Historical fiction books set in Germany (23)
Find more books set in Germany by genre:
Historical fiction
Historical
Horror
Fantasy
Science fiction
Humor
Memoir
Adventure
Young Adult
Comic
Philosophical
Short story
Romance
Mystery
Travel
Political
Psychology
Cultural
Poetry
Drama
Biography
Adult
Crime
Spirituality
Thriller
Contemporary fiction
Science
Textbook
Mythology
Domestic fiction
Self-help
Religious
Essay
Magical realism
Children's literature
1.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque EN
GermanyDescription:
One by one the boys begin to fall...In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth, they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.
2.
Das Tor zur Welt: Träume by Miriam Georg DE
Description:
Stadt der Tränen, Stadt der Träume – die Hamburger Auswandererhallen. Die neue dramatische Saga vor einzigartiger Kulisse von Bestsellerautorin Miriam Georg! Jeden Tag arbeitet die junge Ava bis zur Erschöpfung auf dem Moorhof im Alten Land. Jede Nacht träumt sie vom Meer. Die Erinnerung an ihre Familie ist von Jahr zu Jahr mehr verblasst, kaum weiß sie noch den Namen ihrer Mutter. Irgendwann will Ava sie in Amerika wiederfinden. Claire Conrad ist reich. Sie ist schön. Und in ihrem willensstarken Kopf stehen die Zeichen auf Rebellion. Sie will reisen, die Welt sehen, aus den strengen Regeln de... continue
3.
Jeder stirbt für sich allein : Roman by Hans Fallada DE
Description:
Ein einzigartiges Panorama des Berliner Lebens in der Nazizeit: Hans Falladas eindrückliche und berührende Darstellung des Widerstands der kleinen Leute avanciert rund sechzig Jahre nach der Entstehung zum internationalen Publikumserfolg. Jetzt erscheint erstmals die ungekürzte Fassung nach dem bislang unveröffentlichten Originalmanuskript. - Ein Berliner Ehepaar wagte einen aussichtslosen Widerstand gegen die Nazis und wurde 1943 hingerichtet. Von ihrem Schicksal erfuhr Hans Fallada aus einer Gestapo-Akte, die ihm durch den Dichter und späteren Kulturminister Johannes R. Becher in die Hände k... continue
5.
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch EN
Description:
After a local midwife is accused of being a witch and murdering an orphan in the 17th century, Bavarian Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his daughter, Magdalena, believe that midwife is innocent and seek out the true killer, despite Jakob being charged with torturing a confession out of the accused woman. Reissue.
6.
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink EN
Description:
Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover--then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guardi... continue
7.
Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
Description:
A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside of Berlin lies at the heart of this novel. This novel offers us the stories of twelve individuals who make their homes here.
8.
Cititorul by Bernhard Schlink RO
Description:
Cititorul este tulburatoarea poveste a unei iubiri neobisnuite, dintre un adolescent si o femeie cu douazeci de ani mai in virsta. Povestea lor se intrerupe, dar se reia neasteptat dupa citiva ani, cind tinarul, acum student, isi regaseste iubita de altadata judecata pentru faptele comise pe vremea cind era supraveghetoare intr-un lagar SS din apropierea Cracoviei.
"Cititorul este romanul unei deveniri, insa nu vad in el un Bildungsroman. Devenirea lui Michael Berg depaseste pragul individual si devine colectiva, a unei intregi generatii care trebuie sa invete cum sa isi vindece ranile... continue
10.
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada EN
Description:
Inspired by a true story, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is the gripping tale of an ordinary man's determination to defy the tyranny of Nazi rule. Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Then the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France. Shocked out of their quiet existence, they begin a silent campaign of defiance, ... continue
11.
Description:
Resumen del editor: "Austerlitz, el último gran libro del más original narrador de nuestro tiempo, es la historia de un hombre al que, de niño, roban patria, idioma y nombre, y no puede sentirse ya en casa en este mundo. En la oscura nave de la estación de Amberes había un hombre joven, rubio, con pesadas botas de excursionista y una vieja mochila, ocupado en tomar notas y hacer dibujos en un cuaderno. El narrador lo observa fascinado, y comienza una relación que transcurre durante decenios y cautiva cada vez más a quien la narra. Jacques Austerlitz se llama el enigmático extranjero y, aunque ... continue
12.
