#franz hoffman

[joandfriedrich]

What do you think happened between Minna Bhaer and Franz's and Emil's father? I often think about it.

I have a headcanon that they worked in a newspaper in Berlin. She followed him and they traveled to America, but he left her and then she became ill and Fritz found her and the boys from the poor house.

That is the puzzle of the ages, at least in the Little Women fandom. In order to answer this properly, I had to dig a little deeper into what was historically happening at the time when Minna would have met and went to America with her husband. Going by your timeline, which I trust completely, Franz was born in 1859 and Emil 1861, so his parents would have had to have met during the 1850s.

All that we know of Minna’s husband/Mr. Hoffmann is that he is American, and is not in the picture by the time Friedrich comes over to America. Things that I inferred from the text is that Mr. Hoffmann isn’t a sore spot for Friedrich or the boys (could be possible for the boys to not remember much of their father), but I personally think that the Hoffmann’s were just a simple family that had fallen on hard times and tragedy struck the parents down. I don’t believe that Friedrich, being the family man that he is, would allow his sister to go and marry some man that he hasn’t met or felt he could trust, given their history of their own father abandoning them. But before I go into that, let’s take a look at the history that was surrounding Germany and America at this time.

Germany during the 1850s had political issues, religious turmoil, and economic struggles, and according to the research I did, it was during this time that a huge number of Germans had travelled over to America, as mainly due to there was hardly any place that would welcome German immigrants. Between 1845-1855 alone, more than a million Germans came to America, and in 1854, it was recorded that 215,000 Germans came over. America took advantage of this influx of immigrants and hired them to work in some of the most labor-intensive jobs, like building canals and railroads.

You suggest that perhaps they were journalists in Berlin and possibly in America. For anyone that is wondering, there was indeed a German language magazine in New York City, known as “New Yorker Staats-Zeitung” founded in the 1830s. It was established by German-American business men, and it was incredibly popular and profitable all the way into the 1960s. While I think it is intriguing to think that they became journalists in America, there is something that throws doubt in my mind.

Friedrich was a highly thought of and brilliant professor in Germany, with qualifications that would be ideal for any university, and yet, he was unable to get that kind of job, and was stuck being a tutor in the Kirke boarding house. The sad reality of this time is that, regardless of what skills and education you may have had in your homeland, it was hardly appreciated in America. While Germans had established their own communities and were a respected immigrant group, they too faced prejudice in the work force, especially by the American born citizens who disliked immigrants taking jobs away from them. It took Friedrich years and the luck of his wife inheriting a large house turned school, to become a teacher, and in much later in life a president of a school, so I can’t imagine that finding a high profile and paying job like that would have come easy.

Also, I think it is highly unlikely that Minna would have been a journalist in Berlin, because during the 1850s, it was against the law for women to be a part of political events, or be associated with anything that deals with politics, and newspapers/magazines did such that. She wouldn’t have had the experience to be able to do that and transfer that knowledge to America, and women’s rights would have become common in Germany in the 1870s, long after she had moved to America and had passed away. As much as it is an interesting background, I don’t feel confident that she would have worked for a newspaper company.

There is something interesting to note about the name Hoffmann, something that could give a clue into Mr. Hoffmann’s background. It is of German origin, but it is also a common name for anyone of Jewish origin. During the 1850s, there were many German Jews living at this time, just as much as there were German Christians, and I wonder if there may be a possibility of Mr. Hoffmann being Jewish. We know the Bhaers are Christian, but as we see with Friedrich, are not prejudice towards them. This unlocks a new avenue of possibilities that could be explored and explain more about the mysterious Mr. Hoffmann.

If we do believe him to be of Jewish origin, it can answer a question that I had for the longest time. Why didn’t Minna ask any of Mr. Hoffmann’s family to raise her boys after she died if she was dedicated to having them raised in America? Most likely because they were unhappy at their son, a Jewish man, married to a Christian woman and disowned him. With no American in-laws to help, who else can Minna turned to, other than her only living relative and one she trusts utterly, her own brother.

Here is my personal headcanon of the mysterious Mr. Hoffmann and his relationship with Minna:

Mr. Hoffmann’s parents came to America to avoid the discriminatory and heavy laws that were put against Jews during that time in Germany. Along with some other Jewish families, the Hoffmann’s helped to establish a bank in New York City, allowing them to earn money to raise their family in a middle class setting. He was raised with care, went to good schools, wore fine clothes, and was given opportunities to have interests, one he deeply loved was music, but still faced prejudice due to his Jewish background. While his parents were progressive in thoughts of women’s rights, abolition, and sex education, they are old fashioned when it comes to one thing, religion; people ought to marry within their own religion, and after everything they had gone through, they had a great distrust in Christians.

Because they encouraged him to be interested in social and political matters, Mr. Hoffmann attends meetings and reads newspapers that not only express ideals he was brought up in, but helps to broaden his knowledge of things his parents wouldn’t normally talk about, and has friends from all different kinds of backgrounds. To him, America is the melting pot of cultures and the hope for a more unified world, which is something his parents disagree, thinking each culture ought to stay with their own, especially as an effort to preserve it. He got the best education he was afforded, and was expected to have a place in his father’s bank, but wanting to do something on his own merit, he used his money to buy a little music store and has managed it with great success. His parents see this as a hobby, which saddens him that they don’t seem to understand that he likes managing the store, but he lets it go for the time.

