GLM XIV
" data-orig-size="828,403" data-image-title="GLM XIV November 2024" data-orig-file="https://beautyisasleepingcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_9142.jpeg" data-image-description="" class="size-large wp-image-16420" width="640" data-medium-file="https://beautyisasleepingcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_9142.jpeg?w=300" role="button" data-permalink="https://beautyisasleepingcat.com/2024/10/03/announcing-german-literature-month-xiv-november-2024/screenshot-3/#main" alt="" height="311" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Screenshot","created_timestamp":"1727884125","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Screenshot","orientation":"1"}" data-large-file="https://beautyisasleepingcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_9142.jpeg?w=640" tabindex="0" />November is coming and you all know what that means: German Literature Month is back. Dust off the German/Austrian/Swiss books on your piles, rush to the book shop to get the latest German language publications or browse your local library to find some gems.
This year’s event will feature a Franz Kafka week, to celebrate the centenary of the man of the moment. The focus of the week is the man and his legacy; it is a space not only for Kafka’s fictions, letters and diaries, but also works about Kafka and books/films inspired by him whatever their original language. There are treasures waiting to be unearthed. Let’s find them!
For the rest of the month, the one rule of GLM applies: reading material must have been originally written in German.
No readalongs are planned so you can read what you wish, when you wish or you can adopt the structure that Lizzy and I will follow:
Nov 1-7 Crime Week
Nov 8-14 Read as You Please
Nov 15-21 Franz Kafka week
Nov 22-30 Read as You Please
German Literature Month is not a challenge or a competition to read the most books. Reading one item, originally written in German, is enough to participate.
As I mentioned recently, I’m not doing too well with reading plans. My own event isn’t an exception, so I have only a vague idea of what I’m going to read. I only know I will read Kafka’s letters to Milena for our Kafka week.
What are your plans?