Gestern war heute. Hundert Jahre Gegenwart.

by Ingeborg Drewitz

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

Genres: German Literature

414 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Roisin Delaney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hello, I purchased this book outside of my studies when I tried to studied German. I was puzzled for a long time about the meaning of "aderngeflecht" and found out it meant "woven veins" or "choroid plexus" maybe due to my "own tendancies to be sitting around thinking about myself and my health". Aderngeflecht,die= Choroid plexus. Durscheinend= transclucent. Seidenpapier,die= "tissue paper/wrapping paper".
The book is 416 pages long and wasn't part of curriculum I studied so I'm not that clever "in relation to it".
I thought I'd leave some sort of review here and recommend the book.
I couldn't find an easy translation of "Aderngeflecht". Aderngeflecht,die.
The book is 416 pages long and wasn't part of my own studies so the main things I gather from it as a reader are "Aderngeflecht,die" (Choroid plexus or woven veins) and "Durscheinend" meaning "translucent" and "Seidenpapier" being tissue paper or wrapping paper.
The book appears to be from 1978 and I was born in 1991.
I was attracted to the book because it was on sale in a university and I was supposed to be studying German/Deutsch.
"I was diagnosed with another psychiatric illness after overcoming another psychiatric illness despite my own studies" so I thought "Die Ungleichzeitigkeit des Gleichzeitigen" sounds "funny" although this part of the book has 11 pages to it's part of the "Inhaltsverzeichnis" or contents.
Es scheint wie or it appears to be a very long and thorough book of 416 pages and I'm hoping to read over it on my own here.

[Sydne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I shied away from this book for many years (20, actually) due to some friends actively and strongly hating this book at that time - it used to be compulsory reading for senior high school pupils until the year before me.

I have to say this has probably been the book that has gripped me most, and also moved me most this year. The description of these years in German history is incredibly apt, deep, and meaningful. The writing style really resonates with me.

The subjects of the book are manifold and complex - the search for oneself, self fulfilment and giving it up for so many different reasons, the lack of understanding between the war generation and the post war generation. The disbelief of what happened during the 3rd Reich and trying to explain it to someone who wasn't there. How people, once connected in their youth, take different paths in their life and reconnecting will always be painful, lives being judged and evaluated.

I can completely understand why this is considered such an integral part of modern German literature.

[Fourlights · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the worst book I ever read