Simon Winder 42529 - Germania In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans
| Schrijver: | Simon Winder 42529 |
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| Titel: | Germania In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History |
| ISBN: | 9780374254001 |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Uitgever: | Farrar, Strauss and Giroux |
| Bijzonderheden: | Goed, 2010, Gekartonneerd met stofomslag, 466p |
| Prijs: | € 12,50 |
| Verzendkosten: | € 4,50 (binnen Nederland) |
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Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: \"So: why are you \"here\"?\"This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time wandering around a country that remains a sort of dead zone for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild.\"Germania\"\"\"is a very funny book on serious topics--how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape.
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