本集选收了歌德、霍夫曼、海涅、施笃姆、凯勒、海泽、托马斯·曼、卡夫卡等二十六位德语国家著名作者的三十四篇短篇小说。按照文学史的传统观点,德国、奥地利以及瑞士的德语文学一向被看成一个整体。这不仅由于语言的一致,还因为这些作家在各自的民族历史上、因而也就在作品上有着相互影响的密切关系。我们把这三个国家的德语作家邀请到同一个集子里来,但在他们的名字前面仍冠以各自不同的国籍。 In this collection, 34 short stories by famous authors from 26 German-speaking countries such as Goethe, Hoffmann, Heine, Schmidt, Keller, Heze, Thomas Mann, Kafka and others were collected. According to the traditional view of literary history, German literature in Germany, Austria and Switzerland has always been regarded as a whole. This is not only due to the unity of language but also because of the close interplay and influence these writers have in their respective national histories and hence their work. We invite German writers in these three countries to the same group, but each is still preceded by a different nationality in front of their name.