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Weird to see a Daniel Kehlmann translation pop up here :) I did not know this particular text. I think it is from "Ruhm" maybe? I really enjoyed "F", "Mahlers
by moritzwarhier 3y ago
Weird to see a Daniel Kehlmann translation pop up here :)
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 :)
- leethargo 3y agoIn what world is a biography of Gauss audience-pleasing? (I enjoyed it a lot back then).
- moritzwarhier 3y agoHa, 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.
- agroot12 3y agoThis is from his Schiller speech https://www.dla-marbach.de/ueber-uns/marbacher-schillerreden/ 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.
- moritzwarhier 3y agoThank 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)