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Recommended romance books (25)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into romance here are some romance books from Germany for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Das Herzenhören by Jan-Philipp Sendker DE

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
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Eine der großen Liebesgeschichten unserer Zeit, die schon Hunderttausende Leserinnen begeisterte und stetig neue Leser findet: Die Suche nach ihrem vermissten Vater führt Julia Win von New York nach Kalaw, einem malerischen, in den Bergen Burmas versteckten Dorf. Ein vierzig Jahre alter Liebesbrief ihres Vaters an eine unbekannte Frau hat sie an diesen magischen Ort geführt. Hier findet sie nicht nur einen Bruder, von dem sie nichts wusste, sondern stößt auch auf ein Familiengeheimnis, das ihr Leben für immer verändert.

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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann EN

Rating: 3 (6 votes)
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A tale of genius in which Thomas Mann explores the artist's relation to life. First published in 1912, Death in Venice tells how Gustave von Aschenbach, a writer utterly absorbed in his work, arrives in Venice as the result of a 'youthfully ardent thirst for distant scenes', and meets a young boy by whose beauty he becomes obsessed. His pitiful pursuit of the object of his affection and its inevitable and pathetic climax are told here with the particular skill the author has for this shorter form of fiction.

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Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann DE

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Sehnsucht und Begehren, Schönheit und Tod. Wo sonst als im alten Venedig kann man sich so verlieben und verzehren wie der Schriftsteller Gustav Aschenbach in Thomas Manns berühmter Novelle. Vom »Einbruch der Leidenschaft« erzählt Thomas Mann, von der verbotenen Liebe des Schriftstellers zu dem schönen Jungen Tadzio. Zugleich aber erzählt er auch vom Ausbruch einer Pandemie, der Cholera, an der Aschenbach schließlich stirbt. Von Luchino Viscontis Verfilmung bis zu John Neumeiers Ballett hat die Novelle sehr unterschiedliche Künstler inspiriert &nd... continue

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Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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Description:
Dieser Brief-Roman war eine Sensation. Mit ihm wurde der 25-jährige Johann Wolfgang Goethe endgültig zum Star der Literaturszene. Eine ganze Generation, die individuelles Glück jenseits gesellschaftlicher Beschränkungen suchte, fand sich im Schicksal des unglücklichen Werther wieder – der am Ende zum Selbstmörder wird, weil seine schwärmerische Liebe in dieser prosaischen Welt unerfüllt bleiben muss.

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Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier EN

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Liv has been dealing with a lot lately. She and her family have just moved in with her mother's new boyfriend in London, and she's starting over (again) at a new school. But Liv isn't sure that explains her dreams, which have gone from odd to...well, bizarre. Lately, her nighttime hours have been filled with talking stone statues, mysterious corridors, and creepy rituals conducted by four boys in a graveyard. The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys. They're classmates from her new school, and they seem to know things about her that they couldn't possibly know...unless they actually ... continue

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Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane EN

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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

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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



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Moartea la Veneția

Moartea la Veneția by Thomas Mann RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Moartea la Veneția (în germană Der Tod in Venedig) este o nuvelă scrisă de autorul german Thomas Mann și publicată în 1912.[1] Opera literară prezintă un mare scriitor care vizitează Veneția și este eliberat, înălțat sufletește și apoi obsedat din ce în ce mai mult de vederea unui tânăr uimitor de frumos. Tadzio, băiatul din nuvelă, este porecla pentru numele polonez Tadeusz și se bazează pe un băiat pe care Mann îl văzuse în timpul vizitei sale la Veneția în 1911.