Books set in Germany (195)


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The Tin Drum by Günter Grass EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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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.

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The Tin Drum by Günter Grass EN

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Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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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.

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The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha EN

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Country: Asia / Indonesia flag Indonesia
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The most ingenious and unusual novel you will read all year, where you choose your own story You’ve grown roots, you’re gathering moss. You’re desperate to escape your boring life teaching English in Jakarta, to go out and see the world. So you make a Faustian pact with a devil, who gives you a gift, and a warning. A pair of red shoes to take you wherever you want to go. You’re forever wandering, everywhere and nowhere, but where is your home? And where will you choose to go? To New York, to follow your dreams? To Berlin or Amsterdam? Lima or Tijuana? Or onto a train that will never stop? The ... continue

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The Weight of Things by Marianne Fritz EN

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Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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“A harrowing book about the horrors of motherhood, jealousy, and war trauma.” —Kirkus Reviews The Weight of Things is the first book, and the first translated book, and possibly the only translatable book by Austrian writer Marianne Fritz (1948–2007). For after winning acclaim with this novel—awarded the Robert Walser Prize in 1978—she embarked on a 10,000-page literary project called “The Fortress,” creating over her lifetime elaborate colorful diagrams and typescripts so complicated that her publisher had to print them straight from her original documents. A project as brilliant as it is amb... continue

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The Zimmermann Telegram

The Zimmermann Telegram : America Enters the War, 1917-1918 by Barbara W. Tuchman EN

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“A tremendous tale of hushed and unhushed uproars in the linked fields of war and diplomacy” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August In January 1917, the war in Europe was, at best, a tragic standoff. Britain knew that all was lost unless the United States joined the war, but President Wilson was unshakable in his neutrality. At just this moment, a crack team of British decoders in a quiet office known as Room 40 intercepted a document that would change history. The Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message to the president of Mexico, inviting him ... continue

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The Zookeepers' War : An Incredible True Story from the Cold War by J.W. Mohnhaupt EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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The unbelievable true story of the Cold War’s strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. “The liveliness of Mohnhaupt’s storytelling and the wonderful eccentricity of his subject matter make this book well worth a read.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Living in West Berlin in the 1960s often felt like living in a zoo, everyone packed together behind a wall, with the world always watching. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, East Berlin and its zoo were spacious and lush, socialist utopias where everything was perfectly planned... and then rarely completed. ... continue

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Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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From the acclaimed author of All Quiet on the Western Front comes Three Comrades, a harrowing novel that follows a group of friends as they cope with upheaval in Germany between World Wars I and II. The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love, and brings into the group a young woman who will become a c... continue

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Travelers : A Novel by Helon Habila EN

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Country: Africa / Nigeria flag Nigeria
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A startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by one of our most acclaimed international writers. Award-winning author Helon Habila has been described as "a courageous tale teller with an uncompromising vision…a major talent" (Rawi Hage). His new novel Travelers is a life-changing encounter with those who have been uprooted by war or aspiration, fear or hope. A Nigerian graduate student who has made his home in America knows what it means to strike out for new shores. When his wife proposes that he accompany her to Berlin, where she has been awarded a prestigious art... continue

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Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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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

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Und jetzt? Der Survival-Guide fürs Leben nach der Schule : Alles, was du wissen musst - von Auslandsjahr bis Zusatzversicherung by Johanna Jadwiczek DE

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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Endlich mit der Schule fertig – raus ins eigene Leben?! Vielen fällt jetzt auf, was sie alles nicht gelernt haben: Wie kriege ich raus, was ich beruflich machen will? Wie finde ich eine eigene Wohnung oder einen Praktikumsplatz? Was ist ein Dispo-Kredit? Woher bekomme ich eine Sozialversicherungsnummer und wofür brauche ich die? Keine Sorge! Dieser praktische Ratgeber liefert Antworten auf alle Fragen, die junge Erwachsene rund um ihre Zukunft haben. Ob Ausbildung, Führerschein, eigene Wohnung oder Versicherungen: Zahlreiche praktische Tipps in diesem schön gestalteten Handbuch helfen in allen... continue