2010, ISBN: 3afdc0e2518abb9e656910c9a542661e

The Sunday Times Bestseller'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' IndependentThere are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to men… Mehr…

The Sunday Times Bestseller'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' IndependentThere are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to mention its history and inhabitants? penchant for very peculiar food. Our distant and often maligned cousin, this is a place in which innumerable strange characters have held power, in which a chaotic jigsaw of borders have moved about seemingly at random, and which at the dark heart of the 20th century fell into the hands of truly terrible forces. And now Simon Winder is here to tell us everything else there is to know about this mesmerizing, tortured and endlessly fascinating country.Germania is also a personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. In this startlingly vibrant account, Winder describes Germany?s past afresh, starting with the shaggy world of the ancient forests, all the way up to the present day ? and in doing so, he sees and begins to understand a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to betterment. Joining Danubia and Lotharingia in Winder?s endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Germania is a brilliant, vivid and enthusiastic insight to the hidden wonders of Germany, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 3afdc0e2518abb9e656910c9a542661e

A UNIQUE EXPLORATION OF GERMAN CULTURE, FROM SAUSAGE ADVERTISEMENTS TO WAGNER Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amount… Mehr…

A UNIQUE EXPLORATION OF GERMAN CULTURE, FROM SAUSAGE ADVERTISEMENTS TO WAGNER Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "So: why are you here?"This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time wandering around a country that remains a sort of dead zone for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild.Germania is a very funny book on serious topics?how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape., 2010<

ISBN: 3afdc0e2518abb9e656910c9a542661e

Germania ab 17.99 € als epub eBook: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus, Medien > Bücher, Germania - eBook als epub von Simon … Mehr…

Germania ab 17.99 € als epub eBook: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus, Medien > Bücher, Germania - eBook als epub von Simon Winder - Farrar Straus and Giroux - 9781429945417<

ISBN: 3afdc0e2518abb9e656910c9a542661e

Germania ab 15.99 € als epub eBook: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus, Medien > Bücher, Germania - eBook als epub von Simon … Mehr…

Germania ab 15.99 € als epub eBook: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus, Medien > Bücher, Germania - eBook als epub von Simon Winder - Farrar Straus and Giroux - 9781429945417<

ISBN: 3afdc0e2518abb9e656910c9a542661e

Germania ab 15.99 € als epub eBook: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus, Medien > Bücher, Germania - eBook als epub von Simon Win… Mehr…

Germania ab 15.99 € als epub eBook: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus, Medien > Bücher, Germania - eBook als epub von Simon Winder - Pan Macmillan - 9780330520867<