German Novels in Translation | San Francisco Public Library

by Plenzdorf, Ulrich

Book - 2015

This spin on Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther is not only funny but also provides insight into what it was like to grow up in East Germany in the 70s. This spin on Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther is not only funny but also provides insight into what it was like to grow up in East Germany in the 70s. Show less

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Berlin Alexanderplatz

The Story of Franz Biberkopf

by Döblin, Alfred

Book - 2003

A classic novel of Berlin in the 1920s. A classic novel of Berlin in the 1920s. Show less

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The Snake Tree

by Timm, Uwe

Book - 1989

A German manager losing it in an unnamed South American country. A German manager losing it in an unnamed South American country. Show less

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The Magic Mountain

A Novel

by Mann, Thomas

Book - 1995

Tuberculosis patients in a mountain sanatorium. Boring? Not when Thomas Mann writes it. Tuberculosis patients in a mountain sanatorium. Boring? Not when Thomas Mann writes it. Show less

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The Trial

by Kafka, Franz

Book - 2009

A harrowing novel about a man trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare. A harrowing novel about a man trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare. Show less

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Steppenwolf

by Hesse, Hermann

Book - 1990

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The Bone Man

by Haas, Wolf

eBook - 2012

Wolf Haas's Brenner series is funny and tragic in a way that only Austrian literature can be. Wolf Haas's Brenner series is funny and tragic in a way that only Austrian literature can be. Show less

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The Oppermanns

by Feuchtwanger, Lion

Book - 1934

A wealthy Jewish family becomes embroiled in politics after the Nazis come to power in Germany. A wealthy Jewish family becomes embroiled in politics after the Nazis come to power in Germany. Show less

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Man in the Holocene

by Frisch, Max

eBook - 1994

An old man trapped in a lonely mountain home during what may be the end of the world. An old man trapped in a lonely mountain home during what may be the end of the world. Show less

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Book - 2009

The romantic and hyper-sensitive figure of Werther sparked cult followings not only in Germany but in China and Japan as well. The romantic and hyper-sensitive figure of Werther sparked cult followings not only in Germany but in China and Japan as well. Show less