Once he became a young man, he decided to travel back to Germany to see what his parents’ homeland was like, wondering if things had changed then, and that was how he managed to meet Minna. He got lost and was trying to find his old home, when he asked a young lady to help him, and they hit it off wonderfully. Minna Bhaer is a kind and bright young woman, and shows him around the city, answering his questions, and when he commends her for how bright she is, she blushes and says that credit goes to her brother who is a great teacher. Inviting him to dinner, she introduces him to Friedrich, who was very welcoming to the young man, and they listened to the tales of America, just as they shared how Germany has become the country it is now since his parents left. They talk about music, philosophy, religion, and progressive ideas, which Mr. Hoffmann is grateful to meet like minded people as him.

Mr. Hoffmann had planned to stay only for at most a month, but he found that the warmth of the Bhaer home was too wonderful to leave so soon, especially of the company of the young Minna. One month turned to two, two to four, and it was very clear to Friedrich that a romance is blossoming between the two. While he has no objections against his religion or taking her to America, he does grill him in how Mr. Hoffmann will take care of his bride, not only financially, but emotionally. Minna had told Mr. Hoffmann about how their father walked out of the family, and while she was too young to remember him and care that much, she shares that Friedrich still carries that wound, and he understands Friedrich’s concern of a possibility of Minna being abandoned by both a father and husband.

Mr. Hoffmann knew that there was a good chance that they would not accept her, may even disown him, but he loved Minna very much and explained that he had a store of his own that was doing well and would provide for them both, and whatever children they will have. Friedrich, satisfied that Minna would be taken care of, gives his blessings to the pair, and they marry in a civil ceremony in Germany before travelling back to America.

When Mr. Hoffmann tells his parents of his marriage, they are enraged that he would marry a Christian, when it’s his duty to marry a good Jewish woman. Because Jews go by the lineage of their mothers, not their fathers, they are upset that their children will not be “real Jews”, no matter what Minna tries to say or do to make it the whole thing fair to everyone. They cut him off, explain that he is dead to them and he never hears from them again. While he is upset his parents aren’t accepting of his choice, he doesn’t regret loving Minna, and they work hard the next year to make their store a success, and find that they are expecting.

First came Franz in 1859, named after their favorite composer Franz Shubert, then in 1961 Emil, a name shared by both of their grandfathers. Mr. Hoffmann sent letters telling his parents of each son’s birth, but received no reply and expected no visit, which did hurt him though it wasn’t unexpected. Despite his parent’s rejection, and Friedrich being on a different continent (that doesn’t stop him from sending gifts to the boys on their birthdays), the Hoffmann family was happy and proved that their love was stronger than everyone’s prejudice. After discussing how to raise the boys, Mr. Hoffmann insisted that they were raised Christian, as he felt it would make their life easier, but Minna assured that she would not let the boys forget that their father was Jewish, and if that they are free to make the choice as they grow up which they would rather be.

The nation becomes divided until ultimately a civil war breaks out, and because he finds the idea of slavery abhorrent and unable to stand by and watch injustice happen before his eyes, he joins the Union army. While Minna is scared to death he’ll die, she knows she has to be strong and admires him for his conviction. He’ll serve in the war for three years before he is killed in battle, and the news devastates Minna, who is now all alone. If it wasn’t bad enough that she lost husband, she was unable to say goodbye to him as he was buried with the other fallen soldiers in a hurry, and, because of a stipulation in the deed, it means the store and their apartment above now belonged to his parents, which meant they turned Minna and her boys out in the cold without a second thought.

Minna takes her boys to a small and broken down apartment, which was all she could afford, finds a job that pays very little, just enough to take care of her boys, sacrificing her own wellbeing to make sure they stay healthy. This comes back to bit her as she feels greatly ill, making her write to Friedrich, telling him of everything that has happened and expresses her wish that should she die, her boys should be raised by him in America, like their father died. Friedrich hurried over to America, and is with her for a month trying to take care of her before she passes away. Now, with two young boys in his charge and new to America, Friedrich must do what he can to raise them well, and finds luck in the Kirke’s boarding house, where not only does he find lodging that is significantly better than where his sister was living at previously, but they offered him a job as a tutor to help take care of them.

I'll admit, I wasn't expecting this outcome, but the more of the deep dive I did of history, this backstory just came to me naturally. What do you guys think?

[llovelymoonn]

on hope

alice hoffman practical magic \\ anna badkhen to see beyond: a hoping in three pictures \\ lenelle moïse haiti glass: "the children of immigrants" \\ clementine von radics \\ denise levertov for the new year 1981 (via @petaltexturedskies) \\ franz wright earlier poems: "voice" (via @luthienne) \\ linda hogan ancient root

kofi

[mysterieuxclairdelune]

{Tumblr User: @poetryatmost (x)/ Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps/ Franz Kafka, from The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923/ Anne Sexton, Live or Die; from 'Imitations of Drowning'/ Emily Dickinson, from "No crowd that has occurred" (Poem #515), Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson/Franz Kafka, from The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1913/ Tumblr User: @poetryatmost/ Listy Tamtego Lata, from Letters of Summer Past/ Carlie Hoffman, from "High Bridge Park," published in Gulf Stream/ Alex Dimitrov, from "Love," in Love and Other Poems}

[ravenkings]

