October / Germany Reading Poll

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Originally Posted by wessexgirl

Oh, both of these are on my wish list. I've got them in my Amazon basket as we speak, after high praise from another forumer. But as Death in Venice is a novella/short story I think, it would be a better choice, time-wise. :thumbs_up

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I think Mann is a writer that gains from being read in a longer form. Death is Venice is really good, but I liked, say, Doctor Faustus even much better. So my point is that you should read both :p

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Originally Posted by papayahed

Galileo by Bertolt Brecht

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:thumbs_up Brecht is an amazing Dramatist. :nod:

:wave: New to the forum, I'd like to nominate Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane.

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Originally Posted by Etienne

I think Mann is a writer that gains from being read in a longer form. Death is Venice is really good, but I liked, say, Doctor Faustus even much better. So my point is that you should read both :p

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I plan to, but then again I've got such a massive TBR pile, it may be some time before I get around to them. That's the good thing about choosing for October, it will force me to read a specific book then. :D

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Originally Posted by wessexgirl

I plan to, but then again I've got such a massive TBR pile, it may be some time before I get around to them.

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I know exactly what you mean. I've stopped buying books due to lack of funds for a little while and I'm making my pile melt slowly as in the last year I' had been reading at the rhythm of about 2 books a week, but buying 5 or 6 in the meanwhile :lol:

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Originally Posted by TrishB

:wave: New to the forum, I'd like to nominate Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane.

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Hi Trish,

Thank you for your nomination but the nominations and the voting are open only those who have 50+ posts, I am afraid.

Some information on the books:

The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht

Berlin Alexanderplatz by Döblin

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by H Boell

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Death in Venice by T. Mann

Beneath the Wheel by Hesse

Galileo by Bertolt Brecht

The voting will end on September 30th.

Come one everyone! The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a must read for anyone who loves plays! :D

I nominated the tin drum, but when I looked at the information to faust I wouldn't mind reading that iether. I just hope I can get a hold of these books.

Shall I reserve my copy of The Tin Drum?

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Originally Posted by Niamh

Come one everyone! The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a must read for anyone who loves plays! :D

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hint hint nudge nudge!!! :p

Going once...

Going twice...

Ah, The Tin Drum is ultimately nominated!

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

hehe, look at the beginning of my first post up there again :)

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Theodor Fontane: Beyond Recall (Unwiederbringlich): unavailable on amazon.co.uk at the moment

Great to see Theodor Fontane get a mention on the forum. I think I may have read Unwiederbringlich years ago when I was living in Nuremberg. I've certainly read Effi Briest and Frau Jenny Treibel, but I think his best book is Der Stechlin; all of which are in my bookcase.