Books from Germany
247 popular german books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Germany.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Moartea la Veneția by Thomas Mann RO
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.
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Momo by Michael Ende DE
Description:
Momo, ein kleines struppiges Mädchen, lebt am Rande einer Großstadt in den Ruinen eines Amphitheaters. Sie besitzt nichts als das, was sie findet oder was man ihr schenkt, und eine außergewöhnliche Gabe: Sie hört Menschen zu und schenkt ihnen Zeit. Doch eines Tages rückt das gespenstische Heer der grauen Herren in die Stadt ein. Sie haben es auf die kostbare Lebenszeit der Menschen abgesehen und Momo ist die Einzige, die der dunklen Macht der Zeitdiebe noch Einhalt gebieten kann . . .
Michael Endes Märchen-Roman voller Poesie und Herzenswärme ü... continue
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Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht EN
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Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modem stage, Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht s most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling ( Mother Courage ), an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe s religious wars. Battered by hardships, brutality, and the degradation and death of her children, she ultimately finds herself alone with the one thing in which she truly believes her ramshackle wagon with its tattered flag and ... continue
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Muntele vrăjit by Thomas Mann RO
Description:
Una dintre capodoperele literaturii din secolul XX, Muntele vrăjit strânge laolaltă într-o frescă intelectuală toate forţele care acţionează asupra omului modern. În acest roman, Thomas Mann descrie societatea europeană înainte de Primul Război Mondial - o lume bolnavă care se năpusteşte spre catastrofă.
"Ce v-aş putea spune despre această carte şi despre felul în care ar trebui ea citită? Cred că modul deosebit în care este construită compoziţia ei face ca plăcerea lecturii să fie mai mare şi mai profundă când o citeşti a doua oară - aşa cum şi ... continue
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Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse EN
Description:
(Blurb on back of book)
"First off, I'm not a violent man. I didn't even kill anyone until I was forty-two."
"Björn has been given an ultimatum; repair his work-life balance, or his wife Katharina will leave him - and take their daughter.
He reluctantly starts a mindfulness class and, to his surprise, it's a revelation. He becomes calmer, more focused, and he's starting to understand what's really important in life. So when his client, the brutal crime boss Dragan Sergowicz, tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn remembers... continue
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Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder by Bertolt Brecht DE
Description:
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg. »Was eine Aufführung von Mutter Courage«, schrieb Brecht einmal, »hauptsächlich zeigen soll: Daß die großen Geschäfte in den Kriegen nicht von den kleinen Leuten gemacht werden. Daß der Krieg, der eine Fortführung der Geschäfte mit anderen Mitteln ist, die menschlichen Tugenden tödlich macht, auch für ihre Besitzer. Daß er darum bekämpft werden muß.«
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Narciso e Boccadoro by Hermann Hesse IT
Description:
Abstract: In de late middeleeuwen krijgt in de relatie tussen twee totaal verschillende mannen het conflict tussen ascese en de zinnelijkheid gestalte.
