Helen Constantine taught languages in schools until 2000, when she became a full-time translator. She has published two volumes of translated stories, Paris Tales and French Tales, and is currently editing a series of City Tales for Oxford University Press. She has translated Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier and Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos for Penguin. She is married to the writer David Constantine.Deborah Holmes studied German and Italian in Oxford, Pavia and Salzburg, graduating from Oxford in 2001 with a DPhil on the Italian antifascist exile author Ignazio Silone. She subsequently held post-doctoral positions in Oxford, Munich and Vienna. Her recent research focuses on late nineteenth and early twentieth century Austrian literature, and she has also published a biography of the philanthropist, pedagogue and journalist Eugenie Schwarzwald (Langeweile ist Gift, Residenz 2012). Deborah Holmes is currently Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Kent, where she teaches courses in modern literature, culture and translation.

• GENERAL INTRODUCTION ; INTRODUCTION ; Arthur Schnitzler, 'The Four-poster Bed' ; Joseph Roth, 'Day Out' ; Friedericke Mayrocker, 'Vienna 1924 to EL' ; Alexander Kluge, 'The Twilight of the Gods in Vienna' ; Anton Kuh, 'Lenin and Dehmel' ; Ingeborg Bachmann, 'O Happy Eyes' ; Heinrich Laube, 'Vienna' ; Ferdinand Kurnberger, 'The Feuilletonists' ; Dimitre Dinev, 'Spas sleeps' ; Joseph Roth, 'The Spring Ship' ; Adalbert Stifter, 'The Prater' ; Veza Canetti, 'The Criminal' ; Christine Nostlinger, 'Ottakringerstrasse' ; Eva Menasse, 'Envy' ; Doron Rabinovici, 'Six-nine-six-six-nine-nine' ; Joseph Roth, 'Merry-go-round' ; Arthur Schnitzler, 'Out for a walk' ; Notes on the authors ; Further Reading ; Publisher's acknowledgements

This strongly recommended volume of a series of literary city guides seeks to provide a rounded view of Vienna. The culture and landscapes are there but the book goes beneath the veneer to give the view of the outsider looking in. Irish Times, Brian Maye This highly recommended volume from a series of literary city guides seeks to provide a rounded view of Vienna. Irish Times, Brian Maye A fine addition to Helen Constantine's delightful series, this literary cityscape, created in collaboration with translator Deborah Holmes, features seventeen short stories that bring to life the beauty and rich heritage of the Austrian capital, both glittering and forbidding. Good Book Guide ... an excellent, up-to-date guide to further reading Ritchie Robertson, The Times Literary Supplement Ranging across time and topography, this piquant haul will fascinate old Vienna hands and newcomers alike. Christopher Hirst, The Independent