Jane’s Comments (group member since Nov 11, 2021)

Jane’s comments from the Language Learners and Polyglots group.

Many thanks, Peter. I'll certainly keep this in mind with its interesting and unusual subject! And you mentioned "easy to read"; something too difficult will certainly daunt me.

The translation from Spanish into German looks really daunting, so I'll probably read just a few pp. at a time. Die Herrscherin von Rom: Historischer Roman

This is a 1000+ pager.
Good luck on your challenges.

This is a personal 2024 challenge. I've just obtained two novels in German, both on ancient Rome, one originally by a Spanish author, but all I could find was a German translation--no English and I don't read Spanish. The other was by an Austrian author about Vindabona [today's Vienna, where the author hails from] --in German, of course. Both novels are fairly fat, so they will certainly be challenging and probably take a while!

Berengaria wrote: "Jane wrote: "Finished Die Toten von Vindobona by Alex Wagner, murder mystery set in Roman Vienna. Bloody and unsettling."

Glückwunsch! Got another one for your ch..."

I checked and I believe you are right.

Finished Die Toten von Vindobona by Alex Wagner, murder mystery set in Roman Vienna. Bloody and unsettling.

Berengaria wrote: "Jane wrote: "I've just finished A present-day German time travels to the Germania of Emperor Domitian's time."

Congratulations! This is your...2nd or 3rd novel in German this year?"

2nd. I can always reread several I have here, though.

I've just finished Capsarius: Historischer Roman
, A present-day German time travels to the Germania of Emperor Domitian's time.

Iamthesword wrote: "Jane wrote: "Berengaria wrote: "Jane wrote: "Just finished Blassblaue Frauenschrift by Franz Werfel."

Toll! 👏 That's such a great title. I haven't heard of that one before, but I see it was origin..."

I really liked it; in fact, I've reread it several times over the years.

Berengaria wrote: "Jane wrote: "Just finished Blassblaue Frauenschrift by Franz Werfel."

Toll! 👏 That's such a great title. I haven't heard of that one before, but I see it was originally published in 1941. That's p..."

I had just finished 40 days of Musa Dagh The Forty Days of Musa Dagh [in English] by the same author, really liked it and this one sounded interesting. I think the title drew me in. It's really short: just a novella.

Just finished Blassblaue Frauenschrift by Franz Werfel.

Kalliope wrote: "I decided to reread Non esiste saggezza. My reviews have accumulated and I have not written this one yet... besides it is an excellent practice to reread books when learning a langu..."

Agreed!

Berengaria wrote: "Jane wrote: "Just finished in the original German: Pomponius in Rom: Ein Fall für Spurius Pomponius 5. "

Great! That's one down for this year! Fantastic that you have a series you ..."

I hope the author writes more in this series. According to Pomponius's boss, he's coming back to Carrnuntum and should arrive soon--the next day in fact.

Just finished in the original German: Pomponius in Rom: Ein Fall für Spurius Pomponius 5. This is the 5th in a series involving Pomponius solving mysteries. The whole series in worthwhile. This one is set in the Rome of Marcus Aurelius's time [170's], but the earlier ones have been in Carnuntum [near today's Vienna.]

Definitely books in German; if I find something suitable, Italian.