Reading German Books in 2020 discussion
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4) Brigitte Reimann - Siblings 4*5) Sharon Dodua Otoo - Ada’s Realm 3*
(Review at: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...)
6) A Light Still Burns - Selim Özdogan 4*Review: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
Author Interview: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
7] A Prussian In Victorian London - Theodor Fontane 5*
Review: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
8) The Nibelungenlied - Anonymous 3*
Review: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
9) The Poor Musician - Franz Grillparzer 4*
10) Baron Bagge - Alexander Lernet-Holenia 4*
11) Just Sitting Around Here Gruesomely Now - Friedericke Mayröcker 2*
Reviews of titles 9-11: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
12) Greed - Marc Elsberg 3*
Review: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
13) Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta - Aglaja Veteranyi ***Review at: https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...
Not the best summer’s reading, unfortunately.14) Kairos -Jenny Erpenbeck **
(Well-written, but unenjoyable. The woman who should have simply walked away had me tearing my hair out.)
15) Mexico Street - Simone Buchholz **
Enjoyable in parts, but badly written.
Starting my reading for German Literature Month in November / Detailed reviews to follow in due course16) Rombo - Esther Kinsky ***
17) Pitch & Glint - Lutz Seiler ***
18) Indigo - Clemens Setz ***
19) Starman - Reinhard Kleist ****20) The Damned - Georg Trakl ****
21) Dream Story - Arthur Schnitzler ***
22) Me, In Between - Julya Rabinowich ****23) The Thankless Foreigner - Irena Brežná ***
24) The Murder of Anton Livius - Hansjörg Schneider ***
25) Last House Before The Mountain - Monika Helfer ****26) About People - Juli Zeh ****
2) Stefan Heym - Radek 3.5 *
(Review at https://lizzysiddal2.wordpress.com/20...)
3) Heine - Ein Wintermärchen 5*
Review to follow. In the meantime, I may have found my homesick soul twin!
“Und als ich die deutsche Sprache vernahm,
Da ward mir seltsam zumute;
Ich meinte nicht anders, als ob das Herz
Recht angenehm verblute.”