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Finde schon nach den ersten Seiten, dass der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Torberg und den Werfels, "Liebste Freundin und Alma", ein vergessenes Kleinod ist. Etwa mit Gossip wie diesem, den Torberg Alma berichtet (und der sich kurioserweise nur in englischsprachiger Suche verifizieren lässt).

#Buch #Brief #Literatur #FriedrichTorberg #AlmaMahler #Exil #Österreich #Wien #USA #NewYork #Hollywood #FranzWerfel #Nationalsozialismus #ZweiterWeltkrieg

Finde schon nach den ersten Seiten, dass der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Torberg und den Werfels, "Liebste Freundin und Alma", ein vergessenes Kleinod ist. Etwa mit Gossip wie diesem, den Torberg Alma berichtet (und der sich kurioserweise nur in englischsprachiger Suche verifizieren lässt).

#Buch #Brief #Literatur #FriedrichTorberg #AlmaMahler #Exil #Österreich #Wien #USA #NewYork #Hollywood #FranzWerfel #Nationalsozialismus #ZweiterWeltkrieg

Finde schon nach den ersten Seiten, dass der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Torberg und den Werfels, "Liebste Freundin und Alma", ein vergessenes Kleinod ist. Etwa mit Gossip wie diesem, den Torberg Alma berichtet (und der sich kurioserweise nur in englischsprachiger Suche verifizieren lässt).

#Buch #Brief #Literatur #FriedrichTorberg #AlmaMahler #Exil #Österreich #Wien #USA #NewYork #Hollywood #FranzWerfel #Nationalsozialismus #ZweiterWeltkrieg

Finde schon nach den ersten Seiten, dass der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Torberg und den Werfels, "Liebste Freundin und Alma", ein vergessenes Kleinod ist. Etwa mit Gossip wie diesem, den Torberg Alma berichtet (und der sich kurioserweise nur in englischsprachiger Suche verifizieren lässt).

#Buch #Brief #Literatur #FriedrichTorberg #AlmaMahler #Exil #Österreich #Wien #USA #NewYork #Hollywood #FranzWerfel #Nationalsozialismus #ZweiterWeltkrieg

Finde schon nach den ersten Seiten, dass der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Torberg und den Werfels, "Liebste Freundin und Alma", ein vergessenes Kleinod ist. Etwa mit Gossip wie diesem, den Torberg Alma berichtet (und der sich kurioserweise nur in englischsprachiger Suche verifizieren lässt).

#Buch #Brief #Literatur #FriedrichTorberg #AlmaMahler #Exil #Österreich #Wien #USA #NewYork #Hollywood #FranzWerfel #Nationalsozialismus #ZweiterWeltkrieg

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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel

I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.

The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.

Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.

I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.

Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...

#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression

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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel

I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.

The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.

Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.

I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.

Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...

#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression

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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel

I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.

The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.

Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.

I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.

Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...

#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression

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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel

I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.

The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.

Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.

I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.

Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...

#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression

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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel

I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.

The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.

Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.

I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.

Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...

#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression

All sorts of things are wrong in my life, but all sorts of things are right too.

I can share an example of the latter. As I sit with a glass of White Horse, I am trying to decide which of these two books to read next:

Washington Irving -- Tales of the Alhambra

Franz Werfel -- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

I'm lucky to be faced with such a choice.

#Books #TalesOfTheAlhambra #WashingtonIrving #AmericanLiterature #FranzWerfel #TheFortyDaysOfMusaDagh #GermanLiterature

All sorts of things are wrong in my life, but all sorts of things are right too.

I can share an example of the latter. As I sit with a glass of White Horse, I am trying to decide which of these two books to read next:

Washington Irving -- Tales of the Alhambra

Franz Werfel -- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

I'm lucky to be faced with such a choice.

#Books #TalesOfTheAlhambra #WashingtonIrving #AmericanLiterature #FranzWerfel #TheFortyDaysOfMusaDagh #GermanLiterature

All sorts of things are wrong in my life, but all sorts of things are right too.

I can share an example of the latter. As I sit with a glass of White Horse, I am trying to decide which of these two books to read next:

Washington Irving -- Tales of the Alhambra

Franz Werfel -- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

I'm lucky to be faced with such a choice.

#Books #TalesOfTheAlhambra #WashingtonIrving #AmericanLiterature #FranzWerfel #TheFortyDaysOfMusaDagh #GermanLiterature

All sorts of things are wrong in my life, but all sorts of things are right too.

I can share an example of the latter. As I sit with a glass of White Horse, I am trying to decide which of these two books to read next:

Washington Irving -- Tales of the Alhambra

Franz Werfel -- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

I'm lucky to be faced with such a choice.

#Books #TalesOfTheAlhambra #WashingtonIrving #AmericanLiterature #FranzWerfel #TheFortyDaysOfMusaDagh #GermanLiterature

All sorts of things are wrong in my life, but all sorts of things are right too.

I can share an example of the latter. As I sit with a glass of White Horse, I am trying to decide which of these two books to read next:

Washington Irving -- Tales of the Alhambra

Franz Werfel -- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

I'm lucky to be faced with such a choice.

