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Wilhelm Meister is going slowly, I can't seem to get into it. SaGN is rather wordy and dense in a different way, but fun. And the short stories are a nice late night read.
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Weekly Report
Wilhelm Meister is going slowly, I can't seem to get into it. SaGN is rather wordy and dense in a different way, but fun. And the short stories are a nice late night read.
Turgeniev and Chekhov loom large in this epistolary novella written by a German author, but set in Russia at the turn of the 20th century, at a time of social unrest, when university students were revolutionaries and the upper class held the lower classes in easy contempt. Every character is self-absorbed but thinks they're more observant than the others. I wanted to knock their heads together 😂
Peirene Press always make interesting choices
pickA ceremony and a minute of silence are organized in memory of Stella Petersen, an English teacher at a highschool. During this ceremony, Christian, one of her students, remembers their story together, up to her accidental death.
Very well written, this short story is about loss, memories, first love, forbidden love. I liked the rhythm of the story, the coming back and forth. Overall a beautiful read.
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pickAn examination of how otherwise good people can stand by silently and allow evil to take place, you won't hear explicit mention of the Nazi party, Jews, or anti-semitism, despite the fact that the story is set in a small German town in the 1930s, and the eponymous subject of the novel is clearly Jewish. Narrated by a young boy, Hans, we experience the philosopher's treatment through Hans' firsthand observations, explanations from his parents, 👇
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Our philosopher has died suddenly.
pickNew to me author and I‘ll be seeking more! I loved how he wove the story- beginning at the turn of the century in Prussia- slowly, bringing in different viewpoints, structures and time lines seamlessly. His language is sparse and direct, creating atmosphere and character really effectively. How history shapes us and how we shape it was a strong theme here as we see how German nationalism effects each character.
so-soI chose this book for #TitlesAndTunes #DramaQueen because of its title but it doesn‘t fit the prompt at all 🤷🏻♀️ The drama is real in Segher‘s short story collection, which mostly is about nazism and the war.
In the title story, for example, a woman imagines herself with her old schoolmates on a class trip. She intersperses her descriptions of the children in the years before the war with the lives they grew up to endure. A tough read.
