German
epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-01-28 | Author:Hermann Hesse [Hermann Hesse]

THINKING BACK The hills are purple with heathery sheen. The branches of the brown broom sway. But who knows now how rich and green The forest was in May? Who ...
( Category: Essays January 29,2015 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2011-01-03 | Author:W.G. Sebald [Sebald, W.G.]

W. G. SEBALD: I can’t quite remember how it worked. I had this idea of writing a few short pieces for the feuilletons of the German papers in order to ...
( Category: Modern January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-27 | Author:Walter Benjamin,Lecia Rosenthal [Benjamin, Walter]

1 In 1931, the Yangtze River valley flooded in a catastrophe that killed millions and that has been called the worst natural disaster of the twentieth century. 2 See “Der ...
( Category: European December 15,2014 )
mobi |es | 2004-12-31 | Author:Christa Wolf

Aquí es. Esos leones de piedra la miraron. Al cambiar la luz, parecen moverse. * * * notes [1] Gran sala central. (N. del T.) Table of Contents Christa Wolf ...
( Category: European November 11,2014 )
mobi |de | 2010-01-07 | Author:Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Den 8. Februar Wir haben seit acht Tagen das abscheulichste Wetter, und mir ist es wohltätig. Denn so lang ich hier bin, ist mir noch kein schöner Tag am Himmel ...
( Category: Coming of Age November 11,2014 )
epub |deu | 2011-10-30 | Author:Mann, Thomas [Mann, Thomas]

Vom Gottesstaat und von übler Erlösung Hans Castorp bestimmte in seiner Loge ein Pflanzengewächs, das jetzt, da der astronomische Sommer begonnen hatte und die Tage kürzer zu werden begannen, an ...
( Category: European November 7,2014 )
epub |deu | 2012-12-20 | Author:Albom, Mitch [Albom, Mitch]

Irgendein Winter in meiner Kindheit, auf einem tief verschneiten Hügel in unserer vorstädtischen Nachbarschaft. Mein Bruder und ich sitzen auf dem Schlitten, ich vorn, er hinten. Ich spüre sein Kinn ...
( Category: European November 5,2014 )
epub |deu | 1998-05-01 | Author:Peter Handke [Handke, Peter]

. Bloch zog die Vorhänge zu und ging hinaus. Das Gastzimmer unten war besetzt von der Reisegesellschaft. Der Wirt wies Bloch in das Nebenzimmer, wo die Mutter des Wirts bei ...
( Category: European November 4,2014 )
epub |deu | | Author:E.T.A. Hoffmann [Hoffmann, E.T.A.]

Was sich mit den neuen Spielsachen im Walde zutrug Tages darauf fingen die Kinder es wieder da an, wo sie es abends vorher gelassen hatten: das heißt, sie holten die ...
( Category: European November 4,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-01-02 | Author:Heinrich von Kleist [Kleist, Heinrich von]

ON THE GRADUAL FORMULATION OF THOUGHTS WHILE SPEAKING To R. v. L.* · · · If you want to know something and can’t find it out through meditation, then I ...
( Category: Essays September 1,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-08-13 | Author:William H. Gass [Gass, William H.]

Now Rilke knew what the glue was. SCHADE One might sentimentally imagine that Rilke’s separation from his wife, Clara, or his break with Rodin, especially his rejection by Lou, would ...
( Category: Poetry May 16,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-01-31 | Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von]

AUGUST 4. I am not alone unfortunate. All men are disappointed in their hopes, and deceived in their expectations. I have paid a visit to my good old woman under ...
( Category: Coming of Age March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2012-03-27 | Author:Yrsa Sigurdardottir [Sigurdardottir, Yrsa]

Chapter 21 Friday, July 20, 2007 “Markús, sometimes this is just the way it goes,” said Thóra encouragingly. “It doesn’t necessarily mean that the judges consider you guilty; far from ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )