{"product_id":"the-dead-girls-class-trip-selected-stories-9781681375359","title":"The Dead Girls' Class Trip: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of the best and most provocative short stories by the author of \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Cross\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest known for her anti-fascist novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Cross\u003c\/i\u003e and the existential thriller \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, Anna Seghers was also a gifted storyteller. The short stories she wrote throughout her life portray her social and mythic vision, and constitute an important and fascinating element of her work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis selection of Seghers's best stories, written between 1925 and 1965, reflects the range of her creativity over the years and includes her most famous stories, such as the autobiographical \"The Dead Girls' Class Trip,\" as well as those translated into English for the first time, like \"Jans Must Die.\" Here are psychologically penetrating stories about young men corrupted by desperation and women bound by circumstance, as well as enigmatic tales of bewilderment and enchantment, stories based on myths and legends like \"The Best Tales of Woynok the Thief,\" \"The Legends of Artemis,\" and \"The Three Trees.\" Seghers used the German language in especially unconventional and challenging ways in her stories, and Margot Bettauer Dembo's sensitive and skilled translation preserves this distinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681375359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328","brand":"Anna Seghers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40040708309173,"sku":"9781681375359","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e1accc0a-585e-473b-b462-28ea89a430c1.jpg?v=1621344084","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dead-girls-class-trip-selected-stories-9781681375359","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}