OK I saw your post about fucked up media . I agree , now share your most loved fucked up media 🎤

okay, this is a VERY broad question, especially since "fucked up" can mean many different things!!!! i'll try to break it down but i am 100% going to miss some stuff. (also this list is based on media with what i consider to be high levels of "transgression", since most things i like would be considered a little fucked up by most people so i had to narrow it down somehow lmao)

movies

the silence of the lambs

eyes wide shut

titane

the night porter

the wolf house

the devils

quills

hellraiser

videodrome

the piano teacher

possession

the wicker man

phantom thread

oldboy

sympathy for lady vengeance

midsommar

blue velvet

gone girl

tv shows/anime (i need to watch more tv btw)

neon genesis evangelion (+ end of evangelion)

penny dreadful

hannibal (strictly season 1 though bc i have beef with the rest of it)

succession (bc imo it IS a fucked up horror story)

broadchurch

utopia (british series)

twin peaks

the young pope

paprika

books/graphic novels

lolita by vladimir nabokov

justine by the marquis de sade

philosophy in the bedroom by the marquis de sade

the piano teacher by elfriede jelinek

the driver's seat by muriel spark

uzumaki by junji ito

à rebours (against nature) by j.k. huysmans

the hellbound heart by clive barker

erotism: death and sensuality by georges bataille

exemplary departures by gabrielle wittkop

murder most serene by gabrielle wittkop

story of the eye by georges bataille

my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh

no longer human by osamu dazai

songs of a dead dreamer and grimscribe by thomas ligotti

the infernal desire machines of doctor hoffman by angela carter

the bloody chamber by angela carter

we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson

wise children by angela carter

the trial by franz kafka

the idiot by fyodor dostoevsky

the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoevsky

[iantimony]

oopsie, two missed tuesdays!

and i almost missed this one too!!!! i was moving apartments. ough. this is a random mishmash of everything i remember of the past .. three ?? ??? weeks.

listening: finished s1 of the silt verses! faulkner is my poor little meow meow etc. i am rotating it in my brain. will have more thoughts next week probably.

some fugazi because they were referenced in a mina le video on merch and i was intrigued. they're good!

fugazi waiting room

brat charli xcx on recommendation of beloved mutual png jpeg. i liked it, i don't normally go for her style but there's some good earworms in here. really good gym album. not sure which specific song to drop here because it was a Full Album experience imo.

in terms of relistening/older stuff, the dear hunter antimai, more franz ferdinand. finally listened to sound & fury by sturgill simpson all the way through, it's really good. boyf also got me to listen to die antwoord and ohhh i do like this. a lot.

i fink u freeky (die antwoord)

also more bionicle playlist. it's just a dose of early 00's-10's music delivered via iv directly into my bloodstream. sorry.

reading: this was from a few weeks ago actually but i forgot about it. we stopped over in pittsburgh for a night and briefly entertained the idea of going to a museum or something road-trip style and found this museum review. surprisingly she is not a lesbian.

and then related to the watching, wikipedia pages for victor ninov and darleane c hoffman!

watching: mina le: the merch industry has gone too far, WAGs, blokecore, and the “feminization” of sports

swell entertainment: the marketability of celebrity eras, how to destroy your audience's trust

started dangelo wallace's ozempic video. the fatphobia had me tapping out pretty quick tho. also watched about half of joy achill's "the george r r martin problem" about asoiaf stuff, gonna finish it tomorrow i think

watched "the man who tried to fake an element" with the boyf, really fascinating, i knew a little bit of it from one of my undergrad classes but this was a really good deep dive.

also watched two episodes of space dandy with the boyf. so much to unpack there.

playing: more dnd but otherwise fallow. made a little dungeon crawl type thing so that's pretty straightforward.

making: coasters mostly right now! the main ones are a Surprise so i will not be posting them yet. instead look at my worm

i've also started knitting a magic the gathering card sleeve as a semi-gag gift for a friend. it's really really stupid i love it so much. it is just ten rows of a rectangle in stockinette right now but i'm going to mock up a little texture work to get the swamp land symbol in the back.

eating: did a lot of takeout right after moving because, Yeah, but i finally started settling back in to home cooked meals. made my favorite orzo salad for a temple potluck, an ungodly amount of gyudon, and a garlic butter shrimp pasta thing.

misc: my new apartment is good!! the insulation isn't great, i know i'll have to shrinkwrap some windows this winter for Sure, but overall i'm settling in. i have a lot of organization and purging to do, especially of my House Clothes, craft supplies, and makeup/beauty shit, and i need to get one or two pieces of furniture still (like a couch......i have a funny little bachelor chair in front of the couch right now which is very funny). i got myself some fun plants from the farmers market as a housewarming gift to myself. i am finally the owner of a monstera, yippee, she Really needs a repot though. i also got a hoya lisa because i liked the name and it was cute and cat friendly and i got a vaguely labia-adjacent succulent. i have so many little household Needs and Tasks (mat for in front of the sink! blackout curtains because i have to sleep with an eye mask right now because the blinds dont do shit! etc!) and also every grocery bill i do is like $100 because of getting kitchen essentials that will not run out any time soon but that i do need (white vinegar. aluminum foil. flour.) so everything is so expensive. this is a big wall of text. at least the spare mattress is out of my weird haunted hallway now <3 i'm very excited to start hanging up my art.

[the-scandalorian]

tag game

thanks for the tag, @keldabe-kriff 💜

favorite painter: kenneth noland, franz marc, rothko, o'keeffe, a lil monet of course

favorite writer: roxane gay, rebecca solnit, alice hoffman

favorite band: wu-tang, florence and the machine, kings of leon, sofi tukker

favorite meal and drink: chilaquiles, a nice cheese board, patron on the rocks with two limes, lemonade if we're talking nonalcoholic

favorite outfit aesthetic: black crop top, high waisted jeans, heeled boots, bright lip color

favorite singer: hozier, beyoncé, bon iver, princess nokia

favorite item i own: my laptop because that's where i write and some of my friends live in there

favorite possession: my dogs?? not a possession but you get it

favorite perfume: not a perfume guy but i love the smell of lavender and jasmine and also moroccan oil

np tagging: @frannyzooey @pentechnics @flightlessangelwings @whataenginerd @quicksilvermad @nothoughtsjustmeds @lowlights @shirks-all-responsibilities @toomanystoriessolittletime

[german-enthusiast]

Hi :) I hope you are well.

