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Hans Fallada: Alone in Berlin / Every Man Dies Alone
Midway through Hans Fallada’s 1947 novel Alone in Berlin (US title: Every Man Dies Alone), a character gives up on reading a book. He’s asked if he isn’t enjoying it. Ach, you know, … more →
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Hans Fallada: Alone in Berlin / Every Man Dies Alone
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John Self wrote 8 months ago: Midway through Hans Fallada’s 1947 novel Alone in Berlin (US title: Every Man Dies Alone), a c … more →
Fred Wander: The Seventh Well
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John Self wrote 9 months ago: Just the other day I remarked on how unusual it is to read a new book that is both important and exc … more →
Peter Stamm: Agnes
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John Self wrote 9 months ago: I don’t normally write here about books I didn’t like, or felt indifferent toward. First … more →
Gert Hofmann: Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl
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John Self wrote 1 year ago: Poet and translator Michael Hofmann has been cited before on this blog as a reliable source of readi … more →
Joseph Roth: The String of Pearls
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John Self wrote 1 year ago: I feel that Joseph Roth has had a sort of invisible presence on this blog – through his lover … more →
Wolfgang Koeppen: Death in Rome
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John Self wrote 1 year ago: I usually say something here about (a) what I know about the author, and (b) how I came to read the … more →
Irmgard Keun: Child of All Nations
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John Self wrote 1 year ago: When the reliable Penguin Classics imprint thinks a new translation of a 1938 German novel has enoug … more →
