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Ok, let's settle this. What is the best German novel? The best poem? The best philosophy book? Opera? Authors in general? Post what your German kino!

>> No.18830643

>>18830350
bump
i bought a german bible, it's pretty easy to read

>> No.18830673

I learned German but I only read YA stuff. lul
I liked the Mara und der Feuerbringer books.

>> No.18830687

>>18830350
Yiddish is German but better, change my mind. Cooler looking script, cool Slavic and Semitic vocabulary with the latter spelled etymologically, cool Slavic substrate influence...

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>>18830350
Poetry:
> Sebastian im Traum, Trakl

Opera:
> Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner

Play:
> Faust, Goethe

Philosophy:
> Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis), Heidegger

Novel:
> Hyperion, Hölderlin (I know it's an epistolary novel, but it's still the best novel)

Short story:
> Ein Hungerkünstler, Kafka

>> No.18830802

idk probably The Magic Mountain

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Wagner
Wagner
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>> No.18830989

>>18830673
how did you learn it, anon?

>> No.18832631

>>18830673
Did you learn through school or independently?

>> No.18832682

>What is the best German novel?
Buddenbrooks and Effie Briest

>The best poem?
I really like Goeckingk's poem Als der erste Schnee fiel.

>The best philosophy book?
For me it's Also Sprach Zarathustra.

>Opera?
Probably Wagner.

>Authors in general?
Hölderlin

>> No.18832743

>>18830350
>What is the best German novel?
Wilhelm Meister
>The best poem?
Mignon
>The best philosophy book?
Sein und Zeit
>Opera?
Zauberflöte
>Author in general?
Goethe

>> No.18832916

>>18830350
>What is the best German novel
Hyperion
>The best poem
something by Hölderlin, my favourite is Mnemosyne
>The best philosophy book
Wissenschaftslehre
>Opera
some Wagner
>Play
Prince of Homburg
>Author in general
Hölderlin and it's not even close

>> No.18833022

>>18830350
>novel
Der Prozess - Kafka
alternatively: Goethe's Faust
>poem
Das Infernalische Abendmahl - Georg Heym
alternatively: Goethe's Faust
>philosophy
Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik - Nietzsche
alternatively: Goethe's Faust
>opera
Ring der Nibelungen -Wagner (though I am not very knowledgable about opera)
alternatively: Goethe's Faust
>authors in general
Goethe

>> No.18833269

>>18830989
>>18832631
Independently.
I used Assimil mainly and supplemented it with Duolingo (desktop version). I started listening to a ton of contemporary German music which helped me gain and retain vocab.