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Native German Speakers – any suggestions re Liebesgeschichte? Hi I’ll get straight to the point: bit bored of reading endless short stories about the darker moments in German history – a lot of the dual language readers available in English seem to focus on rather grim stories which have their place but can become a bit of a grind – so was hoping for some suggestions re a modern, upbeat but not (too) slushy love story (NOT in the mould of Mills and Boon or Harlequin) that uses modern German and is worth reading??? Maybe a recent bestseller – preferably made into a film or also available as an audiobook. The main criteria are 1) well written 2) in modern German that people actually speak 3) written by a German author NOT a translation into German! Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

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Hi lou - thanks I will check it out.
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How cretinous to give a simple question – not a statement of opinion – negative votes without explaining why.

I found a number of books myself –  Ich Denke Oft an Piroschka by Hugo Hartung  looks promising and I understand it was very popular in the interwar years in Germany.  I also look forward to seeing the 1955 film of the book at some point.

 

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There's one book I read some time ago which might meet your criteria, "Vergiss Ägypten" by Barbara Frischmuth. I'm not sure how much of a love story it is though.

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