Features parallel German and English texts of eight short stories that range in style from the classical method of Ernst Penzoldt to the montage technique of Alexander Kluge.

Vol. 1, edited by R. Newnham, published in 1964.

The dolphin /Ernst Penzoldt -- Jennifer's dreams / Marie Luise Kaschnitz -- Fedezeen / Günter de Bruyn -- The renunciation / Siegfried Lenz -- The dogs / Ingeborg Bachmann -- Lobellen Grove / Johannes Bobrowski -- Anita G. / Alexander Kluge -- The joiner / Thomas Bernhard.