I am learning German and was wondering if I could get some audio book recommendations on Spotify ? I enjoy historical fiction, the classics and weird surrealist literature. My favorite book in English is a tale for the time being by Ruth Ozeki I also liked that book called Perfume but I have forgotten the authors name. I would also like any tv or movie recommendations too if possible :)

Thank you !

Hi!!

I've only JUST reinstalled Tumblr and I'm so glad I saw your ask!

(I'll give short summaries of reccs and links in a list later in the post!)

Surrealist lit and classics? have i got the book for you!

Die Verwandlung von Franz Kafka (Eng: The Metamorphosis) professionally recorded on Spotify.

It might be a tough one, being classics and from 1915, but the text should be available online to read along!

Once you've finished that, I suggest reading (the english) Haruki Murakami's "Samsa in love," a short story based on Die Verwandlung!! (available online!)

Other surrealist classics could be "Der Steppenwolf" (Hermann Hesse) and "Der goldene Topf" (E.T.A. Hoffman) - both of which were works analyzed in the Abitur (german highschool graduation exams) and thus might be especially tough, but on the flip side there's thousands of German resources about the books online!

"Der Goldene Topf" is on Spotify, Steppenwolf doesn't seem to be...

However! As you progress (idk your level but classics tend to be difficult even for natives), you might come to appreciate Reclam (a german publisher) with a focus on classics (known for their small yellow books)) and, great news, they publish professional recording of German classics on Spotify!

In terms of classics, here's my favorite: Stefan Zweig, a german author especially famous for his short stories. One of them, Schachnovelle, is on Spotify by Reclam here!

To be honest, Schachnovelle is a favorite because they made it a movie a couple years ago and it is SO. FREAKING. GOOD. (bad news: incredibly different from the original story but in a way you get two great stories under one name so I'm not complaining!) on the OTHER hand, I just found out that there's an audiobook of the book of the movie on Spotify, so you can also listen to that and then watch the movie (or vice versa)

TV or Movie reccs: if you can, get Netflix and a VPN! with the vpn you should be able to make Netflix think you're in Germany and there is barely a show/movie on German Netflix that isn't dubbed (or at the very least subbed) - really, we dub everything (and it's not bad either most of the time!!)

Besides that, our "öffentlich rechtliche" (the publicly owned) channels have got "Mediatheken" (basically Netflix for their shows) and you can watch most that is published on those channels in TV here (ARD, ZDF,...) on there (often with subtitles! (i should make a post about this, damn!)

Here some german movie/TV reccs on Netflix: Fack you Göthe 1&2&3, (T)Raumschiffsurprise, Petterson and Findus, Mord mit Aussicht, der Tatortreiniger

(Reminder that most shows/movies you already know and love on Netflix will probably be dubbed in Germany! AND that in Netflix in a browser, one can browse by language!)

List of reccomendations & links:

Die Verwandlung (Franz Kafka) - man wakes up in body of a bug (link)

Der Steppenwolf (Herman Hesse) - man thinks two wolfes live inside him

Der goldene Topf (E.T.A. Hoffmann) - man falls in love with a snake who is the daughter of a magician who is a lizard or something? (link)

Die Schachnovelle (Stefan Zweig) (movie version) - austrian notary is arrested by the nazis because he has access to money of noble families, he's put in a hotelroom and deprived of mental stimulus to make him crack but he discovers chess to keep himself sane (link)

Reclam Spotify (link)

On Netflix:

Fack you Göthe - criminal poses as a teacher to get access to the basement of a school where his loot is hidden, teacher-student bonding, Eylas M'Barek (actor) national treasure

(T)Raumschiff Surprise - parody of Star Trek, really funny (maybe moreso to natives), at times a bit problematic because it's from 2004; Germans LOVE it

Petterson and Findus - old man with his cat. cute. nordic. cozy.

Mord mit Aussicht - policewoman from Cologne is relocated to a little rural town (she's a city person, yknow?), little town shenanigans, murder and cute bonding ensues (maybe quite german humor?)

Der Tatortreiniger - a man who cleans up crime scenes for a living. Each episode is him cleaning a different crime scene until a person comes around and starts talking to him (about their life, his job, ...) (similar to MmA, has got the same actor, similar humor)

ARD Mediathek: (link) https://www.ardmediathek.de/

recc: Sendung mit der Maus !!! (a show for kids with both little stories and explaining how the world works, a classic for all german kids, was aired sunday mornings and part of the sunday ritual for many!)

ZDF Mediathek (link) https://www.zdf.de/

I couldn't find non-classics on Spotify that fit your type but should I find some in the future I'll message you and maybe someone else has some reccs!!

Hope this helps!

And I really reccomend the Mediatheken!!!

[illusoryfem]

2023 Reads

(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ Will reblog and update monthly. 