Die Weber by Gerhart Hauptmann DE
Description:
Ein Funke genügt: Als ein hungerleidender Junge zusammenbricht, kommt es zu Protesten der ausgebeuteten Weber vor der Villa des Fabrikanten Dreissiger. Die Situation eskaliert. Hauptmanns Drama über den schlesischen Weberaufstand von 1844 war ein Politikum – der ersten öffentlichen Aufführung in Berlin 1894 ging ein langwieriger Zensurprozess voraus, Kaiser Wilhelm II. kündigte seine Loge im »Deutschen Theater«, Sozialdemokraten jubelten. Es betrat aber auch ästhetisches Neuland: Nicht mehr ein Individuum ist »Held« des Dramas, sonder... continue
13.
Carlota en Weimar by Thomas Mann ES
Description:
Thomas Mann (1875-1955) es un clásico indiscutible de la literatura alemana. Hizo del ser humano, condicionado por su contexto político y social, y del conflicto que puede surgir entre la vida y el arte o la inteligencia, el centro de buena parte de su extensa obra narrativa, en la que destacan, entre otros títulos, Los Buddenbrook (1901), Tonio Kröger (1903), La muerte en Venecia (1912), La montaña mágica (1924), considerada a menudo su obra más importantes, Mario y el mago (1930), Carlota en Weimar (1939), Doktor Faustus (1947), El Elegido (1951) y Confesiones del estafador Felix Krull (1954... continue
14.
Adam y Evelyn by Ingo Schulze ES
Description:
A las mujeres les gusta Adam porque él les corta vestidos que las hacen hermosas y deseables. A Adam le gustan las mujeres guapas. Cuando llevan sus creaciones, Adam las desea a todas y, a pesar de ello, ama a Evelyn. Un caluroso día de agosto de 1989, ésta lo pilla con una de sus clientas. En lugar de irse de viaje con Adam, tal como estaba previsto, Evelyn se marcha a Balatón, en Hungría, con una amiga y su primo del Oeste. Pero Adam decide seguirlos. Por Evelyn, Adam sería capaz de ir al fin del mundo; y tal vez tenga que hacerlo, pues Hungría quiere abrir las fronteras al Oeste. La huida p... continue
15.
Sin novedad en el frente by Erich Maria Remarque ES
Description:
«Soy joven, tengo veinte años, pero no conozco de la vida más que la desesperación, el miedo, la muerte y el tránsito de una existencia llena de la más absurda superficialidad a una abismo de dolor. Veo a los pueblos lanzarse unos contra otros y matarse sin rechistar, ignorantes, enloquecidos, dóciles, inocentes. Veo a los más ilustres cerebros del mundo inventar armas y frases para hacer posible todo eso durante más tiempo y con mayor rendimiento».
Este clásico de la literatura antimilitarista es un relato inclemente ... continue
16.
Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque DE
Description:
Die Geschichte des neunzehnjährigen Paul Bäumer, der als ahnungsloser Kriegsfreiwilliger von der Schulbank an die Front kommt.
17.
The Passenger : A Novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz EN
Description:
Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and looted, synagogues destroyed. As storm troopers pound on his door, Otto Silbermann, a respected businessman who fought for Germany in the Great War, is forced to sneak out the back of his own home. Turned away from establishments he had long patronized, and fearful of being exposed as a Jew despite his Aryan looks, he boards a train. And then another. And another . . . until his flig... continue
18.
Description:
The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2020 The Guardian's Best Fiction of 2020 Thrillist's Best Books of the Year Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure. Tyll is a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village until his father, a miller with a forbidden interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church. After Tyll flees with the baker’s daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade. As a juggler and a jes... continue
19.
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
Description:
Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for the best translated novel of 2014, now a New Directions paperback
20.
Description:
Jenny Erpenbeck's much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporates
21.
The Living Statue : A Legend by GUNTER. GRASS EN
Description:
A newly discovered and translated jewel of a story from the Nobel laureate
22.
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass EN
Description:
ONE OF TWELVE TITLES IN VINTAGE'S A FORMAT WAR PROMOTION The publication of The Tin Drum in 1959 launched Gunther Grass as an author of international repute. Bitter and impassioned, it delivers a scathing dissection of the years from 1925 to 1955 through the eyes of Oskar Matzerath, the dwarf whose manic beating on the toy of his retarded childhood fantastically counterpoints the accumulating horrors of Germany and Poland under the Nazis.
23.
Description:
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past. Later in life, after a career as an architectural historian, Austerlitz - having avoided all clues that might point to his origin - finds the past returning to haunt him and he is forced to explore what happened fifty years before.