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    Posted: 23-Jan-2006 at 20:15
Even though I am 1/4 German I am not that familiar with a lot of German literature except for the writings of Johann Jacob Bachofen and his 19th theories about matriarchal societies in pre-history.


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I have a German hym book that belong to my great great German grandparents but it was printed in St. Louis in 1875.

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 My favourite is Goethe-one of the greatest writers ever.I read Faust several times...
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Nichts  neues  im Westen  is  a  classic.And  i  think  the  first  War  critic(not  the  critic of the  ww1)

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I read Im Westen Nichts Neues (All quiet on the west front) for my german class about 20 years ago. It was pretty hard to understand in german, so I had to read it in swedish just to be able to do the book report. I must say that I liked it though. Itwas good enough for me to look for other books by Remarque. I found "A Time to Love and a Time to Die", which I also enjoyed, in swedish though.

Another german author that I like is Michael Ende. There are probably mor, but I can't remember their names right now.
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Whats about Karl Marx - Das Kapital from 1867
try to read it  and try to understand

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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-Oct-2004 at 06:20
no. I remember, it was das Urteil.
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Maybe Die Verwandlung? That's Kafka's most famous short story.
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-Oct-2004 at 10:59
Why didn't I notice this thread earlier?
Anyway, I've read amongst others Im Westen nichts Neues, Draussen vor den Tur and Deutschland ein Wintermrchen. I've read a short story from Kafka as well, but I've forgotten the name.
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lol, the only German book I have ever read is All Quiet on teh Western Front and Clausiwtz's On War, aot fo war literature...i wonder why
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Perfume by Peter (?) Suesker, who I think was born in Munich. Good book, but a little strange at times. O.o

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What about Paul Carell? (real name Paul Karl Schmidt).

Actually he was not a novelist but kind of historian and his book are more a history works. I like his "Unternehmen Barbarrosa" (Operation Barbarossa).

Its interesting for me because it is written from the german perspective and during the war the author was working for Ribbentrop. Anyone tried it?
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Hehe, "Inside the Third Reich" by Albert Speer... Best German book ever, besides "My Struggle". Then again, I just like the Nazi era for some reason, don't know why...

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I've got a copy of Faust that i havn't got round to reading yet. Its in a nice, old fashioned binded book too. One day.......
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ah indeed, it's available at buch24.de  I always checked at amazon.de and they don't have it....

and only 8,95 , that's cheap, I'm going to get it when  finished the recent book.

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Originally posted by Temujin

I looked it up, they seem old and are all unavailable at the moment...

 

Hey Temujin, I don't know German language but check this link:

http://www.ciao.de/08_15_Trilogie_Kirst_Hans_Helmut__513401 
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I read AQOTWF too, some time ago, though. I remember liking it.
I also read Goethe's Werther, which was good, although the protagonist was a bit whiny. Haven't read it as intensively as I should have, though. I also once read a modern version of the story, but can't really remember it.
At the moment I'm re-reading Kafka's Der Prozess, which is a great book, although I find it very difficult to really understand it, as I pointed out in the What are you reading? topic.
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I looked it up, they seem old and are all unavailable at the moment...
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Well, this are novels concentrate on view of ordinary soldiers towards nazis..IIRC the second volume of 08/15 is about Eastern Front  
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which theater of the war is it set in?
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