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (💖)

The Beauty and the Spindler by Neil Gaiman

The Nutcracker by E. T. A Hoffman

Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (💖)

House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (💖)

How Fiction Works by James Wood (💖)

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (💖)

 The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (💖)

 Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

Quarto de Despejo / Child of the Dark by Carolina Maria de Jesus (💖)

 O Sujeito na Contemporaneidade by Joel Birman

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (💖)

Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena by Jason A. Hazeley, Joel P. Morris

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Western Attitudes Toward Death by Philippe Ariès (💖)

Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches, #1) by Terry Pratchett

Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6; Witches, #2) by Terry Pratchett (💖)

The Palliative Society by Byung-Chul Han

Death with Interruptions by José Saramago (💖)

Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas de Quincey

The Horror Film essays organized by Stephen Prince (💖)

Carrie by Stephen King (💖)

A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh

The White Album by Joan Didion (💖)

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

The Psychology of C. G. Jung by Jolande Jacobi

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

O que é Arte by Jorge Coli

The Battle of Versailles by Robin Ghivan

Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin (💖)

The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn

Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

On Dreams & Death by Marie-Louise von Franz

Bunny Lake is Missing by Evelyn Piper

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (💖)

[gesamkuns-twerk]

hi, this is about the Frozen Charlotte's drawing I'm doing- do you have any reference for what kind of Dame Darcy themed outfits one would wear? trying to search her resulted in a variety of clothes so I wasn't sure what to pick 😅

Hiii!!! I am SO excited that you’re doing this! Unfortunately I couldn’t find as many photos of her that I would like (as you probably have seen, her artwork is INSANE and amazing), but one look I had in mind was kind of like this: eclectic, decadent, glamorous but kind of messy

Lots of lace, fur, ribbons, and other luxurious materials as well as some funky old-timey accessories.

Have fun! I can’t wait to see!

Edit: I had another thought. Since Worthikids uses so many art/film/literary references, maybe Frozen Charlotte’s could use names from the tales of ETA Hoffman (early 1800s) “The Nutcracker” and “Coppelia” (which were originally horror stories.) There are some good names, like Marie, Clara, Olympia, Franz, and even an evil doctor, Coppelius. He uses themes about autonomy, AI, and dreams and usually there’s a creepy doll and an old man who shouldn’t be allowed around children.

I love the Dr. Caligari and “It” references so much, it would be like adding another branch of classic horror to the mythology.

[daughterofhecata]

READING LIST 2022

Faye Kellerman: Die Schwingen des Todes [org. title: Stone Kiss]

Andreas Ruch: Die Drei ??? und die Geisterfrau

Austin Chant: Peter Darling

Christoph Dittert: Die Drei ??? und das kalte Auge

Faye Kellerman: Doch jeder tötet, was er liebt [org. title: Justice]

Marco Sonnleitner: Die Drei ??? Eine schreckliche Bescherung

Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal #1. Seelenfänger. [org. title: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer]

Hendrik Buchna, Marco Sonnleitner, u.a.: Die Drei ??? und der Zeitgeist

Marco Sonnleitner: Die Drei ??? Die Rache des Untoten

Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar

Jack Kerouac: On the Road

Marco Sonnleitner: Die Drei ??? Der tote Mönch

Theodor Michael: Deutsch Sein und Schwarz Dazu. Erinnerungen eines Afro-Deutschen.

Don Winslow: Corruption [org. title: The Force]

Christoph Dittert: Die Drei ??? und die brennende Stadt

Jonathan Stroud: Bartimäus #1. Das Amulett von Samarkand. [org. title: The Bartimaeus Trilogy #1. The Amulet of Samarkand.] (reread)

Ben Nevis: Die Drei ??? Das düstere Vermächtnis

Anne Frank: Tagebuch der Anne Frank. 14. Juni 1942 bis 1. August 1944. [org. title: Het Achterhuis]

Franz Kafka: Das Urteil (reread)

Alexander Wolkow: Zauberland-Reihe #1. Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt. [org. title: Волшебник изумрудного города] (reread)

Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Jekatyerina Dunajeva: Re-Thinking Roma Resistance throughout History: Recounting Stories of Strength and Bravery.

Hendrik Buchna: Die Drei ??? Manuskript des Satans

André Marx: Die Drei ??? Im Wald der Gefahren

Jonathan Kellerman: City of the Dead. An Alex Delaware Novel.

Iny Lorentz: Die Feuerbraut (reread)

Don Winslow: Broken

Christina Henry: Lost Boy

Xiran Jay Zhao: Iron Widow

Kari Erlhoff: Die Drei ??? Im Netz der Lügen

Jiří Weil: Leben mit dem Stern [org. title: Život s hvězdou]

Jiří Weil: Klagegesang für 77297 Opfer [org. title: Žalozpěv za 77297 obětí]

Marco Sonnleitner: Die Drei ??? und der Feuergeist

Václav Havel: Vernissage [org. title: Vernisáž]

Václav Havel: Protest

Luke Arnold: Fetch Phillips Archives #3. One Foot in the Fade.

K. Ancrum: Darling

Bożena Keff: Ein Stück über Mutter und Vaterland [org. title: Utwór o Matce i Ojczyźnie]

Tess Gerritsen: Die Chirurgin [org. title: The Surgeon]

Rainer Maria Rilke: Gedichte [herausgegeben vom Hamburger Lesehefte Verlag]

Tess Gerritsen: Der Meister [org. title: The Apprentice]

Jennifer Giesbrecht: The Monster of Elendhaven

Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal #2. Totenbeschwörer. [org. title: Johannes Cabal the Detective]

Justin Fenton: We Own This City. A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption.

Ben Nevis: Die Drei ??? Auf tödlichem Kurs

Maria Konopnicka: Der Danziger Mendel [org. title: Mendel Gdański]

Anne Stuart: Still Lake (reread)

Georg Trakl: Gedichte [Auswahl von Marie Luise Kaschnitz]

Marco Sonnleitner: Die Drei ??? und das Tuch der Toten

Judith Butler: Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.

