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Peter is on page 105 of 154 of Jugend
Der zweite Band der "Kopenhagen-Trilogie" liest sich wesentlich flüssiger. Tove sehnt ihren 18. Geburtstag herbei, bis dahin muss sie bei ihren Eltern wohnen. Meine Jugend ist nichts als ein Mangel und ein Hindernis, das ich nicht schnell genug überwinden kann.
May 14, 2021 01:23AM Add a comment
Jugend

Peter
Peter is on page 22 of 154 of Jugend
Es ist mir gelungen den zweiten Band der "Kopenhagen Trilogie" in unserer Bibliothek auszuleihen. Er schließt sich unmittelbar an den Band "Kindheit" an und wir treffen viele der Protagonisten wieder. Tove hat eine Arbeitsstelle als Küchenhilfe und Zimmermädchen in eine Pension aufgenommen. Sie arbeitet täglich 12 Stunden und findet keine Kraft mehr zu lesen und zu schreiben.
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Jugend

Peter
Peter is on page 143 of 168 of Lidschlag
Doesn't a good piece of art always change the question "What is happening here?" into "What is happening with me?"

I am fully with you, María Gainza.
May 12, 2021 12:50AM Add a comment
Lidschlag

Peter
Peter is on page 125 of 168 of Lidschlag
A visit to the ophtalmologist leads via a poster in the waiting room to Mark Rothko. María's excentric great-uncle had his room in the Palace Errázuriz-Alvear decoraded by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Sert, just to make the acquaintance of his wife "Misia", née Maria Godebska, glamour girl of the French Bohème. Henri Rousseau and his characteristic ballons connect to the narrotor's fear of flying.
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Lidschlag

Peter
Peter is on page 91 of 168 of Lidschlag
The previous chapters tell stories about the sea and horses, corresponding to a painting by Gustave Courbet "Mer orageause" and a by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec showing a mounted guard, "En observation", both on exhibit in the Museo Nacional de Belleas Artes in Buenos Aires.
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Lidschlag

Peter
Peter is on page 61 of 841 of Ein grüner Junge
The novel is a report of a young man recent about his life since finishing school education, the events leading there and the people influencing him. The man is still very juvenile in his views and at first this put me off. Only when I realized that this is just the literary construct of a great writer I started to enjoy the story.
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Ein grüner Junge

Peter
Peter is on page 67 of 168 of Lidschlag
Suddenly it dawned on me: Each chapter consists of an episode or aspect of the narrator's life and a corresponding reflection of the life and work of an artist. Reading this book is a deep intellectual pleasure.
May 04, 2021 04:43AM Add a comment
Lidschlag

Peter
Peter is on page 41 of 168 of Lidschlag
After a long time this is my first book outside the European / North American cultural region. And shows me how little I know about the other parts of the world. I had no idea of the War of the Triple Alliance, the deadliest in the history of South America, or painters like Cándido Lopez, who lost his right hand but struggled on an became deft with the left hand as well.
May 03, 2021 12:10AM 2 comments
Lidschlag

Peter
Peter is on page 14 of 168 of Lidschlag
Ein literarisches Werk über oder eher im Umfeld von Gemälden. Das war es was mich zu diesem Buch bewegt hat. Der Anfang lässt keine Wünsche offen. Wie gehofft bin ich mehr am Nachschlagen im Internet als am Umblättern des Buches. 2 neue und eine oberflächlich bekannter Maler auf den ersten Seiten.
May 02, 2021 12:27AM Add a comment
Lidschlag

Peter
Peter is 82% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" is not very engaging. The best part was, when Lord St. Simon, Holmes's client of highest British nobility mentioned that previous clients
"...were hardly from the same class of society."
"No. I am descending."
"I beg pardon."
"My last client of the sort was a kind."

gotcha :-)
May 01, 2021 08:00AM Add a comment
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Peter
Peter is on page 43 of 176 of Wybór nowel
Ebenezer Scrooge and Harpagon found their Polish counterpart in Mr. Lucas (Pan Łukasz). Avacicious to the degree that not even the devil will accept him to hell (in his dream). The really funny part, however, is not the main story, but the fact that hell looks exactly like Warsaw in those days and repentance for the sinners is to do exactly the same as every day to eternity.
Apr 30, 2021 06:39AM Add a comment
Wybór nowel

Peter
Peter is on page 123 of 420 of Fantastische Frauen
After a longer break I reached again for this catalogue and read the article on Claude Cahun. Born as Lucy Renée Schwob, she openly lived her non-binary sexual identity and had an enormous artictical breadth including literature, photography, collages, performance. And she fought against the Nazi occupation, who destroyed part of her work and almost killed her.
Apr 25, 2021 10:33AM Add a comment
Fantastische Frauen

Peter
Peter is 82% done with In Cold Blood
Dick and Perry get caught in Las Vegas. After seperation they are quick to confess and accuse each other. The trial is set for Garden City. Capote's mastership flamed up in the scene when they arrive in the city. He introduces it by two straying cats observing the events.
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In Cold Blood

