Franz Hohler's endearing tales delight readers and audiences of all ages. This book includes some of the most famous stories and sketches in English translation. Perceptive of human nature and touched by the many absurdities of our everyday lives, his stories are full of surprises, some bizarre, some touching and others dead-on-realistic. Social criticism lingers with the profound. This is storytelling at its best - with wit, compassion and integrity.

Translated by: Dianne Dicks, Elsbeth Borer, Katalin Fekete