor tail of, I look it up in a dictionary rather than look at the text. That way the word is explained in full.

I don`t think it is too difficult for students - I did Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann) this way - I first read the book in German when I was a student - years later I did it by parallel.. - I couldn`t put it down. Maybe it is better to read something like it, something you like -

If this book is too challenging, don`t give up
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An Exception to the Penguin Parallel Series 2 Nov 2010
By CEWB
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is a collection of short stories in German with the fairly literal English translation on the other page. The main points of this are that you can get a 'dictionary definition' (it is not a complete description, it is often best in the long run to look up words that may not be exactly the same as the English) that does not require putting down the book and much more importantly you can analyze and compare the differences in the way the two languages prefer to communicate the information from the level of the particle (if you are good at grammar) to the sentence, the paragraph and the story as a whole. I feel this is the main strength of a parallel text which the 'quick look-up' only serves to augment.

Normally Penguin Parallel texts feature quite dull texts (I should know, I have all of the new series in each available language and the 1st of the old Penguin Parallel series which believe it or not even had a now unavailable 'Soviet Stories') that are as a rule boring. However I found some of the stories in this text genuinely interesting; Lascia for instance features a humorous car journey with a rather crazy Romanian taxi driver around Sicily and the collection is capped off with two simple but involving stories about Communist East Germany. Not much occurs, but the description I found interesting. Personally I found the 48 page long story, which is only second after a truly bizarre first story "The Listener, or a Description of a Route with a Hidden Motive," 'Waiting for Guests' unbearably boring about an anxious woman interminably ruminating over her feelings about her divorce.... Read more ›
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?   Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

There's a problem loading this menu at the moment.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.

    Your Shopping Basket is empty.

    Give it purpose -- fill it with books, DVDs, clothes, electronics and more.

    If you already have an account, sign in.

    There's a problem previewing your shopping basket at the moment.

    Check your Internet connection and go to your cart, or try again.

    View Shopping Basket (0 items)

      Customer Discussions

      This product's forum
      Discussion Replies Latest Post
      No discussions yet

      Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
      Start a new discussion
      Topic:
      First post:
      Prompts for sign-in
       


      Active discussions in related forums
      Discussion Replies Latest Post
      fiction discussion forum
      Spend an erotic night of BDSM, Domination/submission, and exhibition with Jim and Kay this weekend..       		54 41 seconds ago
      fiction discussion forum
      Nobody reads on the loo do they ? not really - and yet so many people have books in the loo !       		20 48 minutes ago
      fiction discussion forum
      Come on - why don't we write our own book right here in the fiction forum ? I'll do the first sentence, and then jump in....hold on, here we go...       		7218 57 minutes ago
      fiction discussion forum
      Self-published books: pain or gain?       		6130 2 hours ago
      fiction discussion forum
      What are you reading now?       		8451 4 hours ago
      fiction discussion forum
      What is the POINT of zombie novels, exactly?       		135 14 hours ago
      fiction discussion forum
      Can anyone recommend a good book       		108 14 hours ago
      fiction discussion forum
      Novels set in or about pubs?       		11 20 hours ago
      Search Customer Discussions
      Search all Amazon discussions
         
      Related forums

      Listmania!

      Create a Listmania! list

      Look for similar items by category

      Feedback


      Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges