Springtime for Germany: or How I Learned to Love Lederhosen
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'Surprising and informative' INDEPENDENT 'A consistently humorous account. By relinquishing his dignity, he rediscovers his love for travel, and has his world-weariness blown away.' TRAVELLER
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Endlich entdecken auch die Engländer Deutschland als attraktives und vielseitiges Reiseland! A witty tour round the delights that Germany has to offer - showing why it is set to be the next big holiday destination.
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All in all, I found this a saddening book, but what should I have expected from a book with a title based on "Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp With Eva and Adolf at Berchtesgaden" by Mel Brooks?
Nevertheless, it is a shame, in particular as Ben Donald evidently put in a lot of time and research into making Germany appealing to the Brits. Unfortunately, there are numerous grammatical errors in the German ("Nur ein Schwein, drinkt allein"). Moreover, the book contradicts itself regularly. And above all, there are far too many overused clichés. (I grew very tired of reading the words "FKK" - supposedly pronounced "eff kar kar" - , Lederhosen", "Grossmannsucht" and Lebensraum" on every other page.
Worse still, many of the statements are not only annoyingly flippant, but simply wrong, for instance: "A moustache for a German seemed to be part of the mythology of a longed-for national rural tradition. ... There was old Adolf himself, of course, with his postage stamp." Or: Wilhelm II was the Kaiser who made Prussia synonymous with the military State (whereas his predecessors, all of them Freddies and Willies, were liberal and patrons of the arts) and who took Germany into the Great War." What of Frederick the Great's father, Frederick William I, whose contributions to the state of Prussia primarily consisted of increasing the overall efficiency and discipline of his military? Or: "Germans are known to love uniforms, but they seem to prefer to be naked."
Furthermore, I can understand why Ben Donald created the character of "Manny Heimway", the supposedly Californian psychobabble-travel-agent, but he did not need to depict him as such a ridiculous figure, especially at the end of the book when he "reveals" himself as a German.
While working through the book, I was reminded time and time again that this book was written by a Brit for Brits. In his acknowledgements, Ben Donald even thanks his agent for persuading him that no one in Britain would ever buy a 'straight' travel book about Germany. However, Germans who buy "Springtime for Germany" will not be so thankful. If they are interested in what native-English-speakers think of Germany, they should look elsewhere.
Nevertheless, it is a shame, in particular as Ben Donald evidently put in a lot of time and research into making Germany appealing to the Brits. Unfortunately, there are numerous grammatical errors in the German ("Nur ein Schwein, drinkt allein"). Moreover, the book contradicts itself regularly. And above all, there are far too many overused clichés. (I grew very tired of reading the words "FKK" - supposedly pronounced "eff kar kar" - , Lederhosen", "Grossmannsucht" and Lebensraum" on every other page.
Worse still, many of the statements are not only annoyingly flippant, but simply wrong, for instance: "A moustache for a German seemed to be part of the mythology of a longed-for national rural tradition. ... There was old Adolf himself, of course, with his postage stamp." Or: Wilhelm II was the Kaiser who made Prussia synonymous with the military State (whereas his predecessors, all of them Freddies and Willies, were liberal and patrons of the arts) and who took Germany into the Great War." What of Frederick the Great's father, Frederick William I, whose contributions to the state of Prussia primarily consisted of increasing the overall efficiency and discipline of his military? Or: "Germans are known to love uniforms, but they seem to prefer to be naked."
Furthermore, I can understand why Ben Donald created the character of "Manny Heimway", the supposedly Californian psychobabble-travel-agent, but he did not need to depict him as such a ridiculous figure, especially at the end of the book when he "reveals" himself as a German.
While working through the book, I was reminded time and time again that this book was written by a Brit for Brits. In his acknowledgements, Ben Donald even thanks his agent for persuading him that no one in Britain would ever buy a 'straight' travel book about Germany. However, Germans who buy "Springtime for Germany" will not be so thankful. If they are interested in what native-English-speakers think of Germany, they should look elsewhere.
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I read the entire book in the hope that somehow it would eventually begin to live up to its hype, but that did not happen.
A great deal of research has gone into the contents which cover a wide range of topics, however the book is not well written and is a mass of clichés. It is a waste of a good idea and sadly reading it was just a bit of a waste of precious time.
Hopefully one day someone will write a fun book about modern Germany which is not only easy to read but accurate, informative and interesting, and not simply vaguely patronising and rather shallow. This however is not that book.
A great deal of research has gone into the contents which cover a wide range of topics, however the book is not well written and is a mass of clichés. It is a waste of a good idea and sadly reading it was just a bit of a waste of precious time.
Hopefully one day someone will write a fun book about modern Germany which is not only easy to read but accurate, informative and interesting, and not simply vaguely patronising and rather shallow. This however is not that book.
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Kaum zu glauben: Eine Homage an Deutschland durch einen Briten!
Ein vom Massentourismus frustrierter Engländer gewinnt dank eines fiktiven "Reisetherapeuten" in verschiedenen deutschen Regionen zu sich selbst.
Teilweise so euphorisch geschrieben, das man an "Verarschung" glauben könnte.
Ansonsten aber ein sehr unterhaltsames Buch, das uns Deutsche und unsere Lebensart aus den verschiedensten Blickwinkeln beleuchtet. Insgesamt sehr gut recherchiert, auch wenn manches nicht direkt nachvollziebar ist,konnte ich doch das ein oder andere mir völlig Neue erfahren.
Bis auf ein paar Längen ist das Buch gut zu lesen und sehr humorvoll und selbstironisch geschrieben.
Vom Stil und Vokabular allerdings recht anspruchsvoll, mit 9 Jahren Schulenglisch stößt man doch einige Male an seine Grenzen.
Ich habe daran etwa doppelt solange wie an einem vergleichbaren deutschen Buch gelesen.
Nevertheless: courage to gap!
Insgesamt eine lohnende Lektüre und sehr gute Sprachübung!
Ein vom Massentourismus frustrierter Engländer gewinnt dank eines fiktiven "Reisetherapeuten" in verschiedenen deutschen Regionen zu sich selbst.
Teilweise so euphorisch geschrieben, das man an "Verarschung" glauben könnte.
Ansonsten aber ein sehr unterhaltsames Buch, das uns Deutsche und unsere Lebensart aus den verschiedensten Blickwinkeln beleuchtet. Insgesamt sehr gut recherchiert, auch wenn manches nicht direkt nachvollziebar ist,konnte ich doch das ein oder andere mir völlig Neue erfahren.
Bis auf ein paar Längen ist das Buch gut zu lesen und sehr humorvoll und selbstironisch geschrieben.
Vom Stil und Vokabular allerdings recht anspruchsvoll, mit 9 Jahren Schulenglisch stößt man doch einige Male an seine Grenzen.
Ich habe daran etwa doppelt solange wie an einem vergleichbaren deutschen Buch gelesen.
Nevertheless: courage to gap!
Insgesamt eine lohnende Lektüre und sehr gute Sprachübung!
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