Thirty-seven dazzling short stories from the great 20th-century poet and theatrical innovator Bertolt Brecht.

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists of the 20th century whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Introduction The Bavarian Stories (1920-1924) Barvan gives up Story on a Ship The Revelation The Foolish Wife The Blind Man A Helping Hand Java Meier The Lance-Sergeant Message in a Bottle A Mean Bastard The Death of Cesare Malatesta The Berlin Stories (1924-1933) The Answer Before the Flood Conversation about the South Seas Letter about a Mastiff Hook to the Chin M ller's Natural Attitude North Sea Shrimps Bad Water A Little Tale of Insurance Four Men and a Poker Game Barbara The Good Lord's Package The Monster The Job Stories Written in Exile (1934-1948) Safety First The Soldier of La Ciotat A Mistake Gaumer and Irk Socrates Wounded The Experiment The Heretic's Coat Lucullus's Trophies The Unseemly Old Lady A Question of Taste The Augsburg Chalk Circle Two Sons Appendix Life Story of the Boxer Samson-K rner Editorial Notes The Principle Collections of Brecht's Short Stories Notes on the Individual Stories Index of Titles in German