Thank you for your interest in the German-language subgroup of the Berlin chapter of the Booker Tea Reading Group. This subgroup has been meeting since 2012, and is currently a mix of German native speakers and non-native speakers who want to improve their German skills.
During 2020 we plan to generally meet on the fourth Sunday of each odd-numbered month from 12 noon to 2 p.m., if we can guarantee enough participants. Any changes will be posted below and/or discussed in the online group. The discussions are held in private residences, so if you want to participate, you have to join the Berlin Chapter.
German-language Reading List 2020
- 26 Jan: Weil wir längst woanders sind – Rasha Khayat (Deutschland)
- 22 Mar: Isabel – Feridun Zaimoglu (Deutschland)
- 24 May: Nachts ist es leise in Teheran – Shida Bazyar (Deutschland)
- 26 July: Der Allesforscher – Heinrich Steinfest (Österreich)
- 27 Sep: Deutscher Meister – Stephanie Bart (Deutschland)
- 22 Nov: Ein ganzes Leben – Robert Seethaler (Österreich)
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Below is a list of (some!) of the other books we’ve already read and discussed in German.
During 2019:
- Ein langes Jahr by Eva Schmidt (Österreich)
- Wie hoch die Wasser steigen by Anja Kampmann (Deutschland)
- Sechs Koffer by Maxim Biller (Deutschland)
- Die Büglerin by Heinrich Steinfest (Österreich)
- Bevor wir verschwinden by David Fuchs (Österreich)
- Ein schönes Paar by Gert Loschütz (Deutschland)
During 2018:
- Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert by Saša Stanišić (Deutschland)
- Außer sich: Roman by Sasha Marianna Salzmann (Deutschland)
- Der Tag, an dem mein Großvater ein Held war: Erzählung by Paulus Hochgatterer (Österreich)
- Die Kieferninseln by Marion Poschmann (Deutschland)
- Sechzehn Wörter by Nava Ebrahimi (Österreich)
- Widerfahrnis: Eine Novelle by Bodo Kirchhoff (Deutschland) (Carried over into February 2019)
During 2017:
- Tauben fliegen auf by Melinda Nadj Abonji (Schweiz)
- Jericho: Eine Liebesgeschichte by Angelika Schrobsdorff (Deutschland)
- Imperium by Christian Kracht (Schweiz)
- Corpus Delicti by Juli Zeh (Deutschland)
- Takeshis Haut by Lucy Fricke (Deutschland)
During 2016:
- In Plüschgewittern by Wolfgang Herrndorf
- Strom by Hannah Dübgen
- Er ist wieder da / Look who’s back by Timur Vermes; Jamie Bulloch (translator)
- Taxi by Karen Duve
- Die Biene und der Kurt by Robert Seethaler
- Wunderlich fährt nach Norden by Marion Brasch
Previously:
- Alice / Alice by Judith Hermann; Margot Bettauer Dembo (translator)
- Animal triste by Monika Maron; Brigitte Goldstein (translator)
- Bestattung eines Hundes: Roman / Funeral for a Dog: A Novel by Thomas Pletzinger; Ross Benjamin (translator)
- Boxhagener Platz / A Square in East Berlin by Torsten Shulz; Harry Guest (translator)
- Eine Liebe aus nichts / A Love Made Out of Nothing by Barbara Honigmann; John Barrett (translator)
- Ich nannte ihn Krawatte / I Called Him Necktie by Milena Michiko Flašar; Sheila Dickie (translator)
- Klausen by Andreas Maier; Kenneth Northcott (translator)
- Landesbühne by Siegfried Lenz
- Mahlers Zeit by Daniel Kehlmann
- Rücken an Rücken / Back to Back by Julia Franck; Anthea Bell (translator)
- Der Schwimmer / The Swimmer by Zsuzsa Bank; Margot B. Dembo (translator)
- Das Seil by Stefan aus dem Siepen
- Soharas Reise / Zohara’s Journey by Barbara Honigmann; John Barrett (translator)
- Sternkinder / Star Children by Clara Asscher-Pinkhof; Terese Edelstein and Inez Smidt (translators)
- Ungefähre Landschaft / Unformed Landscape by Peter Stamm; Michael Hofmann (translator)
Remember, discussions for this subgroup will be in German, so good reading and conversation skills in the language are recommended. (And that’s the point, really.)