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German books

So this took me a while to write

@yukitanuki

If you ever want something “easy” that packs a punch and is written by a literature nobel prize winner, try “Liebhaberinnen” by Elfriede Jelinek.

Thank you! Added to Natively and my wishlist

Actually I’d quite like to have some good challenging works to read as well, I didn’t mean that I didn’t want to or couldn’t read them. I just notice I actually have to look up words now and then and that is noticeable because a normal novel I can read without any lookups.

I would like to get better at reading that kind of book. It’s tricky because SO is burned out on the heavy emphasis on post war classics when he was in school and understandably doesn’t want to dwell on them while I read them in depth the first time. And the modern topics I find for this style, are not necessarily his interests

@nikoru

But I did not necessarily associate formality with difficulty. For me, difficulty comes from long-winding sentences and such. But probably more formal language comes with less known words as well, and that’s what increases the difficulty as well. Good point!

I think ‘less conversational’ may be the most accurate descriptor. Not sure if formal or literary is the right word, but it doesn’t seem to be obvious judging by the discussion.

@nikoru

Which means, there you have it, these are your recommendations!

Great! I’m going to go on the funnier side and pick up Der Pfau. Did you see the author studied in Tokyo?

@obscureniche

So what’s funny is that I just bought the Switch game for this series, though I haven’t read any of the books. I should probably get on that.

Wow I didn’t know about that! Let us know on the 🍭 ふしぎ駄菓子屋 銭天堂 👵 이상한 과자 가게 전천당 🍬 Home Thread club page if its fun!