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The Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century is a list of books compiled in 1999 by Literaturhaus München and Bertelsmann, in which 99 prominent German authors, literary critics, and scholars of German ranked the most significant German-language novels of the twentieth century. [1]
Publication date. 1929. Publication place. Germany. Berlin Alexanderplatz (German: [bɛʁˈliːn ʔalɛkˈsandɐˌplats]) is a 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin. It is considered one of the most important and innovative works of the Weimar Republic. [1] In a 2002 poll of 100 noted writers, the book was named among the top 100 books of all time.
The Reader (German: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997.The story is a parable dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations have had comprehending the Holocaust; Ruth Franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation Bertolt Brecht called the Nachgeborenen (those ...
Outline. The novel is a re-shaping of the Faust legend set in the context of the first half of the 20th century and the turmoil of Germany in that period. The story centers on the life and work of the (fictitious) composer Adrian Leverkühn. The narrator is Leverkühn's childhood friend Serenus Zeitblom, who writes in Germany between 1943 and 1946.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders [das paʁˈfœ̃ː diː ɡəˈʃɪçtə ˈʔaɪnəs ˈmœʁdɐs] ⓘ) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meanings that scents may have.
The Golden Pot: A Modern Fairy Tale ("Der goldne Topf. Ein Märchen aus der neuen Zeit" ) is a novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann , first published in 1814 and revised by the author in 1819. Hoffmann regarded it as his best story, [ 1 ] and there is wide agreement among literary scholars that it is a masterpiece of romantic literature.
255948132. Preceded by. Afrikanische Spiele [de], (African games) Followed by. Heliopolis. On the Marble Cliffs (German: Auf den Marmorklippen) is a novella by Ernst Jünger published in 1939 describing the upheaval and ruin of a serene agricultural society. It was published that year by Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt [de] in Hamburg, Germany. [1][2]
Herta Müller (German: [ˈhɛʁta ˈmʏlɐ] ⓘ; born 17 August 1953 [1]) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf (German: Niczkydorf; Hungarian: Niczkyfalva), Timiș County in Romania; her native languages are German and Romanian. Since the early 1990s, she ...