Hi Juan ...really helpful . I'm going to be reading this as a group read in Spring and will definitely read Death in Venice first now I understand the context . I've read Lottie in Weimar which was a book written as an imagined meeting of Goethe and the woman who inspired The Tales of Young Werther many years later ..it was so relevant , exploring themes of celebrity and fame but some sections were very dense ...
Hi, Hester! I'm so glad you found my video helpful. I hope you enjoy Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain when you get to them. I'd like to read Lottie in Weimar, but I should probably read more by Goethe first!
If you are interested in German writers who openly opposed the Nazi regime you might also like the work of German writer Erich Kästner (who was actually present at the burning of his own books at the hand of the Nazis): He‘s most widely famous in Germany for his children’s books, but he also wrote poems, plays as well as other works of fiction and non-fiction, a lot of which conveys his political sentiments and contains sartiric critique of society back then. He was actually nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times, which I think speaks to the importance of his work.
Thank you, Liza. Erich Kästner is very much on my radar and I would like to read something by him. Do you have any specific titles that you would recommend?
@@JuanReads So I looked up his works and alas, not a lot of it - apart from his childrens' books - appears to be translated. However, here's what I could find: If you are not entirely opposed to children's books his "Konferenz der Tiere", which is about the animals calling a summit meeting to discuss world peace after humans have failed to come to a political consensus has been translated and is still available in Spanish (La conferencia des los animales) and Italian (La conferenza degli animali) and is still very up to date. His autobiography "Als ich ein kleiner Junge war" has been republished by an independent publisher in English ("When I Was a Little Boy" - I am not going to post a direct link to it, but this pretty great English blog entry about him includes a link to the book on the publisher's website: thecaptivereader.com/2018/05/13/when-i-was-a-little-boy-erich-kastner/ ). And a few of his poems seem to have been translated into French on this blog here (although my French is way too rudimentary too assess whether or not they have been translated well): maikijsk.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/coup-de-coeur-erich-kastner/ I'm sorry that I couldn't give you more straight-forward suggestions (I'm kind of disappointed myself that he is so little translated, his writing is so funny, too). I do know from your channel that you speak more languages than I do and those better than me as well (the only foreign language I am proficient enough to read in is English), so if you are indeed curious your research might produce more results than mine. :)
thanks for the video. i got into Mann’s work earlier this year. loved Death in Venice and Tonio Kröger, REALLY loved Buddenbrooks, so i guess The Magic Mountain is next. really excited to read it.
Hallo Juan, thanks for reviewing Thomas Mann's work and bringing his writing to the attention of a non German-reading audience. The Magic Mountain is one of my favourite novels. Last week, I read the first nine of his early novellas that were published before 1897, when he started to write Boddenbrooks. Stefan Zweig's book is a must fread that I always recommend to my students. Do you know Radetzky March by Joseph Roth? I assume that you will like it. Greetings, Norman
Hi, Norman! Thanks for your comment. As I say on the video, I am keen to explore more books by Thomas Mann (and other German-language writers) in the near future. I haven't read The Radetzky March yet, but it is on my list!
Great review, thank you for sharing! I tried to read this book in Russian but get that I need to give this more time and energy to understand. So, I will go and read Death in Venice.
I'm halfway through. There are so many opinions and view points in the book, its key to just shut up your mind and read it, otherwise you'll be arguing with the characters and go nowhere
Juan, I'm reading MM for the third time. This last time I'm taking it almost line by line using the MM reader. At this time I am almost finished and think I understand it. P.643 is where, I think, the crux of the story lies. The narrator says Hans has overcome his desire for death/peace and in a short sentence says something about finding something new. Is this a new ideology? Sometimes I get stuck on something and have to go back to it. It takes a lot of time.
I've been struggling through this novel and was on the verge of giving up. But your video inspired me to finish it and I'm starting to enjoy the book more. Thank you for your video. A subscribe from me:)
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with any Spanish translations of The Magic Mountain as I've only read it in English.
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Beijinhos e boas festas Ruan,adorei o vídeo. Vou tentar ler um dia, deste autor só li um livro, lembro que adorei acho até que foi o segundo livro que referiste. Foi no ano passado, também falo num vídeo no meu canal algures. Adoro ouvir te. Muitos beijinhos 😘😘
It was one of the most boring books I have ever read. I couldn't finished it gave up after 300-350 pages, but half read books are irritates me so I will try again after Death in Venice 😬
Hi Juan ...really helpful . I'm going to be reading this as a group read in Spring and will definitely read Death in Venice first now I understand the context . I've read Lottie in Weimar which was a book written as an imagined meeting of Goethe and the woman who inspired The Tales of Young Werther many years later ..it was so relevant , exploring themes of celebrity and fame but some sections were very dense ...
