- Taschenbuch: 216 Seiten
- Verlag: Books on Demand (1. März 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 3833489049
- ISBN-13: 978-3833489044
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,2 x 13,8 x 1,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 455.428 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Produktbeschreibungen
Kurzbeschreibung
A Rock is a derogatory term for people of Afrikaans descent, while a Kraut is an offensive name for a German. Here, however, the terms are used lovingly and self-deprecatingly, as South African born author Anli Serfontein humorously narrates the story of her journey from urban Johannesburg to small-town Trier in Germany. She takes the reader on a journey through everyday life, as she struggles to deal with convoluted red-tape, arrogant teachers, extreme tidiness and the inability of 80 million people to queue. She battles to keep up with the locals and their town, wine and harvest festivals. Her tale is spiced with accounts of her travels as a television researcher, meeting Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn in Rotterdam days before his murder or speaking with the last surviving officer to be with Hitler in the Berlin bunker during the last days of the war.
Synopsis
A Rock is a derogatory term for people of Afrikaans descent, while a Kraut is an offensive name for a German. Here, however, the terms are used lovingly and self-deprecatingly, as South African born author Anli Serfontein humorously narrates the story of her journey from urban Johannesburg to small-town Trier in Germany. She takes the reader on a journey through everyday life, as she struggles to deal with convoluted red-tape, arrogant teachers, extreme tidiness and the inability of 80 million people to queue. She battles to keep up with the locals and their town, wine and harvest festivals. Her tale is spiced with accounts of her travels as a television researcher, meeting Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn in Rotterdam days before his murder or speaking with the last surviving officer to be with Hitler in the Berlin bunker during the last days of the war.
Tags, die Kunden mit diesem Produkt verbinden(Was ist das?)Klicken Sie zum Suchen verwandter Artikel, Diskussionen oder Personen auf ein Tag.
|
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
Es gibt noch keine Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.de
5 Sterne
4 Sterne
3 Sterne
2 Sterne
1 Sterne
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
2 Rezensionen
Interresting mirror
11. September 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
This book shows life in Germany and South Africa in perspective. It is an interesting mirror for anyone who's living in western Europe and the anglo-saxon world. The author seems to hate and love both societies.
Excellent read
10. September 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
Anli manages to give a very personal account of her experience in moving from South Africa to Germany, but also provides insights into the recent South African liberation struggle and the much older history of Trier. I found the book very entertaining and informative and a "must read" for anyone who is involved in a cross-cultural relationship or who is emigrating to a new country.
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
