Have you heard that November is also German Literature Month in blogland? Lizzy and Caroline are hosting this event again and are now celebrating 8 years! So thank you in advance to the hostesses for another fun time exploring German literature.
November is the month for reading works originally written in German: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, essays, comics, graphic novels. As long as it’s original language was German. This year, there are also some readalong and themes to explore every week.
In my last post on world literature I mentioned several German translations that would be great for this month’s reading but I don’t have those book (yet!) but of course I do have some on my shelf that would be perfect.
I’ve pulled out these two slim books (maybe if they are slim enough I can actually finish them on time!).
The first title is The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel. The story is about a whole family is found brutally murdered at their remote farm home. The newspapers are filled with stories about what happened and it becomes a sensational case. Doesn’t this sound like In Cold Blood? I read her book Ice Cold and found it a chilling crime novel set in during the 1930s in Germany.
The second book is Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter. Two children, Conrad and Sanna, walk from their village in the Alps to visit their grandparents the day before Christmas. On their journey home, they take a wrong turn and are feared lost in a snowstorm.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Between all Atwood, German literature, nonfiction and all of my other ongoing reads, I think I have plenty to do this weekend.
Have a good weekend, Iliana! Stay in, read, and drink hot drinks…ha!
Enjoy! Both books sound good and a perfect excuse to do as Kay says. 🙂
Hi lady, happy German Literature Month . These both look good, especially The Murder Farm. Have a great weekend also, I am back from vacation and catching up on blog land.
I get so wrapped up in Nonfiction November that I forget about German Literature Month! Will make a note for next year… I’ve been wanting to read Thomas Mann for a long time.
The Murder Farm does sound a lot like In Cold Blood!
Kay – Hope you had a great weekend. It flew by didn’t it? Talk about getting the hot drinks going tonight. Our first freeze! Bundle up!
Jen Mullen – I know right? I didn’t get to these but luckily I did finish up a couple of other books so a good weekend.
Bookworm – Hope you had a great vacation. I feel like I’ve fallen behind on my blog visiting again so can’t wait to hear about your vacation.
Joann@Lakeside Musing – I hope you get to read Mann one of these days. Death in Venice – fantastic!
Lark – I haven’t read In Cold Blood (shame I know!) but really want to read this one.
This challenge has always provided me with books I’m glad I read. I might not have come to them otherwise! I remember Buddenbrooks, which I loved, and just this week I read Stefan Zweig’s Chess Story which was fabulous. (And, only 84 pages.) The ones you have chosen are not familiar to me, but I’m glad to learn of more titles as possibilities.