The German List: Correspondence (Paperback)

from le.vert.galant

These letters are more of biographic interest than they are intrinsically interesting. The letters focus on missed meetings and recriminations. There's little poetics, little literary observation, nothing of contemporary events. If I knew more of Celan and Bachmann's writing, I might find these l...

from stillatim

I didn't expect this to be such a page turner, but there I was, rushing through letter after letter because I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. Two great writers, involved in one of the most astonishing public debates of the century, and in a love affair, and in various other intrigues...

from stillatim

I didn't expect this to be such a page turner, but there I was, rushing through letter after letter because I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. Two great writers, involved in one of the most astonishing public debates of the century, and in a love affair, and in various other intrigues...