This book grew out of lectures on Riemann surfaces given by Otto Forster
at the universities of Munich, Regensburg, and Münster. It provides a
concise modern introduction to this rewarding subject, as well as
presenting methods used in the study of complex manifolds in the special
case of complex dimension one.
From the reviews: "This book deserves very serious consideration as a
text for anyone contemplating giving a course on Riemann
surfaces."--MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS