Well I ‘ve been slow in my German reading this year usually I’m on the ball as German lit is one of my favourite to read ,but I’ve had so much arrive this last month I’ve just not got as many as I have read as I other years ready but I have five books read already so I ‘ve some read to get the ball rolling for 2014 .This year again we have a set of weeks to follow so I ‘ll try and squeeze my books into them , I ‘m just back after a week off blogging and have a lot of books to cover so my German lit month this year will be less than other years but here is what I have read –
The safety net by Heinrich Boll
The Glory of life by Michael Kumpfmuller
A price to pay by Alex Capus
Amok by Stefan Zweig
All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque
and am currently reading
Raw Material by Jorg Fauser
The legend of the holy drinker by Joesph Roth
Now in reserve are these books
What have you read or are hoping to read this time round ?
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Nov 02, 2014 @ 18:41:27
Nice selection of books Stu! I shall hopefully read Berlin Alexanderplatz – but you never know!
Nov 02, 2014 @ 18:42:11
Hope you do i really rnjoyed it when i read it
Nov 02, 2014 @ 18:58:40
Quite an ambitious long list – makes me feel better about mine…
Nov 02, 2014 @ 18:59:43
Hope get a good few read
Nov 02, 2014 @ 19:00:09
All QOTWF is wonderful. I’ve got some Roth on my list for this month too.
Nov 02, 2014 @ 19:03:30
I hope get the two shorter ones read and try and get Radetzsky march done
Nov 02, 2014 @ 20:05:17
I’m reading The Glory of Life at the moment. Started the month with F by Daniel Kehlmann. Got a few others lined up, but it will be finding the time to review them!
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:45:16
Just posted my glory of life review
Nov 02, 2014 @ 20:34:26
I hope you get a chance to read The Radetzky March this month. That was one of my absolute favorite books read in all of last year. So, so great!
Nov 02, 2014 @ 21:28:43
I may join in German lit month by reading Eric Maria Remarque’s A Time to love and a time to die, if I can slot it in.
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:46:09
Look forward to your thoughts on it if you get time
Nov 02, 2014 @ 21:46:24
I’m reading a rather unusual non-fiction book, it’s called Post-war Lies, Germany and Hitler’s Long Shadow and it’s by Malte Herwig, and translated by Jamie Lee Searle and Shaun Whiteside. I don’t know what to make of it yet…
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:47:10
That sounds interesting Lisa Germany struggled post war with what happened in the war
Nov 03, 2014 @ 13:05:52
Yes, it’s about what was concealed during the deNazificaiton period. Remember Gunter Grass being outed as a member of the Waffen-SS? It’s about that…
Nov 09, 2014 @ 11:08:05
Here’s my review, Stu: a very difficult book to review! http://anzlitlovers.com/2014/11/09/post-war-lies-germany-and-hitlers-long-shadow-by-malte-herwig-translated-by-jamie-lee-searle-and-shaun-whiteside/
Nov 03, 2014 @ 00:39:13
I’m madly noting all the titles you’ve listed in this post, including the ones in the photograph. Fascinating! If only I didn’t have to work…
Judith (Reader in the Wilderness)
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:48:35
The Fauser is great just finishing it off and so pleased it has finally come to english
Nov 03, 2014 @ 01:00:28
I have a Stefan Zweig to read as well, having begun German Lit Month with a novella by Thomas Mann. The German books I’ve read you could fit on the head of a pin, so there’s a lot for me to discover this month.
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:49:33
Look forward to your thoughts on Zweig I love his books he is one of the best male writers on capturing female characters I think
Nov 03, 2014 @ 09:28:37
Great plans, Stu. I’ve read Transit by Anna Seghers, and I’ll be posting on it in a week or so. I’m also hoping to read a couple of others before the month is out. Looking forward to your reviews and comparing notes on All Quiet.
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:50:12
Thanks Jacqui look forward to your transit review had my eye on that for a while
Nov 03, 2014 @ 09:50:19
Excellent choice! I am extremely pleased you have the Fauser novel on your list – a book I like very much as you may know from my review.
Nov 03, 2014 @ 11:52:37
I’m pleased this one has finally come out in English and with a great translator as well
Nov 03, 2014 @ 10:04:55
I’ve ordered All Quiet as its so rated by everyone and in this anniversary year of WW1 it seems a must read and then thanks to your recommendation Stu, I am planning also to read Raw Material when it comes out near the end of the month and maybe the Jenny Erpenbeck that’s waiting for me to try again. Looking forward to your favourites from your ambitious pile. Bonne Courage!
Nov 03, 2014 @ 16:41:08
These are great choices. I have Fause high on my list of authors I should read again.
Nov 03, 2014 @ 16:46:04
Thanks i want try a fauser crime novel now know bitter lemon have translated one
Nov 03, 2015 @ 21:04:33
Ooh, I’ve got the Alina Bronsky in my stack. Also Herta Muller’s Hunger Angel. Your mention of Heinrich Boll also brought me back a class I took on post-war German literature. After The Tin Drum, I think my favorite novel was Max Frisch’s Homo Faber.
Nov 03, 2015 @ 21:05:20
Homi faber is a great book