Peter
Peter is 65% done with In Cold Blood
After several weeks of unsuccessful investigation a new tipoff leads the police in the right direction. They now have two suspects, but how to find and get hold of them, in particular if they left the country? But the murderers feel too safe after all this time and the noose begins to close around their necks.
Apr 21, 2021 04:51AM Add a comment
In Cold Blood

Peter
Peter is on page 50 of 118 of Kindheit
Kindheit, das ist für Tove Ditlevsen nicht unbeschwerte Zeit à la Bullerbu, Kindheit ist lang und schmal wie ein Sarg, aus dem man sich nicht allein befreien kann. ... Der Kindheit kann man nicht entkommen, sie hängt an einem wie ein Geruch. ... Dunkel ist die Kindheit, und sie winselt wie ein kleines Tier, das man in einen Keller eingesperrt und vergessen hat.
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Kindheit

Peter
Peter is 65% done with Der Schuß von der Kanzel
Frage der Patentochter an Generals Wertmüller: "Ist die Gesellschaft in Venedig nicht ganz entsetzlich schlecht?" - "Die gute ist dort wie allenthalben und die schlechte ganz vortrefflich."

In solchen Dialogen zeigt sich CFMs Humor.
Apr 18, 2021 12:16AM Add a comment
Der Schuß von der Kanzel

Peter
Peter is 23% done with Der Schuß von der Kanzel
Herrlich der subtile Humor in dieser Geschichte.
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Der Schuß von der Kanzel

Peter
Peter is 83% done with Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
A rivalry between Alan and Robin Oig, son of the famous Rob Roy almost lets them draw their swords. Only the ingenious idea of their host to measure their strenght with the pipes instead calms then down. Alan has to concede that Rob Roy is by far the better piper and the day ends in merry piping singing and drinking. This is one of the best and loveliest scenes in the book.
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Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Peter
Peter is on page 26 of 118 of Kindheit
Die Hoffnung saß als flüchtiger Schimmer im glatten , schwarzen Haar meiner Mutter, das ich nie zu berühren wagte. Tove wächst in der Zwischenkriegszeit in einer Kopenhagener Arbeiterfamilie mit einer unnahbaren Mutter, Bruder und arbeitslosem Vater. Letzter begeistert sie für Bücher, obwohl die Mutter dagegen ist: Bücher machen wunderlich.
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Kindheit

Peter
Peter is 68% done with Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
In some countries people joining partisans or outlaws go "into the woods", in the Scottish Highlands they take to the heather.
Apr 12, 2021 10:51AM 2 comments
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Peter
Peter is 29% done with In Cold Blood
The entire Clutter family was killed with gun shots into their heads. And then one of the murderers goes home to have dinner with his family. Unbelievable.
Apr 10, 2021 01:57PM Add a comment
In Cold Blood

Peter
Peter is 53% done with Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
I am astonished by the huge difference betweeen the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands. Gaelic then was the predominant language in the Highlands. This difference contributes a lot to the lasting fascination of the story.
Apr 07, 2021 01:34PM Add a comment
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Peter
Peter is on page 356 of 400 of Drach
Mein Körper und mein Körper gehören dem Drachen, ich bin seins. In dieser Aussage (auf deutsch auch im polnischen Original !) wird endgültig klar, dass der titelgebende Drachen identisch ist mit der Erde aus der alles kommt und zu der alles wird.
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Drach

Peter
Peter is 5% done with In Cold Blood
Holcomb, a small town close to Garden City in Finney County, Kansas. 1959, people are religious, assiduous and conduct a decent, quiet life. Herbert Clutter lives with his wife and children on one of the largest farmes in the county. But his wealth is in the land and the grain in the silos.
Apr 02, 2021 10:23AM Add a comment
In Cold Blood

Peter
Peter is 26% done with Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
Still entertaining plot with trifle of Scottishness.
Mar 31, 2021 02:41AM Add a comment
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Peter
Peter is on page 20 of 37 of Magnetic North
Few days before the next lock down I managed to visit this magnificent exhibition.
Mar 28, 2021 12:51PM 2 comments
Magnetic North

Peter
Peter is on page 255 of 400 of Drach
Der Einschub "Loretto. Höhe 165" stellt den Krieg in all seiner Entmenschlichung dar und gehört für mich zu den stärksten Teilen des Buches. Dagegen wirkt die Darstellung homosexueller SA-Männer um den schlesischen Gruppenführer Edmund Heines zu Beginn des III. Teils wie hinzugeklebt. Ist der Autor homophob?
Mar 27, 2021 12:03AM Add a comment
Drach

Peter
Peter is on page 192 of 284 of Streulicht
Niemand hatte sich je die Zeit genommen, den Scheffel ausfindig zu machen, unter dem mein Licht stand.

Deniz Ohde stellt dem Lehrerberuf ein niederschlagendes Zeugnis aus. Ich möchte dem widersprechen, zugleich fühle ich aber, dass es immer noch viele solcher Kinder bzw. Jugendliche gibt, die nicht gehört und übersehen werden. Umso erstaunlicher, dass sie sich trotzdem durchgekämpft hat.
Mar 26, 2021 11:48PM 2 comments
Streulicht

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