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 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6427 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 22 16 August 2008 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ok. I'm about to finish reading Momo by Michael Ende (just 30 pages left), so I need to search for new books to read. It's not that I'm short of book titles. In fact, I'm so in love with German children's authors (I read them in Korean when I was younger) so I have a hard time deciding which ones to buy. As much as I'd love to buy them all, my budget doesn't really allow me to do so.
I've short-listed some of them, and if any native German speakers or German learners who've learnt the book could comment, that'd be amazing. Die unendliche Geschichte - Michael Ende Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch - Michael Ende Die Hotzenplotz Serie - Otfried Preussler Krabat - Otfried Preussler Das fligende Klassenzimmer - Erich Kästner Emil und die Detektive - Erich Kästner If you have any other suggestions, that'd be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6427 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 22 18 August 2008 at 12:08am | IP Logged | |||||
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Any suggestions?? I'm sure you've read some of these books as children growing up!! :)
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6430 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 3 of 22 18 August 2008 at 3:59am | IP Logged | |||||
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The only one of those books that I've more than heard of is "Momo", and I've only watched it as a film - in Basque.
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| karashi Tetraglot Groupie Japan Joined 6568 days ago 81 posts - 81 votes Speaks: French*, English, Japanese, German Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 22 18 August 2008 at 6:02am | IP Logged | |||||
I have read this book, after reading Momo. I found it a nice reading, and just a little more difficult than Momo. Here's what I wrote about it in my German log on this forum (sorry its not much ;). I finished to read Die unendliche Geschichte about one week ago. That was pleasant to read. It's a little strange with this story inside the story, which repeats indefinitely at some point, but basically it is the typical adventure story for young boys, where the main character has a lot of problems at the beginning, then during the adventure he learns more and more about himself, and at the end he recognizes that he likes himself as he was after all, and discovers the joys of life. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6427 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 22 18 August 2008 at 7:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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I think I ought to have made myself a bit more clearer. I'm not asking about the content of the novels. I want to know which one would be more appropriate for a learner. I know all the stories, I just need help from a linguistic point of view to decide which one to buy now since I can't buy them all!! :)
Oh I finally finished Momo.. beautiful story. Can't believe I fulfilled one of my initial aims when I started learning German: "Read a book of Michael Ende in German"!!! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| konny Tetraglot Newbie Germany Joined 6056 days ago 24 posts - 25 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Polish, German*, English, Dutch Studies: Japanese | Message 6 of 22 20 August 2008 at 3:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"Räuber Hotzenplotz" is rather for the very young (3-6yo). Certainly suitable for learners but I doubt, you will find it interesting ...
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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6656 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 7 of 22 20 August 2008 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
I think I read almost all of those when I was a kid. I think "Die unendliche Geschichte" is great, I actually reread it in Spanish recently. "Das fliegende Klassenzimmer" should be fine as well and it's kind of a classic. "Hotzenplotz", "Emil und die Detektive" and "Wunschpunsch" are more for younger readers, I don't know if you'll get so much out of them language-wise. But I really don't remember them that well. Edited by Marc Frisch on 20 August 2008 at 4:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6427 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 22 21 August 2008 at 2:54am | IP Logged | |||||
Then you might be shocked to hear that I read Korean version of Wunschpunsch when I was 13, and still find it really engaging and interesting.. ;) yes I tend to drift to the fairy world now and then.. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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