Chapter 1 infant prodigy 1944 biography
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When I saw that Lizzy's Literary Life was having a November event devoted to reading and posting on German literature I knew I wanted to participate.
Chapter 1 infant prodigy 1944 biography
Today I am posting on short stories by two of the Greatest German writers of the 20th century, Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse.
On November 5, I read "Germelshausen" by Friedrich Gerstacker (1816 to 1872-Hamburg, Germany).
It is a very interesting fun to read short story from which the plot of Brigadoon was lifted.
Gerstacker is a minor writer, pretty much forgotten but for this one story. Thomas Mann (1875 to 1955) and Hermann Hesse (1877 to 1962), both Nobel Prize winners, are towering cultural icons best known for novels but both wrote a number of well regarded short stories.
I will just post briefly on the two stories so readers can get an idea of them.
Thomas Mann (there is additional information on my post on his mo