Books set in Germany (75)


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Still! by Dirk Pope DE

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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Für Stille in lauten Zeiten – Dirk Pope über eine tiefe Freundschaft von zwei beeindruckenden Jugendlichen Mariella redet nicht, nicht mit der Mutter, dem Vater, nicht mit den Goldfischen, den Lehrern oder Mitschülern. Weil ihre Eltern sich getrennt haben. Weil niemand sie verstehen will. Und weil ohnehin zu viel geredet wird. Je lauter es um sie herum wird, desto leiser wird sie. Mariellas Stille eckt an und fordert heraus. Keiner darf einfach so anders sein. Zum Glück ist da Stan, der gehörlos ist und Mariella akzeptiert, so wie sie ist. Gemeinsam mit ihm findet Mariella eine eigene Sprache.... continue

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Tauben im Gras : Roman by Wolfgang Koeppen DE

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»Koeppens Werk besteht, wie das von allen Schriftstellern, aus Büchern von sehr unterschiedlicher Bedeutung. Ich schätze besonders den frühen Roman Eine unglückliche Liebe, den Roman Der Tod in Rom und das Fragment Jugend. Für das allerwichtigste Buch von Koeppen halte ich den herrlichen Roman Tauben im Gras, veröffentlicht 1951 und nach wie vor viel zu wenig bekannt. Wer diesen Roman nicht gelesen hat, der solle nicht glauben, er kenne die deutsche Literatur nach 1945.« Marcel Reich-Ranicki

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The Appointment : A Novel by Katharina Volckmer EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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“A darkly funny untangling of national and sexual identity.” —The Guardian * “Transgressive...Incendiary.” —The New Yorker * “A furious comic monologue...with a disregard for propriety worthy of Alexander Portnoy.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Sexy, hilarious, and subversive.” —The Paris Review For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Han Kang, a whip-smart debut novel in which a woman on the verge of major change addresses her doctor in a stream of consciousness narrative. In a well-appointed examination in London, a young woman unburdens herself to a certain Dr. Seligman. Though she can bar... continue

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak EN

Rating: 5 (67 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to rea... continue

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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Bruno doesn't like his new house. He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin, and there are no children to play with here - until Bruno meets Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the wire fence near Bruno's house, and who wears a strange uniform of striped pyjamas. A stunning anniversary edition of John Boyne's powerful classic bestseller, with illustrations from award-winning artist Oliver Jeffers.

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The Communist's Daughter : A 'remarkably Powerful' Novel Set in East Berlin by Aroa Moreno Durán EN

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Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
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'[I was] completely transported . . . so sparely and yet vividly told' Clare Chambers Winner of the Premio Ojo Crítico Katia has grown up amongst the ruins of the once mighty Berlin, now shattered by Allied bombs. In their tiny, freezing flat, Katia's father teaches her of the righteousness of the new Soviet republic, who will always keep watch over them. As a young woman, a chance encounter with a man from the west causes Katia to realise there might be more to life on the other side of the wall. But blinded by the first blush of love, she fails to understand that it's not what lies ahead, bu... continue

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The Daughter's Tale : A Novel by Armando Lucas Correa EN

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Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “[B]reathtakingly threaded together from start to finish with the sound of a beating heart.” —The New York Times “Searing.” —People “Immersive, both heartbreaking and redemptive, steeped in harrowing historical events and heroic acts of compassion that will have you reflecting on the best and worst the human heart has to offer.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours From the internationally bestselling author of The German Girl, an unforgettable family saga exploring a hidden piece of World War II history and the lengths a mother will... continue

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The Door-To-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn EN

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The charming international bestseller about an elderly bookseller who delivers his recommendations door-to-door and an unlikely friendship with a nine-year-old girl that changes his life, for fans of The Midnight Library and A Man Called Ove. The bookseller Carl Christian Kollhoff delivers books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world. When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-ol... continue

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The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
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Levi wrote of the moral collapse that occurred in Auschwitz and the fallibility of human memory that allows such atrocities to recur. Levi's last book published before his death in 1987.

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The End of Loneliness : A Novel by Benedict Wells EN

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From internationally bestselling author Benedict Wells, a sweeping novel of love and loss, and of the lives we never get to live “[D]azzling storytelling...The End of Loneliness is both affecting and accomplished -- and eternal.”—John Irving Jules Moreau’s childhood is shattered after the sudden death of his parents. Enrolled in boarding school where he and his siblings, Marty and Liz, are forced to live apart, the once vivacious and fearless Jules retreats inward, preferring to live within his memories – until he meets Alva, a kindred soul caught in her own grief. Fifteen years pass and the s... continue