The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans (Xenophobe's Guides) - Softcover

Berlin, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906042330 ISBN 13: 9781906042332

Verlag: Oval Books, 2008

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Críticas:

"Xenophobe's Guides which give a wickedly satirical look at the foreigners we love to hate... "
--"Cambridge Evening News"
"An enlightened new series, good natured, witty and useful. The Xenophobe's Guides to different nations deserves a real cheer. "
--"The European "

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Teutonic torment

In every German there is a touch of the wild-haired Beethoven striding through forests and weeping over a mountain sunset, grappling against impossible odds to express the inexpressible. This is the Great German Soul, prominent display of which is essential whenever Art, Feeling, and Truth are under discussion.

 

Angst breeds angst

For a German, doubt and anxiety expand and ramify the more you ponder them. They are astonished that things haven't gone to pot already, and are pretty certain that they soon will.

 

Longer must be better

Most Germans apply the rule that more equals better. If a passing quip makes you smile, then surely by making it longer the pleasure will be drawn out and increased. As a rule, if you are cornered by someone keen to give you a laugh, you must expect to miss lunch and most of that afternoon's appointments.

 

Angst breeds angst

Because life is ernsthaft, the Germans go by the rules. Schiller wrote, &;obedience is the first duty,&; and no German has ever doubted it. This fits with their sense of order and duty. Germans hate breaking rules, which can make life difficult because, as a rule, everything not expressly permitted is prohibited.

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• Verlag: Oval Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1906042330
• ISBN 13: 9781906042332
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 92