The Resource Germania : a personal history of Germans ancient and modern, Simon Winder
Germania : a personal history of Germans ancient and modern, Simon Winder
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The item Germania : a personal history of Germans ancient and modern, Simon Winder represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute.
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- Summary
- "Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "Excuse me: but why are you here?"" "This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend so much time wandering around a country that remains a sort of "dead zone" for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 145, so many Germans have worked to rebuild." "Germania is 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."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Germania : a personal history of Germans ancient and modern
- Title
- Germania
- Title remainder
- a personal history of Germans ancient and modern
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winder
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "Excuse me: but why are you here?"" "This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend so much time wandering around a country that remains a sort of "dead zone" for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 145, so many Germans have worked to rebuild." "Germania is 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."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- IT-FiEUI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winder, Simon
- Dewey number
- 914.30487
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Winder, Simon
- Germany
- Germany
- Germany
- Label
- Germania : a personal history of Germans ancient and modern, Simon Winder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-450) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- FIEB16787389
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 466 pages
- Isbn
- 9780330451390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)458730995
- Label
- Germania : a personal history of Germans ancient and modern, Simon Winder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-450) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- FIEB16787389
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 466 pages
- Isbn
- 9780330451390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)458730995
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