Don't wake me up too soon(granta.com)
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Don't wake me up too soon
https://granta.com/dont-wake-me-up-too-soon/
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This is from his Schiller speech
https://www.dla-marbach.de/ueber-uns/marbacher-schillerreden...
and the translator cut the interwoven parts about the CIA's Stargate program, for the better in my opinion.
and the translator cut the interwoven parts about the CIA's Stargate program, for the better in my opinion.
Thank you for correcting me, had found out I was wrong about the source only today, too (because I was curious, but I was too lazy to correct myself)
In what world is a biography of Gauss audience-pleasing? (I enjoyed it a lot back then).
Ha, good question. I enjoyed it as well. The audience I was talking about is what is usually called "feuilleton" in the newspapers. Might have been a factor as well coming from a family with a lot of school teachers as well ;)
Anyway, wasn't meaning to be dismissive about the book, that was just my perception as a teenager.
Anyway, wasn't meaning to be dismissive about the book, that was just my perception as a teenager.
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"When you write about people who actually lived, the question of the right distance – not only in terms of time – is constantly on your mind"
Is it too soon?
Is it too soon?
I did not know this particular text. I think it is from "Ruhm" maybe?
I really enjoyed "F", "Mahlers Zeit" and "Der fernste Ort". (sorry for the book titles in german, too lazy to look up on mobile)
He is a talented writer for sure, and I enjoy him the most in his non-historic works.
tbh, when he became a best selling author in German with his "Die Vermessung der Welt", I enjoyed the book but considered him a somewhat audience-pleasing and shallow author.
His other books pleasantly surprised me.
Disclaimer, saying this as someone who reads much too rarely, not a literary expert :)