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- GenresGerman LiteratureTravel
226 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 28, 2011
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About the author
Kurt Tucholsky
501 books121 followersKurt Tucholsky was a German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger, and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved to Paris in 1924 and then to Sweden in 1930.
Tucholsky was one of the most important journalists of the Weimar Republic. As a politically engaged journalist and temporary co-editor of the weekly magazine Die Weltbühne he proved himself to be a social critic in the tradition of Heinrich Heine. He was simultaneously a satirist, an author of satirical political revues, a songwriter, and a poet. He saw himself as a left-wing democrat and pacifist and warned against anti-democratic tendencies—above all in politics, the military, and justice—and the threat of National Socialism. His fears were confirmed when the Nazis came to power in 1933: his books were listed on the Nazi's censorship as "Entartete Kunst" ("Degenerate Art") and burned, and he lost his German citizenship.
Tucholsky was one of the most important journalists of the Weimar Republic. As a politically engaged journalist and temporary co-editor of the weekly magazine Die Weltbühne he proved himself to be a social critic in the tradition of Heinrich Heine. He was simultaneously a satirist, an author of satirical political revues, a songwriter, and a poet. He saw himself as a left-wing democrat and pacifist and warned against anti-democratic tendencies—above all in politics, the military, and justice—and the threat of National Socialism. His fears were confirmed when the Nazis came to power in 1933: his books were listed on the Nazi's censorship as "Entartete Kunst" ("Degenerate Art") and burned, and he lost his German citizenship.
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June 20, 2021
He could have written it yesterday
I am a fan of Tucholsky's stories ever since I read " Schloss Gripsholm" in my teens. His easy-going style makes me smile and his witty observations about his fellow humans are simply funny and delightful.
This book contains many of his travel stories all over Europe but mainly France in the 1920s and early 30s. I was rather astonished how much human behaviour is still the same: the Danish leave their lost bikes at the police department and rather buy new ones and tourists all over the continent act like they own their holiday destinations and can act as arrogant and rude as they please because they bring the money. Tucholsky could have written these stories yesterday.
It was lovely to read a German language book. Sometimes I miss my mother tongue. I've never read an English translation of his work so I don't know if they work the same way. But if you know German try this one if you want to get acquainted with a great German author.
I am a fan of Tucholsky's stories ever since I read " Schloss Gripsholm" in my teens. His easy-going style makes me smile and his witty observations about his fellow humans are simply funny and delightful.
This book contains many of his travel stories all over Europe but mainly France in the 1920s and early 30s. I was rather astonished how much human behaviour is still the same: the Danish leave their lost bikes at the police department and rather buy new ones and tourists all over the continent act like they own their holiday destinations and can act as arrogant and rude as they please because they bring the money. Tucholsky could have written these stories yesterday.
It was lovely to read a German language book. Sometimes I miss my mother tongue. I've never read an English translation of his work so I don't know if they work the same way. But if you know German try this one if you want to get acquainted with a great German author.
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