Collected Stories

by Brecht, Bertolt; Willett, John; Manheim, Ralph; Kapp, Yvonne; Rorrison, Hugh; Tatlow, Antony

• ISBN13: 9781559704021
• ISBN10: 1559704020
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Arcade Pub

Summary

Celebrating the centenary of Bertolt Brecht--one of the great 20th-century innovators in theater, as well as dazzling writer of stories. In COLLECTED STORIES, which includes the prize-winning "The Monster" and the fragmentary memoir "Life Story of the Boxer Samson-Korner", fans will find the same directness, lack of affectation, and wry humor that characterize Brecht's plays.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
THE BAVARIAN STORIES (1920-1924)	3	(54)
Bargan gives up	3	(13)
Story on a Ship	16	(2)
The Revelation	18	(1)
The Foolish Wife	19	(2)
The Blind Man	21	(4)
A Helping Hand	25	(4)
Java Meier	29	(9)
The Lance-Sergeant	38	(4)
Message in a Bottle	42	(1)
A Mean Bastard	43	(6)
The Death of Cesare Malatesta	49	(8)
THE BERLIN STORIES (1924-1933)	57	(62)
The Answer	57	(2)
Before the Flood	59	(2)
Conversation about the South Seas	61	(2)
Letter about a Mastiff	63	(5)
Hook to the Chin	68	(4)
Muller's Natural Attitude	72	(5)
North Sea Shrimps	77	(8)
Bad Water	85	(5)
A Little Tale of Insurance	90	(4)
Four Men and a Poker Game	94	(6)
Barbara	100	(4)
The Good Lord's Package	104	(3)
The Monster	107	(5)
The Job	112	(7)
STORIES WRITTEN IN EXILE (1934-1948)	119	(88)
Safety First	119	(10)
The Soldier of La Ciotat	129	(2)
A Mistake	131	(4)
Gaumer and Irk	135	(4)
Socrates Wounded	139	(14)
The Experiment	153	(9)
The Heretic's Coat	162	(8)
Lucullus's Trophies	170	(8)
The Unseemly Old Lady	178	(5)
A Question of Taste	183	(5)
The Augsburg Chalk Circle	188	(12)
Two Sons	200	(7)
APPENDIX Life Story of the Boxer Samson-Korner	207	(20)
EDITORIAL NOTES	227
The Principle Collections of Brecht's Short Stories	227	(3)
Notes on Individual Stories	230	(11)
Index of Titles in German	241