Christopher LovegroveDec 5
My belated review of 'The Trial by Franz Kafka / 'Der Prozess' (1925) for #GermanLitMonth #bookstodon
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Slander, lies and guilt: #GermanLitMonth

Untitled image by Czech artist Jaromír Funke from the ‘Cyklu Cas Trva’ / ‘Time Persists’ series (1932). The Trial by Franz Kafka. Der Prozess (1925) translated and with an introduction by Idris Pa…

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kaggsy59Nov 17

“There is no help for it: life has to be lived…” #GermanLitMonth #thomasmann #novnov25

This week, for German Literature Month, the focus is on the great writer Thomas Mann with a week set aside to celebrate his 150th birthday. Now to date, my only experience with his work is "The Magic Mountain", which I read back in 2015 (lordy, ten years ago!) I absolutely loved it, but have somehow never got to anything else by him.

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“There is no help for it: life has to be lived…” #GermanLitMonth #thomasmann #novnov25

This week, for German Literature Month, the focus is on the great writer Thomas Mann with a week set aside to celebrate his 150th birthday. Now to date, my only experience with his work is “T…

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Christopher LovegroveNov 6
My review of 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse for #GermanLitMonth and #NovNov. #Bookstodon https://wp.me/sezD85-demian
Light and dark: #GermanLitMonth #NovNov25

Photo: C A Lovegrove. Demian by Hermann Hesse. Demian: Die Geschichte einer Jugen von Emil Sinclair (1919) translated by W J Strachan (1958). Penguin Modern Classics, 2017. “The bird is …

Calmgrove Books
Paula Bardell-HedleyOct 11
Winding Up the Week #442
https://bookjotter.com/2025/10/11/winding-up-the-week-442/
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce German Literature Month 2025, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #AmReading #GermanLitMonth #BookshopDay @BeautyandtheCat #loveyourbookshopday
Winding Up the Week #442

This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce German Literature Month 2025, keep up with a variety of literary anniver…

Book Jotter
Christopher LovegroveNov 30, 2024
'Cat and Mouse' by Günter Grass – Katz und Maus (1961) – reviewed for #NovNov and #GermanLitMonth. #Bookstodon
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Adam’s apple #GermanLitMonth #NovNov24

Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass. Katz und Maus (1961) translated by Ralph Manheim. Die Danziger Trilogie No 2.Penguin, 1966 (1963). This novella from Günter Grass, the English title of which is a dir…

Calmgrove
kaggsy59Nov 27, 2024

“We rob these girls of their humanity and make them into slaves… #GermanLitMonth @neglectedbooks @bhousepress

My final read of the month is my fourth one for German Literature Month; I would have liked to have squeeze in more for that event, and *did* have a plan to spend time with a particular chunkster. However, it wasn't chiming with my mood and then a lovely review copy arrived from Recovered Books which fitted in with GLM and frankly I couldn't resist!

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/we-rob-these-girls-of-their-humanity-and-make-them-into-slaves-germanlitmonth-neglectedbooks-bhousepress/

“We rob these girls of their humanity and make them into slaves… #GermanLitMonth @neglectedbooks @bhousepress

My final read of the month is my fourth one for German Literature Month; I would have liked to have squeeze in more for that event, and *did* have a plan to spend time with a particular chunkster. …

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kaggsy59Nov 22, 2024

“… a vast machinery of officialdom…” #GermanLitMonth #kafka #walterbenjamin

To round off German Lit Month's Kafka week, I though I would swerve off in a different direction from the actual writings of the man himself by writing about another author translated from the German - Walter Benjamin. I was browsing through his works and realised that he had actually written essays about Kafka, and I have two in a collection on the TBR - …

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/a-vast-machinery-of-officialdom-germanlitmonth-kafka-walterbenjamin/

“… a vast machinery of officialdom…” #GermanLitMonth #kafka #walterbenjamin

To round off German Lit Month’s Kafka week, I though I would swerve off in a different direction from the actual writings of the man himself by writing about another author translated from th…

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kaggsy59Nov 18, 2024

“Guilt is never to be doubted.” #kafka #germanlitmonth

I have been following along with the German Lit Month posts, and there have been some very interesting ones so far. This week is designated for reading some Franz Kafka, and I had a bit of a think plus a rummage on the stacks to see what I had available. As you will see from the image at the bottom of this page, I have plenty of Kafka options, and as the bulk of my reading of his work took place decades ago, any…

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/guilt-is-never-to-be-doubted-kafka-germanlitmonth/

“Guilt is never to be doubted.” #kafka #germanlitmonth

I have been following along with the German Lit Month posts, and there have been some very interesting ones so far. This week is designated for reading some Franz Kafka, and I had a bit of a think …

Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
kaggsy59Nov 4, 2024

“…towards light and wonder…” #hermannhesse #thejourneytotheeast #germanlitmonth #novnov2024

November is a month stuffed full of reading events, and I must confess that although I enjoy taking part in these, it's always rather lovely when a book counts for both of them! And I have got lucky today, as I've been revisiting a book which I don't think I've picked up since my twenties: "The Journey to the East" by Hermann Hesse (translated here from the German by Hilda…

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/towards-light-and-wonder-hermannhesse-thejourneytotheeast-germanlitmonth-novnov2024/

“…towards light and wonder…” #hermannhesse #thejourneytotheeast #germanlitmonth #novnov2024

November is a month stuffed full of reading events, and I must confess that although I enjoy taking part in these, it’s always rather lovely when a book counts for both of them! And I have go…

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Mark AlexanderNov 30, 2023

I finished reading nine books this month, six by women/POC, six in German for #GermanLitMonth, and one in Portuguese.

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Reading List November 2023 | Dancing Mad God