I just remembered that Faust I, probably THE single most esteemed german classic stageplay to ever grace school curriculums, has a poem about dickworship and shiny dicks in it.
„Für euch sind zwei Dinge // Von köstlichem Glanz: // Das leuchtende Gold // Und ein glänzender Schwanz. // Drum wißt euch, ihr Weiber, // Am Gold zu ergetzen // Um mehr als das Gold // Noch die Schwänze zu schätzen!“
Paralipomenon 52 (Walpurgisnacht) / Satan
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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!!!
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Donnie Darko
Fack Ju Göthe 1-3
Skinamarink
Babysitter
They Look Like People
Housebound
Jennifer's Body
Untitled Horror Movie
Clue
What We Do In The Shadows
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