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What's some great German fiction outside of the usual stuff like Hesse, Mann, Kafka, Goethe, etc?

>> No.15445843

>>15445722
https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/100-must-reads/s-43415865

>> No.15445849

>>15445722
There isn't.

>> No.15445854

Walter Kempowski
Hans Fallada
Alfred Döblin
Arno Schmidt
Siegfried Lenz
Heinrich Böll
Theodor Storm
Theodor Fontane
Erich Maria Remarque
Christian Kracht
Günter Grass
Erich Kästner

>> No.15445860

Gunter Grass
Heinrich Boll
Thomas Bernhard (Austrian, but fuck you)

>> No.15445953

>>15445722
just fiction?
drama: hauptmann, stramm, wedekind, brecht, hofmannsthal
narrative: jünger, conradi, schnitzler, hermann broch, walser
popular comedy: heidegger

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>> No.15445985

>>15445860
I mean German language (which is why I included Kafka)

>>15445953
Thanks. Yeah it seems like the Germans are good at non-fiction. Idk throw some in there if you want. Someone might find it useful.

>>15445854
>>15445843
>>15445969
Thank you.

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>>15445722
wrong colours

>> No.15446041

>>15445985
>I mean German language (which is why I included Kafka)
Then, if you like Kafka, try Hermann Ungar as well.

>> No.15446338

>>15446041
Yes I love Kafka's style. Thanks man. I'll check him out.

>> No.15446481

Robert Musil

>> No.15447096

bump

>> No.15447173

>>15446338
I guess R. Walser is pretty similar - to the whimsical short stories at least.

Also bits of Ilse Aichinger. Her Spiegelgeschichte is pretty famous, but there's also some other cool stuff like Der Gefesslte which you'll enjoy.

>> No.15448260

>>15445722
Eichendorff, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Hölderlin.

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15448285

>>15445854

>Great German fiction
>Günter Grass

>> No.15448317

What is the typical entry novel for learners of German. I know Hesse's early stuff (in translation) is pretty easy but I really didn't care for it as much as his later work which was far more challenging.

>> No.15448359

>>15448285
What? Is he not German? Is he not great? Does he not write fiction? Are you capable of anything other than posting cartoon images?

>> No.15448430

>>15448359
Kashubian fucktard who wrote circlejerk Literature about Nazis bad

>> No.15448438

>>15448430
Also I found his prose to just be generally shitty but maybe thats just me.

>> No.15448444

>>15448430
So you don't have a legitimate criticism of his work beside being triggered by politics?

>> No.15448663

>>15448359
His prose is just utter shit, as the bulk of German post-WW2 literature. (Gladly the opinion of a single individual weights heavily in the digital ether.)

>> No.15448699

>>15448663
>His prose is just utter shit

you jews should read his books before writing shit like this

>> No.15448789

>>15445722
To add what has not yet been mentioned:
Heinrich von Kleist
Joseph Roth
Max Frisch
W. G. Sebald
Robert Schneider
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

>> No.15448829

Dürrenmatt.