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 bothOriginally 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.
Et l'unique cordeau des trompettes marines
Apollinaire, Le chantre
Brecht is an amazing Dramatist.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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New to the forum, I'd like to nominate Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane.
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.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
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
Et l'unique cordeau des trompettes marines
Apollinaire, Le chantre
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.
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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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Come one everyone! The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a must read for anyone who loves plays!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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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.
Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more:
William Shakespeare
Shall I reserve my copy of The Tin Drum?
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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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hint hint nudge nudge!!!Come one everyone! The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a must read for anyone who loves plays!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Going once...
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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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Going twice...
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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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Ah, The Tin Drum is ultimately nominated!
Theodor Fontane: Beyond Recall (Unwiederbringlich): unavailable on amazon.co.uk at the momenthehe, look at the beginning of my first post up there again
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.
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