Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist

Erst die Fremde lehrt uns, was wir an der Heimat besitzen (English: "Only the strange land teaches us to appreciate the homeland"), wrote Fontane as he presented the first volume of his "Walks through the March of Brandenburg". This miniature anthology introduces Theodor Fontane author of "Effie Briest" and "Frau Jenny Treibel" as a master of literary form as an adept of the land of Brandenburg the lakes and forests surrounding Berlin. Theodor Fontane: Wanderings. Hard Cover and Slipcase, 384 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 1998. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. This succinct sentence is the beginning of Kafka's narrative which he writes out in detail with his distinctive and relentless objectivity. The grotesque thing about the metamorphosis to an insect is only just brought to light by the suppressed truth in Gregor Samsar's life. The ending can be foreseen but is still surprising; grotesque, dreamlike images get real through straight and precise language. A novel that encourages its readers to think about it. Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis. Hard Cover in a Slipcase, 480 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2003. German edition.

Friedrich Schiller: Wilhelm Tell. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2005. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.

The powerful regime of the Middle Ages based on trust approaches downfall, no glimpse of a brighter future. In the middle of this time of decay we meet Götz the last knight with a powerful hand riding against all stealth. The effect of this drama when it was published in 1773 was a sensation. The young Goethe was famous at a single blow and brilliant tragedy at the same time vanguard of a whole epoch. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Götz von Berlichingen. Hard Cover in a Slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2004. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.