Jenny-Mai Nuyen: Heartware

Akram El-Bahay: Die Bibliothek der Flüsternden Schatten #1. Bücherstadt.

Christoph Dittert: Die Drei ??? Geheimnisvolle Botschaften

Jilliane Hoffman: Morpheus [org. title: Last Witness] (reread)

Leslie Feinberg: Stone Butch Blues

Kari Erlhoff: Die Drei ??? und die Gesetzlosen

Akram El-Bahay: Die Bibliothek der Flüsternden Schatten #2. Bücherkönig.

Marco Sonnleitner: Die Drei ??? und der Knochenmann

Akram El-Bahay: Die Bibliothek der Flüsternden Schatten #3. Bücherkrieg.

Christoph Dittert: Die Drei ??? Der gefiederte Schrecken

Konstantin Wecker: Auf der Suche nach dem Wunderbaren. Poesie ist Widerstand.

Ocean Vuong: On Earth We‘re Briefly Gorgeous

Evelyn Boyd: Die Drei ??? und die Gefängnisinsel

Angela Davis: Are Prisons Obsolete?

Konstantin Wecker: Jeder Augenblick ist ewig. Die Gedichte.

Scaachi Koul: One Day We‘ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter.

Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal #3. Das Institut für Angst und Schrecken. [org. title: The Fear Institute]

Kristen Roupenian: Cat Person

Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird

Vincent Burmeister, David Schraven: Unter Krähen. Aus dem Inneren der Republik.

Elfriede Jelinek, Nicolas Mahler: Der fremde! störenfried der ruhe eines sommerabends der ruhe eines friedhofs.

Evelyn Boyd: Die Drei ??? Wüstenfieber

Alice Walker: Everyday Use

Jan Drda: Das höhere Prinzip [org. title: Vyšši princip]

Jerzy Andrzejewski: Warschauer Karwoche [org. title: Wielki tydzień]

Josef Bor: Theresienstädter Requiem [org. title: Terezínské Rekviem]

Sandra Cisneros: Never Marry a Mexican

Lydia Benecke: Sadisten. Tödliche Liebe – Geschichten aus dem wahren Leben.

Ben Nevis: Die Drei ??? und die Teufelsklippe

James Ellroy: L.A. Confidential. Stadt der Teufel. [org. title: L.A. Confidential]

Tadeusz Słobodzianek: Unsere Klasse. Eine Geschichte in XIV Lektionen. [org. title: Nasza klasa]

[erik595]

Svizzera, 2010. Cornelius Gurlitt, cittadino tedesco di 79 anni sta viaggiando su un treno diretto a Monaco quando viene fermato per un controllo di routine. Agli occhi degli agenti l'uomo non è che un innocuo vecchietto, ma un'ispezione rivela che, cuciti nel risvolto della sua giacca, ci sono ben novemila euro in contanti. Una cifra importante per un pensionato, che porta la polizia ad approfondire le indagini. Si scopre così che nella sua casa di Monaco l'anziano vive come un barbone, nel disordine e nella sporcizia, ma tra scatole vuote di cibo e carte ammucchiate alla rinfusa nasconde un vero, inestimabile tesoro: più di duemila capolavori di ogni epoca, ufficialmente scomparsi nel bombardamento di Dresda del 13 febbraio 1945. Cornelius afferma di aver ereditato quella fortuna, opere di Canaletto, Picasso, Franz Marc, Matisse, Durer, Rodin, Kokoschka e moltissimi altri, per un valore stimato di oltre un miliardo di euro, da suo padre, Hildebrand Gurlitt, "mercante d'arte" al servizio del Fuhrer. Questa è l'incredibile storia dell'uomo che per anni si occupò per conto di Adolf Hitler di sequestrare e requisire con la forza le opere d'arte degli artisti ebrei e tutto ciò che il regime definiva"arte degenerata" perché contraria ai principi del nazionalsocialismo. Dopo anni di ricerche negli archivi del Terzo Reich, Meike Hoffman e Nicola Kuhn hanno ricostruito l'ascesa di un semplice curatore di mostre che, cavalcando l'onda del nazismo, arrivò a diventare uno dei collaboratori più stretti di Hitler e uno dei principali mercanti d'arte nei territori occupati. Una storia dura, che deve essere raccontata, in cui l'ineffabile bellezza dell'arte è asservita alla cieca violenza. . . . . . #meikehoffman #nicolakuhn #libro #libri #libros #buch #livre #libreria #book #books #bookstagramitalia #bookstagram #consiglidilettura #librodaleggere #libroconsigliato #librodelgiorno #storia #nonfiction #nazismo #secondaguerramondiale #arte #ilmercantedartedihitler #fuhrer #nazionalsocialismo #dresda #terzoreich (presso Benevento, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn41hWoLSz7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[marianastrench-alltimelow]

dude 41 books is crazy!!! nice one. what are they?

