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Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans - Softcover

Buch 2 von 26: Xenophobe's Guides

Zeidenitz, Stefan; Barkow, Ben

 
9781906042332: Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1906042330 ISBN 13: 9781906042332
Verlag: Oval Books, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

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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What makes the Germans GERMAN: A wickedly satirical guide to understanding the quirks and traits of the Germans which dispels some preconceived notions about them and upholds others.

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Verlag
Oval Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1906042330
ISBN 13 
9781906042332
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
85
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