The German magazine Der Spiegel titled Mr. Kuka's recommendations as "the trickiest book of the season" just after publication.
Waldemar, an aspiring and inexperienced young man from Warsaw, firmly decided to travel to the West for the first time in his life. That trip to Vienna turned into a swedish of European proportions, with pointed and somewhat venomous complaints against the golden West.
The thief of the peaks is a book with a dose of the finest philosophical-Lacrdian humor that can be read as a guide to solving small and large life puzzles.
Sipar, 2019.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.92 - 7.94 €
Adventure novel • German literature • Historical novel
The daughter of a Hamburg merchant, Emma van Haaren, sets off on a journey to Amsterdam to visit her grandmother. After an attack on her carriage, Emma flees with her young boy Valentin through a country devastated by the Thirty Years' War.
Rowohlt Verlag, 2017.
German. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.36 €
Romance Novels • German literature • Historical novel • Biography
Sixteen-year-old Ottilie von Faber inherits the A. W. Faber pencil factory in 1893. Obedient to her grandfather's will, she marries without love, and after five births and twenty years, she leaves the marriage for a secret love - at a high price.
Rowohlt Verlag, 2003.
German. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.42 €
Anthology • German literature • Poetry
A representative anthology of German ballad poetry edited by Hans Fromm. It includes timeless works from folk lore and classics such as Goethe and Schiller to modern authors of the 20th century.
Deutscher Bücherbund, 1965.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
4.32 €
Anthology • Sayings, thoughts, aphorisms, proverbs • German literature
Thoughts is a collection of selected writings, aphorisms, and reflections by Hermann Hesse about man, life, art, love, nature, freedom, and spiritual development.
"Die Räuber" (1781) is Schiller's first play, a classic example of the Sturm und Drang movement. The play depicts the tragic conflict between two brothers, Karl and Franz Moor, and criticizes corrupt society and tyranny.