Book 80 - Simon Winder "Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern"

Dec 17, 2024 22:35

Simon Winder "Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern" (Picador)


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adafrog December 17 2024, 23:26:16 UTC

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seaivy December 18 2024, 02:43:53 UTC
i'd love to read that book!!

two groups of words i loved
“In practice Germany is a chaotic ethnic lost-property office,
taught its ancient past, however aesthetically pleasurable it can be in operas."

i enjoy verbal cleverness

all that wonderful German popular culture
in NJ we had a German butcher shop
i still have my marzipan Christmas pig

our area was multi cultural
there was also a multi-nordic deli
kosher and Jewish specialties
and Italian of course
the real things were available!

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chocolate_frapp December 18 2024, 23:08:13 UTC

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