Schadenfreude, A Love Story (eBook)

Rebecca Schuman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
Flatiron Books (Verlag)
978-1-250-07766-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A wild and wonderful ride"e; from a comic memoirist "e;who writes brilliantly about Germany and Germans . . . and being young and insane. . . . just read it, ok?"e; (Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Best. State. Ever). You know that feeling you get watching the elevator doors slam shut just before your toxic coworker can step in? There's a word for this mix of malice and joy, and the Germans invented it. It's Schadenfreude, deriving pleasure from others' misfortune. Misfortune happens to be a specialty of Rebecca Schuman and this is great news for the Germans. For Rebecca adores the Vaterland with a single-minded passion. Let's just say the affection isn't mutual. Schadenfreude is the story of a teenage Jewish intellectual who falls in love with a boy (who breaks her heart), a language (that's nearly impossible to master), a culture (that's nihilistic, but punctual), and a landscape (that's breathtaking when there's not a wall in the way). Rebecca is a misunderstood 90's teenager with a passion for Pearl Jam and Ethan Hawke circa Reality Bites, until two men walk into her high school Civics class: Dylan Gellner, with deep brown eyes and an even deeper soul, and Franz Kafka, hitching a ride in Dylan's backpack. These two men are the axe to the frozen sea that is Rebecca's spirit, and what flows forth is a passion for all things German. At once a snapshot of a young woman finding herself, and a country starting to stitch itself back together after nearly a century of war, Schadenfreude, A Love Story is a hilarious and heartfelt memoir proving that sometimes the truest loves play hard to get. "e;Spit-out-your-schnitzel funny."e; Pamela Druckerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Up Bebe

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.7.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-250-07766-4 / 1250077664
• ISBN-13: 978-1-250-07766-0 / 9781250077660