#Books #TalesOfTheAlhambra #WashingtonIrving #AmericanLiterature #FranzWerfel #TheFortyDaysOfMusaDagh #GermanLiterature

Robert Menasse: Die Lebensentscheidung – Europa im Angesicht des Endes https://www.lesering.de/id/4948403/Robert-Menasse-Die-Lebensentscheidung---Europa-im-Angesicht-des-Endes/ #DeutscherBuchpreisAutor #GeneraldirektionUmwelt #Bauspeicheldrüsenkrebs #DieLebensentscheidung #EuropäischeKommission #MutterSohnBeziehung #PolitischeLiteratur #Gegenwartsliteratur #DeutscheNovellen #Buchvorstellung #Buchvorstellung #RobertMenasse #Suhrkamp2026 #FranzWerfel #EuropaRoman #FranzFiala #EU-Beamter #GreenDeal

Franz Werfel

“Wir rufen einander im Geiste an”, sagte er. “Es gehört dazu freilich eine ganze Menge von Erziehung und Praxis. Man muß die Gewandheit haben, dem Strom der inneren Vorstellungen und Bilder willentlich Einhalt zu gebieten und das Bild desjenigen, den man anrufen will, mit höchster Plastik herauszuarbeiten …”

Stern der Ungeborenen

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

On his birthday, 10 quotes from Franz Werfel:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/09/10-september-franz-werfel-quotes.html

#Quotes #BirthAnniversary #FranzWerfel

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

On his birthday, 10 quotes from Franz Werfel:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/09/10-september-franz-werfel-quotes.html

#Quotes #BirthAnniversary #FranzWerfel

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

On his birthday, 10 quotes from Franz Werfel:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/09/10-september-franz-werfel-quotes.html

#Quotes #BirthAnniversary #FranzWerfel

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

On his birthday, 10 quotes from Franz Werfel:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/09/10-september-franz-werfel-quotes.html

#Quotes #BirthAnniversary #FranzWerfel

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

On his birthday, 10 quotes from Franz Werfel:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/09/10-september-franz-werfel-quotes.html

#Quotes #BirthAnniversary #FranzWerfel

Franz Werfel

„Jedes Ich wird am Ende der Zeit ein dicker Strauß von Verkörperungen sein, eine Art staubumhüllter Wandersmann, der durch die Wüste der Äonen zog“.

#Bewegung #FranzWerfel #GEIST #Ich #Selbst #Wandersmann #Wanderung #Zitat

Zettel 47

Franz Werfel: Der Zwang, den Feind nachzuahmen, bewusst oder unbewusst, ist einer der Höllenzwänge auf Erden

#Feind #FranzWerfel #Höllenzwänge #Nachahmung #Zettel

Zettel 43

Franz Werfel: Schaut nicht der eine wie der andere aus? Ausgetanzte Gesichter sind`s, klischierte Gesichter, ein Kollektiv der Gesichter, das da plötzlich entstanden ist, ohne dass wir`s gemacht haben. Eine einzige Mutter könnte diese ganze Jugend geboren haben, eine unvorstellbare Mutter freilich. Dagegen gibt`s kein Heilmittel, vor allem kein geistiges.

#FranzWerfel #Gesichter #LeibUndKörper #Zettel

OTD: + #OttoGross #Berlin
„Deutschlands beste revolutionäre Geister wurden durch ihn erzogen und unmittelbar befruchtet.

In einer ganzen Reihe von Schöpfungen der jungen Generation findet man seine Ideen mit jener spezifischen Schärfe und weittragenden Konsequenz, die er ihnen verlieh, verarbeitet.

#ErichMühsam, #FranzWerfel, #LeonhardFrank #FranzJung sind durch seine Schule gegangen“ (Kaus 1920, S. 55).

https://wiki.eineweltnetz.org/doku.php?id=otto_gross

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-von-geschlechtlicher-not-12-12-19h-muenchen-sendlinger-kulturschmiede

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-psycho-analyse-und-politik

OTD: + #OttoGross #Berlin
„Deutschlands beste revolutionäre Geister wurden durch ihn erzogen und unmittelbar befruchtet.

In einer ganzen Reihe von Schöpfungen der jungen Generation findet man seine Ideen mit jener spezifischen Schärfe und weittragenden Konsequenz, die er ihnen verlieh, verarbeitet.

#ErichMühsam, #FranzWerfel, #LeonhardFrank #FranzJung sind durch seine Schule gegangen“ (Kaus 1920, S. 55).

https://wiki.eineweltnetz.org/doku.php?id=otto_gross

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-von-geschlechtlicher-not-12-12-19h-muenchen-sendlinger-kulturschmiede

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-psycho-analyse-und-politik

OTD: + #OttoGross #Berlin
„Deutschlands beste revolutionäre Geister wurden durch ihn erzogen und unmittelbar befruchtet.

In einer ganzen Reihe von Schöpfungen der jungen Generation findet man seine Ideen mit jener spezifischen Schärfe und weittragenden Konsequenz, die er ihnen verlieh, verarbeitet.

#ErichMühsam, #FranzWerfel, #LeonhardFrank #FranzJung sind durch seine Schule gegangen“ (Kaus 1920, S. 55).

https://wiki.eineweltnetz.org/doku.php?id=otto_gross

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-von-geschlechtlicher-not-12-12-19h-muenchen-sendlinger-kulturschmiede

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-psycho-analyse-und-politik

OTD: + #OttoGross #Berlin
„Deutschlands beste revolutionäre Geister wurden durch ihn erzogen und unmittelbar befruchtet.

In einer ganzen Reihe von Schöpfungen der jungen Generation findet man seine Ideen mit jener spezifischen Schärfe und weittragenden Konsequenz, die er ihnen verlieh, verarbeitet.

#ErichMühsam, #FranzWerfel, #LeonhardFrank #FranzJung sind durch seine Schule gegangen“ (Kaus 1920, S. 55).

https://wiki.eineweltnetz.org/doku.php?id=otto_gross

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-von-geschlechtlicher-not-12-12-19h-muenchen-sendlinger-kulturschmiede

https://raete-muenchen.de/otto-gross-psycho-analyse-und-politik