Vintage Christmas Tales – serie

Ranging from Hans Christian Andersen to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a Nordic noel with the very best Scandinavian Christmas talesHave yourself a truly Scandinavian Christmas... Of visions and prophesies seen in dark, dark woods. Of toys and trees come to life. Of trolls raising chaos, and of families torn apart -- only to be brought back together by festive cheer.In this collection, classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen and Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlof blend with modern day stories from Karl Ove Knausgaard and Vigdis Hjorth. Each touch on the warm and wild spirit of Christmas, where the cosiness and contentment of the season can often give way to the unexpected, magical and sometimes mystical.A smorgasbord of strange literary gifts, let A Scandinavian Christmas transport you to a winter wonderland in which fantasy, the fantastic and the festive combine for your reading delight.'These evocative, atmospheric tales...capture the spirit of Christmas' Sunday Express

Classic German-language Christmas stories filled with snowy forests, Nutcrackers, family chaos and candlelit wonder. Fröhliche Weihnachten! A Merry Christmas with a literary collection that gathers festive writing from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A German Christmas brings together classic tales by the Brothers Grimm and Thomas Mann with more recent stories by writers including Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. Helpful elves, the Nutcracker, snowy forests, city errands, old lovers, family chaos, gingerbread, stollen, roast goose and candlelit trees create a rich seasonal anthology rooted in German-language Christmas traditions. This collection is an inviting Christmas gift for readers who enjoy classic stories, European literature, folklore, festive fiction and winter reading with warmth and intelligence. From magical helpers to moments of reflection and rediscovery, A German Christmas celebrates the tales that helped shape the season. *A Daily Express Book of the Year*

Buon Natale -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats filled with ancient churches, plates piled high with pasta, flowing wine, shimmering gifts and plenty of style.In this collection, classic works by Boccaccio to Pirandello intertwine with more recent stories from writers like Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg and Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda to bring together the greatest festive tales from the land of enchantment: Italy.An Italian Christmas showcases stories that put the passionate, fiery side of the festive period back into Christmas.

Joyeux Noël! Merry Christmas! These festive stories welcome Christmas à la française – delicious, chic and unexpected. Sparkling Parisian streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, oysters, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine: this collection of stories proves that the French have truly mastered Christmas.Bringing together the best French Christmas stories of all time, this lovely book includes classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth-century author Irène Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel.Let these generous, joyous stories transport you and your loved ones into the heart of a very French Christmas.

Ranging from Hans Christian Anderson to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a nordic noel with the very best Scandinavian Christmas talesHave yourself a truly Scandinavian Christmas... Of visions and prophesies seen in dark, dark woods. Of toys and trees come to life. Of trolls raising chaos, and of families torn apart -- only to be brought back together by festive cheer.In this collection, classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen and Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlof blend with modern day stories from Karl Ove Knausgaard and Vigdis Hjorth. Each touch on the warm and wild spirit of Christmas, where the cosiness and contentment of the season can often give way to the unexpected, magical and sometimes mystical.A smorgasbord of strange literary gifts, let A Scandinavian Christmas transport you to a winter wonderland in which fantasy, the fantastic and the festive combine for your reading delight.'These evocative, atmospheric tales...capture the spirit of Christmas' Sunday Express

Classic German-language Christmas stories filled with snowy forests, Nutcrackers, family chaos and candlelit wonder. Fröhliche Weihnachten! A Merry Christmas with a literary collection that gathers festive writing from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A German Christmas brings together classic tales by the Brothers Grimm and Thomas Mann with more recent stories by writers including Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. Helpful elves, the Nutcracker, snowy forests, city errands, old lovers, family chaos, gingerbread, stollen, roast goose and candlelit trees create a rich seasonal anthology rooted in German-language Christmas traditions. This collection is an inviting Christmas gift for readers who enjoy classic stories, European literature, folklore, festive fiction and winter reading with warmth and intelligence. From magical helpers to moments of reflection and rediscovery, A German Christmas celebrates the tales that helped shape the season. *A Daily Express Book of the Year*

Buon Natale -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats filled with ancient churches, plates piled high with pasta, flowing wine, shimmering gifts and plenty of style.In this collection, classic works by Boccaccio to Pirandello intertwine with more recent stories from writers like Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg and Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda to bring together the greatest festive tales from the land of enchantment: Italy.An Italian Christmas showcases stories that put the passionate, fiery side of the festive period back into Christmas.