As always, any conversation with you is an education in itself!
I'll check out the Polar expedition story, thanks. I need to do a better job of keeping track of all the recs you give me for German listening practice, since I'm not doing any listening now but definitely intend to in the future.
Emil Ludwig: Not his play or short prose portrait about Fritz
Having clicked on the link: Oh, right, that was him! I remember your summary but hadn't registered the author.
well, he's more Don Quixote than Lancelot from a French perspective.
That's a perfect description! Lancelot is exactly the picture I have of him from my schooldays, and then reading about the rest of his life--not so much.
Re: Zweig
Date: 2021-09-05 04:16 pm (UTC)I'll check out the Polar expedition story, thanks. I need to do a better job of keeping track of all the recs you give me for German listening practice, since I'm not doing any listening now but definitely intend to in the future.
Emil Ludwig: Not his play or short prose portrait about Fritz
Having clicked on the link: Oh, right, that was him! I remember your summary but hadn't registered the author.
well, he's more Don Quixote than Lancelot from a French perspective.
That's a perfect description! Lancelot is exactly the picture I have of him from my schooldays, and then reading about the rest of his life--not so much.