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Tag Archives: Germany
Wordless Novel (no fooling)
To follow-up on my recent post about Lynd Ward’s wordless novels, I would like to introduce the German wordless novel, Die Sonne (the Sun), created by Franz Masereel (1889-1972), and published originally in 1919. This copy was re-issued in 1926 by Kurt … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Art Books, Expressionism, Germany, Lynd Ward, woodcuts
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New House for the Bauhaus
This year marks the centennial of the founding of the Bauhaus movement. This world renowned school of art and design has had a dramatic impact on architecture and design around the world. On April 6, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar will … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Museums
Tagged Bauhaus, design, Germany, Paul Klee, Walter Gropius
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Go For The Books, Stay For The Beer
Büchermeile Düsseldorf is a mile-long book market of stalls along the banks of the river Rhine in Düsseldorf Altestadt. It happens on three weekends in the summer, the last one of this year will be September 22-23 (weather permitting of course).The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Beer, Dusseldorf, Germany
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It Takes A Train To Cry
Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German rail operator, recently decided to name twenty-five new high-speed trains after historic figures. They crowdsourced suggestions and received more than 19,000 proposals. A jury then selected the final names, including one that has some folks scratching their heads: Anne … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Public Transport
Tagged Anne Frank, Germany, Holocaust, Netherlands
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Helen Keller was an anti-fascist activist
Somehow all of the films and plays about Helen Keller managed to leave out that she was a life-long Socialist and a rabid anti-fascist. She supported groups such as the ACLU and the NAACP. On May 9, 1933, disgusted by … Continue reading
Don’t Mention The War
Situated on the shores of the Laacher See near Andernach in Germany, Abbey Maria Laach is a handsome 800 year-old center of devotion and learning with a gorgeous 18th century library and a dark history. During the years leading up … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Tourism
Tagged Germany, World War II
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without books there would be no history
“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.” Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse, the 1946 Nobel Prize laureate for Literature, worked as a bookseller in the J.J. Heckenhaurer Antiquariat in Tübingen, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Germany, Hermann Hesse, Nobel Prize in Literature
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When Chickens Have Teeth
I’m not much of a linguist, but when I travel I love to learn odd expressions from local languages and cultures. British illustrator Paul Blow has been creating wonderful images based on idioms that has discovered during his own travels. … Continue reading
Book Series
Tokyo-born, Dusseldorf-based sculptor Ramon Todo is best known for his melding of stone and glass, but I really love his new “Book Series”.