Hello friend! I've been trying to get through what's on my bookshelf (and my 500+ long reading list lol), and it just so happened to coincide with me not working for a couple of months. For anyone who wants to know what I've read so far, I'll put the title under the "keep reading"! I'll also bold my top 10 so far because there are definitely some books that I would not recommend lmao

Also, I'm always down to talk about books or receive reading recommendations! I just recently started listening to audio books and am super excited about it

The Librarianist - Patrick deWitt

Elektra - Jennifer Saint

1984 - George Orwell

Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer

An Abundance of Katherines- John Green

Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin

A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas

The Heir - Kiera Cass

A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas

The Crown - Kiera Cass

Identical - Ellen Hopkins

The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

A Court of Frost and Starlight - Sarah J. Maas

Shattering Culture - Mary-Jo DelVecchio Goode and others

The Magic Circle - Katherine Neville

A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J. Maas

What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape - Sohaila Abdulali

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

Toxic Schools - Bowen Paulle

Queer (In)Justice - Joey L. Mogul

The Dark Between the Trees - Fiona Barnett

Crier's War - Nina Varela

How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate - Andrew J. Hoffman

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

Freya - Matthew Laurence

Mistaken Identity - Asad Haider

The Body is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor

Illuminae - Jay Kristoff & Annie Kaufman

The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King

Capitalist Realism - Mark Fisher

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

The Crucible - Arthur Miller

If I Stay - Gayle Forman

Even If We Break - Marieke Nijkamp

Poison - Ben Hubbard

Girl in Pieces - Kathleen Glasgow

The Future - Neil Hilborn

The Guest List - Lucy Foley

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

Flatland - Edwin A. Abbot

Transgender Marxism - Elle O'Rourke & Jules Joanne Gleeson

Currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Sexual Citizens by Jennifer S. Hirsch & Shamus Khan, and listening to Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo!

[cyclone-rachel]

books read in April and May 2024:

April-

The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football by Dan Patrick and Joel H. Cohen

Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez

Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story by Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman

Butter by Erin Jade Lange

Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto

The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell

Work-Life Balance by Aisha Franz

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Right Now by Jaron Lanier

The Melancholy of Mechagirl by Catherynne M. Valente

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

Slow Getting Up by Nate Jackson

We Only Find Them When They're Dead vol. 1 by Al Ewing

May-

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

Tales From the Baltimore Ravens Sideline by Tom Matte

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks

Batman: Thrillkiller by Howard Chaykin and Dan Brereton

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner

Anna by Mia Oberlander

Rethinking Fandom by Craig Calcaterra

City of Likes by Jenny Mollen

The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman

The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler

X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

[alexlacquemanne]

Décembre MMXXIII

Films

Chef (2014) de Jon Favreau avec Scarlett Johansson, Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr. et Dustin Hoffman

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver Hollywood ? (The Naked gun 33⅓: The Final Insult) (1994) de Peter Segal avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, Kathleen Freeman, Ellen Greene et Ed Williams

Quai des Orfèvres (1947) de Henri-Georges Clouzot avec Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Claudine Dupuis, Henri Arius, Charles Blavette, René Blancard et Robert Dalban

Maintenant, on l'appelle Plata (…più forte ragazzi!) (1972) de Giuseppe Colizzi avec Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Cyril Cusack, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Riccardo Pizzuti, Ferdinando Murolo et Marcello Verziera

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde (2011) de Stéphane Kazandjian avec François-Xavier Demaison, Laurent Lafitte, Laurence Arné, Xavier de Guillebon, Guy Bedos, Patrick Bouchitey e Alain Doutey

Noël blanc (White Christmas) (1954) de Michael Curtiz avec Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes et John Bascia

Rendez-vous avec la mort (Appointment with Death) (1988) de Michael Winner avec Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove et David Soul

Bridget Jones : L’Âge de raison (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) (2004) de Beeban Kidron avec Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Jacinda Barrett, Shirley Henderson et Sally Phillips

Les Trois Mousquetaires : Milady (2023) de Martin Bourboulon avec François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Lyna Khoudri et Louis Garrel

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le président ? (1991) (The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear) de David Zucker avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffiths, Anthony James et Jacqueline Brookes

Wallace et Gromit : Le Mystère du lapin-garou (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) (2005) de Nick Park et Steve Box avec Jean-Loup Horwitz, Jeanne Savary, Philippe Catoire, Frédérique Cantrel, Patrick Messe et Mireille Delcroix

Rivière sans retour (River of No Return) (1954) de Otto Preminger avec Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye et Douglas Spencer

L'Ange de Noël (Christmas Magic) (2011) de John Bradshaw avec Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco, Teresa Pavlinek et Tricia Braun

Joyeux Noël (2005) de Christian Carion avec Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Gary Lewis, Daniel Brühl, Dany Boon, Lucas Belvaux, Bernard Le Coq et Alex Ferns

L'Assassinat du père Noël (1941) de Christian-Jaque avec Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Robert Le Vigan, Fernand Ledoux et Jean Brochard

Danse avec les loups (Dances with Wolves) (1990) de et avec Kevin Costner ainsi que Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Westerman, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee, Tantoo Cardinal et Wes Studi

Noël en trois actes (Christmas Encore) (2017) de Bradley Walsh avec Maggie Lawson, Brennan Elliott, Art Hindle, Tracey Hoyt, Mercedes de la Zerda, Mika Amonsen, Sherry Miller, Sabryn Rock, David Tompa et Erin Agostino

La Souffleuse de verre (Die Glasbläserin) (2016) de Christiane Balthasar avec Luise Heyer, Maria Ehrich, Franz Dinda, Dirk Borchardt, Robert Gwisdek, Max Hopp et Ute Willing

Le père Noël est une ordure (1982) de Jean-Marie Poiré avec Anémone, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko et Bruno Moynot

Le Lion en hiver (The Lion in Winter) (1968) de Anthony Harvey avec Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow et Nigel Stock

Les Mystères de Paris (1962) d'André Hunebelle avec Jean Marais, Raymond Pellegrin, Jill Haworth, Dany Robin, Pierre Mondy, Georges Chamarat, Noël Roquevert et Jean Le Poulain

Derrick contre Superman (1992) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Patrick Burgel et Évelyne Grandjean

La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer, Joël Martineau, Jean-Claude Montalban, Roger Rudel et Gérard Rouzier

