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Ruthiella
Every Man Dies Alone | Hans Fallada
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#whereareyoumonday

I‘m in Nazi Germany this week. Not a fun place. But I think this is going to be a good book - worth reading and a particularly timely reminder.

kspenmoll This does sound good. Different perspective. Please keep me posted. 5d
Ruthiella I will. It was written by a German who experienced the war and the rise and fall of fascism and published this in 1947. So contemporary fiction. 5d
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Lynnsoprano
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Just finished this beautiful story. A three-timeline plot, set before, during, and immediately after WWII in Germany, it follows two sisters and the woman who comes across a book tied to them. It‘s heart wrenching and uplifting at the same time. So glad I read this.

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Leftcoastzen
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#Bibliophile #ZInTitle I read this years ago and really liked it . Captures the culture of Germany between the Wars .Rainer Werner Fassbinder did a 15 hour film version of this book. This book was also in the list of titles in this week‘s #ThreeListThursday quiz. Franz is out of prison, trying to built a life , gangsters, petty thieves,unemployment lines,& other challenges stand in the way of his stability.

dabbe Looks like a W🤩WZA one! 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 1mo
Eggs Sounds awesome 👏🏻 1mo
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Nebklvr
Every Man Dies Alone | Hans Fallada
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Hans Fallada survived Nazi Germany, wrote a novel based on the story of Otto and Elise Hampel in 24 days, and then died before its publication. If that wasn‘t tragic enough, his depiction of the grinding away of morality, loyalty, and self-respect to leave a society immersed in fear and loathing is exceptional.

nanuska_153 I loved this book. It's called Alone in Berlin in Ireland, I wonder at the change of title 2mo
Anna40 I love this book! 2mo
Nebklvr @nanuska_153 I noticed that! It is a rerelease but it looks like it was originally published under this name in the U.S. I never understand this. 2mo
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Nebklvr @Anna40 I usually don‘t appreciate longer books but I am trying to catch up on books hanging out on my shelves. 2mo
nanuska_153 @Nebklvr I've just checked the original title and it translates to "Everyone dies alone", maybe they thought in Europe we would be more freaked out by the thought of dying alone (?) (but not of living alone in Berlin xD) 2mo
Nebklvr @nanuska_153 Now that is interesting. I wonder if there was a movie and they changed book title to match? Hmmm… Now I am even more intrigued as I don‘t think there is any group of people less willing to talk or think about death than Americans 2mo
nanuska_153 @Nebklvr there's a movie with Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson! It's called Alone in Berlin but it was made in Europe. I wonder if it changed the name in the US 2mo
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LapReader
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On the way home from ballet rehearsal on Sunday I visited 2 different Little Free Libraries. These were my spoils. 5.5 hours of ballet done this weekend ✅. I‘m a bit sore as I had a bit of a rest in the school holidays just gone.

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Centique
Kairos: Roman | Jenny Erpenbeck
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This is a soft pick. It is incredibly well written, in parts it was over my head with cultural & historical references, sometimes fascinatingly so & sometimes it began to feel too much & meaningless. It did some truly interesting things with form in the second half of the book - with repetition & alternating pov between paragraphs - giving you real time variances between the two protagonists. But the relationship! I felt so disturbed ⬇️

Centique by how destructive this became. And i can see this is the point - the reader is supposed to be disturbed - but it‘s very hard for me to recc anyone else go on this journey. I wont forget this book - but i feel relieved to close the pages and leave it behind. (edited) 2mo
CarolynM Sounds interesting, but I think I‘ll leave it 😬 2mo
Centique @CarolynM I think thats a decision i maybe should have made! How are you? Hope everyone is well? Xxx 2mo
Reggie I have this stacked or else I would have stacked it after-this relationship! I can‘t believe how destructive this became-lol. Great review, Paula. 2mo
Centique @Reggie the first third is absolutely gorgeous but then gird your loins 🤪 I want to know what you think when you get here! 2mo
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charl08
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You, the gentrifier, have now been gentrified.... once every ten years, you should have a reunion and bitterly reminisce, clutching your paper cups of Moscow mule and growling about how this town's landlords and businesses put cash before community. At the end of the evening you should stand in a long line, in the order that your spending powers evolved to claim the city

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anushareflects
Kairos: Roman | Jenny Erpenbeck
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A love affair that goes sour against the backdrop of the tumult of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The landscape of their relationship is mirrored in the political landscape of the time - tense, contentious, fragile, and fractured. Definitely a unique read and was wholly engaging. The writing style is engrossing.