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| ID | 319 |
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| Title | Germania |
| Subtitle | In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History |
| Author | Simon Winder |
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| Publisher | Picador |
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| Copyright Year | 0 |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| ISBN# | 0-312-68068-6 |
| Pages | 480 |
| Language | en |
| Genre | History |
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| Series Number | 0 |
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| Summary | Germania is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topics---how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape, and "a book you will return to time and again" (The Florida Times-Union). |
| Comments | <p><i>Germania</i> is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topics---how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape, and "a book you will return to time and again" (<i>The Florida Times-Union</i>).</p> |
| Date Created | 2021-08-20 |
| Date Modified | 2025-10-26 |
| Publication Date | 2011-03-01 |
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| Print Type | BOOK |
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| ISBN-10 | 0312680686 |
| Has Cover | 1 |
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