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What are some German novels with good prose? I want to get over my perception of it as overly romantic.

>> No.19859774

Im reading Simplicius Simplicissimus and that has a kind of medieval sense of humor to it, with people having their nose and ears cut off next to whole chapters of farts and slapstick.

>> No.19860418

>>19859430
Eumeswil

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>>19859430

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>>19860418
sounds cool
>>19860418
i'll give it a try

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>>19860440
oh can't believe i didn't think of it

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>>19859774
sounds cool
>>19860418
i'll give it a try
>>19860440
can't believe i didn't think of this lol

>> No.19860464

>>19859430
Thomas Mann?

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>>19859430
Bernhard and Sebald are among the best prose stylist in German language after WW2. Bernhard in particular addresses directly German "romantic" ideas and their reception in german culture - as well as their implicit kitsch. It's also a super fun read. Gargoyles and Frost are very good starts!

>> No.19860531

>>19860464
yes
>>19860469
Sebald seems interesting, especially Luftkrieg und Literatur

>> No.19862330

Alfred Döblin
>>19860418
lol Jünger has shit prose.
You read him for his spirit.

>> No.19863908

>>19859430
Are you fluent or just starting to learn it?

>> No.19863967

>>19859430
I really liked E.T.A. Hoffman's Devil's Elixirs. I only read it in English, so I can't say if its prose is Good in German.

>> No.19864757

>>19859430

It takes a tripfaggot to somehow form the idea that the German language is "overly romantic". IB4 some faggot says that angry sounding noises full of consonants are distinct from conveyed ideas, a misnomer for the language-specific poetics implied by the OP.