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| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5131 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes  Speaks: Spanish* | Message 113 of 177 25 January 2011 at 12:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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Begun reading The Culture of Western Europe: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by George L. Mosse. While I don't agree with much or perhaps even most of his perspectives, it has been a greatly stimulating read.
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4916 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 114 of 177 25 January 2011 at 2:48am | IP Logged | |||||
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Right now I'm reading Rzeź bezkręgowców by Joanna Chmielewska (Polish). Vocabulary is at the level where I only have to look up a few words every page, and the subject matter (crime/thriller) keeps me interested.
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5479 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 115 of 177 26 January 2011 at 12:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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German: I just finished "Die Wand" by Marlen Haushofer. It's a sort of apocalyptic feminist sci-fi novel from the sixties. I think it was the most modern thing I've read in German so far, and it was quite enjoyable (luckily, because I'm translating it).
German: I'm also reading Bertolt Brecht's wonderful play about Galileo, "Leben des Galilei." I would strongly recommend it to anyone. I'm not even a science person, but the drama of Galileo's life makes an incredible story. French: I'm working on a story by Balzac called "Le Colonel Chabert" which is surprisingly readable and atmospheric. French: I picked up a Maigret mystery the other day ("L'homme de Londres" by Georges Simenon, for those who don't already know Maigret). I've always been a fan of Maigret in translation, so it's fun to finally experience his exploits in his native language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5048 days ago 2237 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 116 of 177 26 January 2011 at 3:02am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm reading in Spanish Confieso que he vivido by Pablo Neruda. His prose is as amazingly beautiful as his poetry.
In Portuguese, I'm reading and listening to Contos possiveis by Arturo Acevedo. I'm just half way through it now. His tales of late 19th century Brazil are a good read. If anyone can point me to some good, modern and/or current Brazilian literature besides Paulho Coehlo (not that there's anything wrong with his work- I've read him in Spanish translation), I would be grateful. In English, I'm reading Fastnet Force 10 by John Rousmanniere, a book about a sailing, racing disaster off the southwest coast of England in 1979. It's a wonder I still like sailing! Edited by iguanamon on 26 January 2011 at 3:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5229 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 117 of 177 03 February 2011 at 7:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Muntele vrăjit, aka The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann in Romanian
Der Dämon und Fräulein Prym, aka The devil and ms Prym by Paulo Coelho in German (not really enjoying it, however) Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe in English 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5633 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 118 of 177 04 February 2011 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
Indeed this German play is interesting! For me because astronomy is my hobby. I have seen "Leben des Galilei" as a performance in the theatre. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5479 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 119 of 177 04 February 2011 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
Fasulye, I'm so envious... I would LOVE to see this play performed live! Maybe when I move to Germany I can see it there, I hope. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Meelämmchen Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4869 days ago 214 posts - 249 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 120 of 177 05 February 2011 at 1:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Jinx, I don't know if you have searched for Brecht on youtube yet, but there are some files where you can hear him sing and read his own poems or songs. So to speak as a substitute for a performance. Of course it's not a substitute. Anyway, if not, then you could have an ear on
the great and famous "An die Nachgeborenen" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tphexO4gwoA and "Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSk3TG5czcg 1 person has voted this message useful |
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