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Ralph Manheim

    Milena. The Tragic Story of Kafka's Great Love
    The Life Before Us
    An Introduction to Metaphysics
    The Neverending Story
    Shadows in paradise
    Dood op krediet
    • Brutal, scandalous, perverted, yet humorous, hummable, and with a happy ending- Bertolt Brecht's revolutionary masterpiece The Threepenny Opera is a landmark of modern drama that has become embedded in the Western cultural imagination. Through the love story of Polly Peachum and "Mack the Knife" Macheath, the play satirizes the bourgeois of the Weimar Republic, revealing a society at the height of decadence and on the verge of chaos. Complemented with music by Kurt Weill, it was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz into the theater, and the song "Mack the Knife" became one of the most popular and widely recorded songs of the twentieth century.

      Penguin Classics: The Threepenny Opera2007
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    • Margarete Buber, the journalist daughter of Martin Buber, and Milena Jesenska, the beautiful lover of Kafka, met in Ravensbruck concentration camp in 1940. For four terrible years, the two women formed an extraordinary bond and made a pact that if only one survived, the other would bear witness. Only Margarete lived to remember. This is her story of Milena--of fearless love, sacrifice, and nobility.

      Milena. The Tragic Story of Kafka's Great Love1997
      4,0
    • The Call of the Toad

      • 248bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      A German art historian and a Polish art restorer find adventure and love in the cemetery business. Their vision is to offer plots in Gdansk to those Germans who had been exiled after World War II. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

      The Call of the Toad1993
      3,2
    • Mijn strijd

      • 856bladzijden
      • 30 uur lezen

      ***Bookbot stands firmly against violence and discrimination of any kind. By purchasing this book, the reader confirms that he is aware of this fact and will use the content solely for study purposes.*** "Mein Kampf" is one of the basic documents of the Nazi ideology, which claimed millions of lives in the past. It contains many half-truths and lies, propagandistic demagogy and opinions that are inhumane, racist and contrary to the laws of democratic states.

      Mijn strijd1988
      1,9
    • The Life Before Us

      • 192bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Signé Ajar, ce roman reçut le prix Goncourt en 1975. Histoire d'amour d'un petit garçon arabe pour une très vieille femme juive : Momo se débat contre les six étages que Madame Rosa ne veut plus monter et contre la vie parce que " ça ne pardonne pas " et parce qu'il n'est " pas nécessaire d'avoir des raisons pour avoir peur ". Le petit garçon l'aidera à se cacher dans son " trou juif ", elle n'ira pas mourir à l'hôpital et pourra ainsi bénéficier du droit sacré " des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes " qui n'est pas respecté par l'Ordre des médecins. Il lui tiendra compagnie jusqu'à ce qu'elle meure et même au-delà de la mort..

      The Life Before Us1986
      4,1
    • Small, fat Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own, until he finds himself stepping through the pages of a mysterious book into the world of Fantastica! Age 9+ 148 pages

      The Neverending Story1985
      4,2
    • The Nutcracker

      • 48bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      When a young girl rescues her nutcracker from an attack by mice, the nutcracker becomes a prince and takes her to his magnificent castle.

      The Nutcracker1984
      3,5
    • Kinderjaren

      Een novelle

      • 102bladzijden
      • 4 uur lezen

      Gevoelens en ervaringen van een Joodse kleuter, die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog met zijn ouders enkele jaren in een concentratiekamp doorbrengt.

      Kinderjaren1983
      3,5
    • De Bot

      • 623bladzijden
      • 22 uur lezen

      Op een mooie zomerdag aan het einde van de Jonge Steentijd vist de visser Edek in de Oostzee een bijzondere, sprekende bot. Deze vis, oeroud en alwetend, biedt de visser onsterfelijkheid en leidt hem door de eeuwen heen, van het Stenen Tijdperk naar een tijd waarin mannen de geschiedenis maken, maar de schaduw van vrouwen blijft. Als schrijver vertelt Edek in de jaren zeventig aan zijn zwangere Ilsebil de lange geschiedenis van negen levens en negen kookvrouwen. Terwijl hij zijn verhaal deelt, wordt de bot opnieuw gevangen, dit keer door drie vrouwen en voor een feministisch tribunaal in Berlijn gebracht, aangeklaagd als steunpilaar van de mannen. Günter Grass verkent in deze vertelling de dynamiek tussen mannen en vrouwen, de emancipatie van vrouwen en de rol van mannen in de geschiedenis. Hij stelt dat de menselijke geschiedenis sterk wordt beïnvloed door voedsel en wijst op de traditionele verantwoordelijkheden rondom eten. Door levensverhalen te verweven met tribunaalscènes, verbindt Grass het heden met een persoonlijke geschiedenis. Dit werk is een aards, Rabelaisiaans epos vol verhalen, sprookjes, gedichten, recepten, humor en diepere gedachten.

      De Bot1979
      3,9
    • My Belief

      • 394bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      My Belief: Essays on Life and Art is a collection of essays by Hermann Hesse. The essays, written between 1904 and 1961, were originally published in German, either individually or in various collections between 1951 and 1973. This collection in English was first published in 1976, edited by Theodore Ziolkowski.

      My Belief1978
      3,9
    • The German existentialist delineates his theories concerning the nature, problems, and limitations of man's being

      An Introduction to Metaphysics1973
      4,0
    • A haunting classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Shadows in Paradise reveals the deepest scars of the men and women who experienced the Holocaust. After years of hiding and surviving near death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now living in New York City among old friends, far from Europe’s chilling atrocities, Ross soon meets Natasha, a beautiful model and fellow émigré, a warm heart to help him forget his cold memories. Yet even as the war draws to its violent close, Ross cannot find peace. Demons still pursue him. Whether they are ghosts from the past or the guilt of surviving, he does not know. For he is only beginning to understand that freedom is far from easy—and that paradise, however perfect, has a price. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

      Shadows in paradise1972
      4,2
    • Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the confines of conventional society.Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from his wife and stifled by the unhappy union. Veraguth’s love for his young son and his fear of drifting rootlessly keep him bound within the walls of his opulent estate, Rosshalde. Yet, when he is shaken by an unexpected tragedy, Veraguth finally finds the courage to leave the desolate safety of Rosshalde and travels to India to discover himself anew.

      Rosshalde1972
      3,7
    • Dood op krediet

      • 614bladzijden
      • 22 uur lezen

      Min of meer autobiografisch verhaal, waarin op emotionele wijze de neergang van een jongeman wordt weergegeven.

      Dood op krediet1966
      4,3