Hi, Hester! I'm so glad you found my video helpful. I hope you enjoy Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain when you get to them. I'd like to read Lottie in Weimar, but I should probably read more by Goethe first!
Gotta pick him up! I love your exploration of classics!
Thanks, Justin!
If you are interested in German writers who openly opposed the Nazi regime you might also like the work of German writer Erich Kästner (who was actually present at the burning of his own books at the hand of the Nazis): He‘s most widely famous in Germany for his children’s books, but he also wrote poems, plays as well as other works of fiction and non-fiction, a lot of which conveys his political sentiments and contains sartiric critique of society back then. He was actually nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times, which I think speaks to the importance of his work.
Thank you, Liza. Erich Kästner is very much on my radar and I would like to read something by him. Do you have any specific titles that you would recommend?
@@JuanReads So I looked up his works and alas, not a lot of it - apart from his childrens' books - appears to be translated. However, here's what I could find:
If you are not entirely opposed to children's books his "Konferenz der Tiere", which is about the animals calling a summit meeting to discuss world peace after humans have failed to come to a political consensus has been translated and is still available in Spanish (La conferencia des los animales) and Italian (La conferenza degli animali) and is still very up to date.
His autobiography "Als ich ein kleiner Junge war" has been republished by an independent publisher in English ("When I Was a Little Boy" - I am not going to post a direct link to it, but this pretty great English blog entry about him includes a link to the book on the publisher's website: thecaptivereader.com/2018/05/13/when-i-was-a-little-boy-erich-kastner/ ).
And a few of his poems seem to have been translated into French on this blog here (although my French is way too rudimentary too assess whether or not they have been translated well): maikijsk.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/coup-de-coeur-erich-kastner/
I'm sorry that I couldn't give you more straight-forward suggestions (I'm kind of disappointed myself that he is so little translated, his writing is so funny, too). I do know from your channel that you speak more languages than I do and those better than me as well (the only foreign language I am proficient enough to read in is English), so if you are indeed curious your research might produce more results than mine. :)
thanks for the video. i got into Mann’s work earlier this year. loved Death in Venice and Tonio Kröger, REALLY loved Buddenbrooks, so i guess The Magic Mountain is next. really excited to read it.
Thanks for watching! I am looking forward to reading Buddenbrooks myself. I hope that you enjoy The Magic Mountain.
Hallo Juan, thanks for reviewing Thomas Mann's work and bringing his writing to the attention of a non German-reading audience. The Magic Mountain is one of my favourite novels. Last week, I read the first nine of his early novellas that were published before 1897, when he started to write Boddenbrooks. Stefan Zweig's book is a must fread that I always recommend to my students. Do you know Radetzky March by Joseph Roth? I assume that you will like it. Greetings, Norman
Hi, Norman! Thanks for your comment. As I say on the video, I am keen to explore more books by Thomas Mann (and other German-language writers) in the near future. I haven't read The Radetzky March yet, but it is on my list!
@@JuanReads Agree . Radetzky March is brilliant !! I'm just going to have to read Zweig now ....
Great review, thank you for sharing! I tried to read this book in Russian but get that I need to give this more time and energy to understand. So, I will go and read Death in Venice.
I'm halfway through. There are so many opinions and view points in the book, its key to just shut up your mind and read it, otherwise you'll be arguing with the characters and go nowhere
This was excellent, just discovered your channel. Thank you.
I'm so glad! Thank you!
Juan, I'm reading MM for the third time. This last time I'm taking it almost line by line using the MM reader. At this time I am almost finished
and think I understand it. P.643 is where, I think, the crux of the story lies. The narrator says Hans has overcome his desire for death/peace
and in a short sentence says something about finding something new. Is this a new ideology? Sometimes I get stuck on something and have to go back to it. It takes a lot of time.
I've been struggling through this novel and was on the verge of giving up. But your video inspired me to finish it and I'm starting to enjoy the book more. Thank you for your video. A subscribe from me:)
Thanks, Vince! The Magic Mountain can be a bit trying, but I think it is worth persevering.
Which translation to Spanish would you recommend?
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with any Spanish translations of The Magic Mountain as I've only read it in English.
Beijinhos e boas festas Ruan,adorei o vídeo.
Vou tentar ler um dia, deste autor só li um livro, lembro que adorei acho até que foi o segundo livro que referiste.
Foi no ano passado, também falo num vídeo no meu canal algures.
Adoro ouvir te.
Muitos beijinhos 😘😘
Boas festas, Dora! Muito obrigado pelo comentário. Beijinhos!
It was one of the most boring books I have ever read. I couldn't finished it gave up after 300-350 pages, but half read books are irritates me so I will try again after Death in Venice 😬