Stefan Zweig's autobiography led me to poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Electra, which I borrowed from the library and started reading last night. It was turned into an opera by Strauss. I am listening to it on deezer, but it's not grabbing me so far. Any tips or info to help ease me into it? A passage to look forward to? A recording that's less strident than the one I am listening to? I'm OK with modernist music, so that's not it 😊
pickF, by Daniel Kehlmann (2013, transl. 2014)
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Premise: A trip to see a hypnotist sends three brothers on different yet shared trajectories, when the experience inspires their father to abandon them.
Review: The odd title in theory refers to the main character in a book-within-the-book, but it could equally stand for “Fate,” “Freedom,” “Faith,” or “Fraud,” since each of the brothers‘ stories deal with all of these themes. ⬇️
I‘ve gone down the Fleetwood Mac rabbit hole this year after hearing Gold Dust Woman on Daisy Jones & The Six (listened to it on repeat for a month straight). This song sung by Lindsey Buckingham is my current obsession. It starts at 42:35 https://youtu.be/9suHkG7QfYw?si=bfkBq2zoK1kvYPry
so i‘ll go insane
like i always do — yeah,
he‘s a lot like you.
(I‘m missing a syllable & changed she to he since it really resonates with me)
#haikuhive
A book I bought in Edinburgh and couldn't resist picking up to read straight away.
A collection of short stories by a 19th Century German author. The title story is sort of a ghost story, with much digression into the backstory. It was interesting to see the framing techniques used so that the author could present the end of the tale before proceeding to have a character relate a linear narrative.
#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65
I‘ve chosen the collection of authors for next year‘s Author Spotlight Series that I host on Voxer every Sunday. With a brilliant group of readers from around the world, we will dive into a collection of these author‘s works to understand their craft, themes, and style. I will post sign up links for each author before we start reading their work and I hope you will consider joining if any of these writers spark your interest!
"During the afternoon there had been a christening."
#FirstLineFridays
Just about to start this collection of stories.
For September bookclub. This is sooooo good 😍 Add this to your shopping cart, please!
pickThe German edition of The dead girls‘ class trip contains the title story(the memory of a class trip before WW1 and the subsequent lives of the girls during the Nazi regime),Mail to the Promised Land (the story of a Jewish father who flees pogroms in Poland,raises his son in France,moves to the Promised Land in old age& continues to receive letters from his son after his death) &The End (post WW2:a former camp inmate hunts down his KZ guard).👍
Looking forward to this last quarter's challenge! (edited) 1w