Germany

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The Tin Drum | Günter Grass

Bizarre and wonderful.

[Peggy]

I read this in college when I was taking a German lit class. My god, Grass is simply an amazing writer.

[Juliane]

Some great German books:
Thomas Mann "Buddenbrooks"
Alfred Döblin "Berlin Alexanderplatz"
Hans Fallada "Little Man, What Now?"

[Tori]

Having just finished reading it this past month, I would definitely have to recommend Franz Kafka's "The Castle", or any of his literary works.

[Anna]

Goethe Faust

[Stef]

Most books by Philipp Vandenberg

[Marie]

Perfume by Patrick Süskind! Scary and awesome!

[Abi]

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

[Anna]

All quiet on the western front was/is great.
I'm planning to read A time to love and time to die and Heaven has no favourites

[Carol]

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

[Stef]

Measuring The World by Daniel Kehlmann

[Anna]

Yeah Measuring the World A Novel was a gread read.

[Stef]

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Although he is famous for his books for children, this one is for adults as well, even if the movie is just for kids.

[Rodrigo]

The Sorrows of Young Werther is an amazing book. Be careful to not kill yourself in the end.

[Stef]

Newest german author I discovered for myself is Klaus Modick. So far I only read his book BESTSELLER but I will definitely read more of his books. Unfortunately they are only available in german.

[Anna]

Klaus Mann | Mephisto

[Silver]

Here are some really good German Short Stories I have read:

Youth, Beautiful Youth ~ Hermann Hesse
The Metamorphisis ~ Kafka

Johann Peter Hebel is a great German short sotry writing I loved these works:

Kannitervestan
Unexpected Reunion
The Hussar

[Bettie]

Silver wrote: "Here are some really good German Short Stories I have read:

Youth, Beautiful Youth ~ Hermann Hesse
The Metamorphisis ~ Kafka

Johann Peter Hebel is a great German short sotry writing I love..."

Kafka was from Bohemia, now part of Czech Republic.
:O)

[Bettie]

Stef wrote: "Measuring The World by Daniel Kehlmann"

Daniel Kehlmann is Austrian
:O)

[Stef]

Bettie (Goodreads Reader!) wrote: "Stef wrote: "Measuring The World by Daniel Kehlmann"

Daniel Kehlmann is Austrian
:O)"

Well, he might live in Vienna from time to time but he also lives in Berlin and was born in Munich, Germany. And since I can't find anything about him saying that he changed his citizenship he is still german.

[Bettie]

I was about to rip up my biographical history directory in disgust there for moment, given your prompt reply, but upon checking on other sources he has both German and Austrian citizenship.

:O)

[Stef]

Bettie (Goodreads Reader!) wrote: "I was about to rip up my biographical history directory in disgust there for moment, given your prompt reply, but upon checking on other sources he has both German and Austrian citizenship.

:O)"

Bettie,

don't rip up the poor book. In his book it just says that he was born in Munich, nothing else. Therefore I assumed that he was german. I never really questioned his german citizenship until I read your post. For a moment I really thought I was wrong and had to check him out on the internet.

Stef

[Silver]

Ahh well I have a book of German Tales and Short Stories in which Kafka is included becasue her was raised within a German community in Bohemia

[Bettie]

Jessica wrote: "The Tin Drum | Günter Grass

Bizarre and wonderful."

yes indeedy - brilliant

[Amanda]

I have recently started a delightful book about Kafka, which discusses him, his myth and the weird state of being a minority as a German-speaking Jew in Prague while the Austro-Hungarian Empire started to dissolve in the first world war. It is, alas, written by a English or Welsh man who - aha - speaks and reads German.

also, it is quite recent : Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life by James Hawe (2008)

[Des]

Some more must reads in German Literature, that have not been mentioned yet:
Group Portrait With Lady - Böll, Heinrich
The Good Woman of Setzuan - Brecht, Bertolt
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Homo Faber - Frisch, Max
The German Lesson - Lenz, Siegfried
Der Untertan - Mann, Heinrich

[Jimmy]

Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald

[Anna]

Der Vulkan by Klaus Mann

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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary by Marta Hillers.

War Read. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning

[Coqueline]

I'm reading a German book (translated to English) with the quirky title of The Invention of Curried Sausage by Uwe Timm.

I had this book on my wishlish for so long, before I finally got a copy of it. Should be an interesting read, since I love quirky books, and currywurst... :D

[Justin]

Emil & the Detectives by Erich Kastner

[Fili]

The Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke or the Dragon Rider Trilogy(?) also written by Cornelia Funke are awesome. Yeah, they are supposed to be books for children, but they are really good.

[Fili]

Lisa and Lottie (Das Doppelte Lottchen) by Erich Kästner