Faust- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Excellent nominations so far!
But I see that Thomas Mann has not been mentioned yet. My favourite novel is 'Buddenbrooks', but as it is very long and apparently not very well-known outside Germany, I'll nominate 'The Death in Venice'. (I hope that's the right English title.)
O schaurig ists übers Moor zu gehn,
wenn es wimmelt vom Heiderauche,
sich wie Phantome die Dünste drehn
und die Ranke häkelt am Strauche.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1843) (see avatar) Der Knabe im Moor/The Lad in the Moor
Hmmmm how about Hesse's Beneath the Wheel? I would like to nominate it if there is still any place left.
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
Wait...are we talking about literature written in German, or just literature from Germany?
Čłowjek je dwójny, tež sam sebi. Tysacy słowow sym kaž paćerki stykał na swoje lĕta a na kóncu spóznał, zo ani jednoho słowa njeje, kotrež by jeho w ćĕle a duši we wšej wĕrnosći wĕrnje pomjenowało.
Novels written in German by German authors from Germany.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I'm waiting for Sche to list the list again, :lol.
I am not sure which I can do, depending on which title comes out ahead.
Okay, okay... If I must!
Here are the nominations so far:
1. The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz by Döblin
3. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by H Boell
4. The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
5. The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind.
6. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
7. The Death in Venice by T. Mann
8. Beneath the Wheel by Hesse
Last two nominations up for grabs!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Thank ye Sche
I've had this on my reading list, so let's give it a try.
The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
No it's not my death.So don't get your hopes up.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Broch, like Musil, is Austrian?Originally Posted by Virgil
I've had this on my reading list, so let's give it a try.
The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
No it's not my death.
Virgil, I personally hated that book (it's not often that it happens), so if you ever read it I'd like to know what you thought of it. I know that authoritatively speaking this book has a good backing...
Et l'unique cordeau des trompettes marines
Apollinaire, Le chantre
Here are the nominations so far:
1. The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz by Döblin
3. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by H Boell
4. The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
5. The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind.
6. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
7. The Death in Venice by T. Mann
8. Beneath the Wheel by Hesse
Last two nominations up for grabs!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Galileo by Bertolt Brecht
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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.
Damn, Dürrenmatt is Swiss. I would have nominated something (like Der Besuch der alten Dame) by him, if he was German.
Curses! Foiled again!
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
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