The Meeting at Telgte (1979)

by Günter Grass

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If someone is short on time or for other reasons not willing to read Grass’s long novels, he should start with this allegory focussing the encounters of German writers in the fifties, relocated to the period of the Thirty Years War. Consumable in a single day.

hbergander | Dec 18, 2011 |

I wanted to like this book, but couldn't even finish it. Perhaps if I knew who these characters were supposed to be based off of it would be different, or if I knew the German language and history of the German language. (

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The Meeting at Telgte

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Das Treffen in Telgte

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1979

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Paul Gerhardt,

Hans JacobChristoffel von Grimmelshausen,

Daniel Czepko von Reigersfeld,

Johannes Scheffler,

Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau,

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Telgte

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Thirty Years' War

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SWR-Bestenliste (1979)

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Keltainen kirjasto (164)

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A group of leading intellectuals from all parts of Germany gather in 1647 for the purpose of strengthening the last remaining bond within a divided nation-its language and literature-as the Thirty Years' War comes to an end. Afterword by Leonard Forster. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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