La Grande Course autour du monde (The Great Race) (1965) de Blake Edwards avec Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance et Dorothy Provine

Séries

Life on Mars Saison 1, 2

Bienvenue en 73 - La Loi selon mon boss - Le Pari - Corruption - Rouge un jour, rouge toujours - Compte à rebours - Cas de conscience - Mon père - Meurtrier en puissance - La Chasse aux ripoux - Peur sur la ville - Pièges pour jeunes femmes - Kidnapping - Héroïne - Recherche du coupable - La Promesse

Doctor Who

La Créature Stellaire - Wild Blue Yonder - Aux confins de l'univers - Le Fabricant de Jouets - The Snowmen - A Christmas Carol - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - The Return of Doctor Mysterio - The Church on Ruby Road - Eve of the Daleks

Les Enquêtes de Vera Saison 12

À contre-courant - Un homme d'honneur - Au nom de la loi - Une soirée funeste - Marée montante

Coffre à Catch

#144 : La Draft 2009 : Les bonnes affaires du mercato ! - #145 : La ECW débarque à Londres et l'Undertaker à Strasbourg! (avec Carole) - #146 : Christian enfin champion de la ECW ! - #147 : Un coffret à Noël, ça c'est une idée !

Kaamelott Livre III

Le Jour d’Alexandre - La Cassette II - La Ronde II - Mission - La Baliste - La Baraka - La Veillée - Le Tourment III - La Potion de fécondité II - L’Attaque nocturne - La Restriction II - Les Défis de Merlin II - Saponides et Détergents - Le Justicier - La Crypte maléfique - Arthur in Love II - La Grande Bataille - La Fête de l’hiver II - Sous les verrous II - Le Vulgarisateur - Witness - Le Tribut - Le Culte secret - Le Mangonneau - La Chevalerie - Le Mauvais Augure - Raison d’argent II - Les Auditeurs libres - Le Baiser romain - L’Espion - Alone in the Dark - Le Législateur - L’Insomniaque - L’Étudiant - Le Médiateur - Le Trophée - Hollow Man - La Dispute première partie - La Dispute deuxième partie

Affaires sensibles

Gérald Thomassin : l'étrange disparition d'un coupable idéal

Top Gear

Spécial Nativité

La Voie Jackson

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3

Meurtres au paradis

L'étrange Noël de Debbie

Spectacles

Le Muguet de Noël (2021) de Sébastien Blanc et Nicolas Poiret avec Lionnel Astier, Frédéric Bouraly, Jean-Luc Porraz et Alexie Ribes

Sinatra (1969) avec Frank Sinatra, Don Costa & son Orchestre

Le Professeur Rollin a encore quelque chose à dire (2003) de François Rollin

Alain Souchon : J'veux du live au Casino de Paris (2002)

La Bonne Planque (1964) de Michel André avec Bourvil, Pierrette Bruno, Robert Rollis, Roland Bailly, Alix Mahieux, Albert Michel et Max Desrau

André Rieu : White Christmas (2023)

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011) avec Michael Bublé, Gary Barlow, Gino D'Acampo, Dawn French et Kelly Rowland

Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021) avec Michael Bublé, Leon Bridges, Camila Cabello, Jimmy Fallon, Kermit the Frog, Hannah Waddingham, Dallas Grant, Jarrett Johnson, Julianna Layne et Loren Smith

Michael Bublé's 3rd Annual Christmas Special (2013) avec Michael Bublé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Red Robinson, Jumaane Smith, Patrick Gilmore et Cookie Monster

Un fil à la patte (2005) de Georges Feydeau avec Thierry Beccaro, Marie-Ange Nardi, Valérie Maurice, Églantine Éméyé, Ève Ruggiéri, Tex, David Martin et Patrice Laffont

Vintage Getz (1983) The Stan Getz Quartet live at the Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, California avec Stan Getz, Victor Lewis, Marc Johnson et Jim McNeely

James Brown : Live at Montreux (1981)

Livres

Le seigneur des anneaux, Tome 3 : Le retour du roi de J.R.R. Tolkien

Détective Conan, Tome 18 de Gôshô Aoyama

Lucky Luke, Tome 27 : L'Alibi de Morris et Claude Guylouïs

Détective Conan, Tome 19 de Gôshô Aoyama

[clickyourradio]

🇩🇪 Macabre Demise - 🎶House by the Cemetery

Macabre Demise is pleased to announce the release of Grave(y)art Gallery, their fourth album. With the support of some guest musicians, including Franz Hoffman (ex. Extremely Rotten/ex. Carnal Disfigurement), Flo Musil (Theotoxin / Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench / Agrypnie), Tommi Kneer (Digest/Bitterness/Mental Phlegm), Alexander Petroczko (ex. Athiria ), Lukas Haidinger (Profanity/Distaste/Edonomos/Nervcell ...) and many more! The album was recorded in Deep Deep Pressure Studios with Lukas Haidinger. Listen to the new part, there's a lot of passion in it. let your ears be blown out. “Grave(y)art Gallery” will be out through RTM Productions.

[metalshockfinland]

MACABRE DEMISE Release New Lyric Video 'The Nerve'

Macabre Demise is pleased to announce the release of Grave(y)art Gallery, their fourth album. With the support of some guest musicians, including Franz Hoffman (ex. Extremely Rotten/ex. Carnal Disfigurement), Flo Musil (Theotoxin / Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench / Agrypnie), Tommi Kneer (Digest/Bitterness/Mental Phlegm), Alexander Petroczko (ex. Athiria ), Lukas Haidinger…