Book Club
Welcome to our monthly Book Club! We meet to discuss contemporary German literature, from modern classics to more recent arrivals on the literary scene. Please contact our moderator Barbara Eskin if you'd like to attend.
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Schedule and Titles:
Moderator:
Barbara Eskin
barbaraeskin1@gmail.com
Dates 2022
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Benedict Wells: Hard Land
In the press: "convincing simulated immediacy of feeling," "humorous and wise".
Reviews:
Perlentaucher.de
Benedict Wells: Hard Land
In the press: "convincing simulated immediacy of feeling," "humorous and wise".
Reviews:
Perlentaucher.de
RSVP: Please contact our moderator Barbara Eskin Barbara Eskin to receive a Zoom invitation for the online discussion.
Hermann Hesse: Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
"The novel about the teenage Sinclair disguised itself as the autobiography of a war invalid. His search for meaning in the new philosophical approaches to life of his time became the manifesto of a generation." (Deutsche Welle)
More Information:
Deutsche Welle
Hermann Hesse: Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
"The novel about the teenage Sinclair disguised itself as the autobiography of a war invalid. His search for meaning in the new philosophical approaches to life of his time became the manifesto of a generation." (Deutsche Welle)
More Information:
Deutsche Welle
RSVP: Please contact our moderator Barbara Eskin Barbara Eskin to receive a Zoom invitation for the online discussion.
Christoph Ransmayr: Cox, oder: Der Lauf der Zeit
In the press: "Impressive fairy tale about beauty and transience" (Süddeutsche Zeitung), "a masterful attempt to mediate between Orient and Occident".
(FAZ).
Reviews:
Perlentaucher.de
Christoph Ransmayr: Cox, oder: Der Lauf der Zeit
In the press: "Impressive fairy tale about beauty and transience" (Süddeutsche Zeitung), "a masterful attempt to mediate between Orient and Occident".
(FAZ).
Reviews:
Perlentaucher.de
RSVP: Please contact our moderator Barbara Eskin Barbara Eskin to receive a Zoom invitation for the online discussion.
Max Frisch: Homo Faber: Ein Bericht
Reviews:
Sueddeutsche.de
Max Frisch: Homo Faber: Ein Bericht
Reviews:
Sueddeutsche.de
RSVP: Please contact our moderator Barbara Eskin to receive a Zoom invitation for the online discussion.
Christian Kracht: Eurotrash, novel, 2021, 224 pages
More information: Perlentaucher.de
Christian Kracht: Eurotrash, novel, 2021, 224 pages
More information: Perlentaucher.de
Information about book purchase:
Amazonwww.amazon.de
Ibis
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Global Books
www.globalbooks.de
Schoenhof's Foreign Books
www.schoenhofs.com