Klaus Modick
Author of Konzert ohne Dichter
Works by Klaus Modick
Ein Bild und tausend Worte: Die Entstehungsgeschichte von Konzert ohne Dichter und andere Essays: Die… (2016) 2 copies
… haben die Axt im Haus und erleben Kunst und Katastrophen "erfolgreichen" Handwerkens (1999) 1 copy
Fahrtwind 1 copy
Associated Works
Instructions for British Servicemen in Germany, 1944 (Instructions for Servicemen) (1944) — Translator, some editions — 95 copies
Zivilcourage: Empörte, Helfer und Retter aus Wehrmacht, Polizei und SS (2004) — Contributor — 10 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1951-05-03
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Country (for map)
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Oldenburg, Germany
- Awards and honors
- Rheingau-Literaturpreis (2015)
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- Works
- 33
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- Members
- 264
- Popularity
- #87,286
- Rating
- 4.0
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- ISBNs
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It took me numerous starts to get into this, but once I did — wow. This was lovely, reminiscent of Per Petterson’s Out Stealing Horses: quiet, rural, memory-laced. I wouldn’t have enjoyed this book in my twenties. It’s almost plotless as the aging narrator meditates on nature generally and moss particularly, the small plant that is barely noticed, yet covers the largest trees, renders the most solid thing invisible. If you like that kind of quiet book, that’s meditative, about one thing — like moss — but really about so much more, then check this out. If you’re looking for a book in which a bunch of stuff happens, though, this may not be for you.… (more)