by Wassili Grossman I listened it in a short version, adapted by a German radio station – the NDR. It is a work of gigantic proportion it deals with totalitarianism,…
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by Dan and Chip Heath It is simply the best book on change management. It bases its conclusions on human behavior. The examples given in this book make you think…
by Christoffel von Grimmelshausen Most Germans know this book because it is mentioned in the history classes for its depiction of the atrocities during the Thirty Years War in Germany…
by Stefan Zweig After more than at least 12 years I turn again to a book of Stefan Zweig. He was one of those i devoured at some stage of…
by John Irving Irving at his best:the novel weaves the life stories of a lot of ludicrous characters together. So many ideas. Other writers base an entire book on just…
by Harry Mulisch The troubled European history of the 20th century is the big topic fro the Dutch writer with the German name. His own life and that of a…
by Bohumil Hrabal Hrabal write in the great Czech tradition of grotesque tales. The Pikkolo is such a typical character, who has always its own positive interpretation of the events…
by Per Olov Enquist This is one of these books you would never read without recommendation. My recommendation was the series “Great Novels of the 20th Century” published by the…
by Herta Müller What a revelation for me! Until the Nobel Prize 2009, Herta Müller was not known to a wide audience, but always acclaimed by the critics. Atemschaukel describes…
by Irène Némirovsky After “Rummelplatz”, again a novel fragment. And again an unexpected discovery. Irène Nemirovsky couldn’t finish her work because she was deported t o a concentration camp in…