I'm a big nerd and I've read a lot of books of all different kinds, and I'm an English teacher.

Tell me what you like or what you're looking for and I'll recommend something I think is good

Also, fun history fact, this comm used to be called c/books until I started posting poetry on main every day in protest of there not being a literature comm. Direct action gets the goods comrades

  • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]3•9 months ago

    Glad you enjoyed The Stony Heart! It might be my favorite of Schmidt's as well; I go back and forth between so many of his works.

    @Pisha@hexbear.net Dalkey Archive is reprinting Nobodaddy's Children this autumn, which is a wonderful place to start. (I would recommend against starting with Zettels Traum at all costs) It's a collection of three loosely connected novellas that are easy to jump into, but give you a crash course in Schmidt's particular type of language and concerns. The /r/Arno_Schmidt subreddit is doing a reading group for the book if you're interested: https://old.reddit.com/r/Arno_Schmidt/comments/1654e6y/announcing_rarno_schmidts_nobodaddys_children/

    • Pisha [she/her, they/them]3•9 months ago

      I'll check it out! I'd be reading it in the original though; hopefully, that's not a problem. I've ordered the book from the library and if it shows up on time, I'll probably be there at the reading group.

      • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]2•9 months ago

        Can't imagine reading it in the original is a problem; in fact, more of an asset. Jealous that you know German; virtually all of my favorite writers write in German.

        • Pisha [she/her, they/them]2•9 months ago

          German is such a useless language for traveling anywhere in the world or interacting with other cultures, but it does give access to some great literature and philosophy, so I try to make the best of it.