Domestic fiction books from Germany
Recommended domestic fiction books (4)
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If you are into domestic fiction here are some domestic fiction books from Germany for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka EN
Description:
When their recently widowed father announces he plans to remarry, sisters Vera and Nadezhda realise they must put aside a lifetime of feuding in order to save him. His new love is a voluptuous gold-digger from the Ukraine half his age, with a proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, who stops at nothing in her single minded pursuit of the luxury Western lifestyle she dreams of. But the old man, too, is pursuing his eccentric dreams - and writing a history of tractors in Ukrainian. A wise, tender and deeply funny novel about families, the healing of old wounds, the tria... continue
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Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann DE
Description:
Aufstieg und Niedergang einer Lübecker Kaufmannsfamilie im Verlauf von vier Generationen zwischen 1830 und 1890
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Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane EN
Description:
After marrying a Baron twice her age and moving to a remote Baltic port, Effi Briest begins an affair that threatens to ruin her marriage and her life.
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Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane DE
Description:
»Fontanes meisterhaftes Buch über eine unglückliche Ehe, die erfüllte und unerfüllte Liebe und das sich daraus ergebende Schicksal. Ein Buch, das die immer wieder eingeforderte Pflichterfüllung und Disziplin auf ganz besondere Weise in Frage stellt.«
Reiner Girstl