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Frisch, Max (1991/1957). Homo Faber, 82. Story behind the Passage Angeregt durch ein Gespräch von gestern und den Ereignissen in der Welt, bin ich heute nur eines: verwirrt und verloren. An diesen Tagen können nur Gedichte „helfen“. Bin ich schon 80? Gibt es so etwas wie Fortschritt? Hat sich der Mensch „zu Ende“ entwickelt? Und wenn…

Moretti, Franco (2007). Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History, 70. Story behind the Passage Today, just a few minutes ago, I wrote a beautiful text for today’s post. It was about how I planted a mini tree in the garden today, a a red current bush. And I wrote about how much that made…

Grass, Günter (2002). Im Krebsgang: Eine Novelle, 60. Story behind the Passage In my childhood, I dealt quite a lot with war. Not personally but via stories. As most people in my generation, my parents were born in the middle or shortly after the war. Their stories therefore became part of our stories — if we liked it…

Hemingway, Earnest (1995/1951). The Old Man and the Sea, 44. Story behind the Passage When I think of the ocean, I sometimes think of Hemingway. And when I think of Hemingway, I think of Cuba. I was still a teenager when I first visited the island and when the tourist guide showed us the bar “La…

Strayed, Cheryl (2012). Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, 63. Story behind the Passage Sometimes you have conversations with people and you immediately know afterwards that they have changed your life. Sometimes you even know beforehand that this will happen. You sort of push for this because you are the one asking…

Kunczik, M., and Astrid Zipfel (2001). Publizistik, 198. Story behind the Passage Yes, this week I seem to be bothering my dear readers with books in German. But this is not from any book. It is from the “Bible” of communication studies. My professor, M. Kunczik, based his lecture on it in a very old-fashioned…

Block, Peter, and Janis Nowlan (2011). Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, 18. Story behind the Passage Today was a life-changing day for me. That has private reasons, however, and I am not going to address these. It was also a remarkable day because I became aware that the solution to my personal…