german 'eeeee eee eeee' is out in germany, it is called 'gute laune'
germans don't know me, they don't know what i amthey might think i'm okay, due to not reading a lot of american blogs, and other factors
i can probably still enter the canon in germany, the german canon, alongside heinrich boll and i think knut hamsun
perhaps if 'gute laune' (cover) succeeds they will buy 'bed,' 'shoplifting from american apparel,' and 'richard yates,' perhaps i can achieve something in germany
will other countries accept me
or will they shun me like bookforum and the village voice
here are some 'gute laune' links: u magazine, 1 live, dumont, amazon, kultur kaufen, vice, die presse, this blog
here are some 'gute laune' links: u magazine, 1 live, dumont, amazon, kultur kaufen, vice, die presse, this blog
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Totally they should buy bed. It has a lot to offer to germany. What's gute laune mean anyway? Why can't Eeee eee eeee just be translated into deee eee eee or something like that? Totally bugs me.
gute Laune:
good mood
cheerful disposition
pleasant frame of mind
nice feeling
good temper
good tempered
high-spirited
I got that from the internet.
oohh, thus thereby capturing the essence of the tone in Eeee eee eee. I get it now. Thanks matt.
Although Knut Hamsun is somewhat canonized in Germany, he is a Norwegian. The delicacy of mixing this up lies in his admiration for the Third Reich. But anyway, Hamsun's Sult/Hunger is definitely worth checking out as one of the best novels about the trope of the suffering, poor artist/intellectual.
I don't think you'll stay unknown in Germany for long. Dumont as a publishing house guarantees you a lot of attention here.
i wanna smoke crack and die.
i am your intern, i should get a free copy
i really dig that cover
You and Hasselhoff. Germany is yours for the taking.
thomas mann ('the magic mountain', 'death in venice' etc)
hermann broch ('the sleepwalkers')
robert musil ('the man without qualities')
broch and musil disliked each other. musil's novel is unfinished but it's still thought of as great. (it's also not read that much, even among those who read these things. i don't know exactly why. it's not bad.)
alfred doblin ('berlin alexanderplatz' -- fassbinder made this into a german tv series, which is supposed to be great. the book is okay.)
joseph roth ('the radetzsky march' he has lots of other shorter books as well.
stefan zweig (i have 2 of his novels but i can't remember the titles right now and am too lazy to look. are you bored? am i boring you?
i'm getting bored.
christa wolf 'cassandra'
i'm still pretty bored.
'berlin alexanderplatz' is about a pimp in the late 1920s who gets out of prison and starts trying to... be a criminal again. franz.
the nazis were still just kind of a streetgang at that point. they weren't that popular and they liked to beat people up.
does franz become a nazi? i don't remember right now. maybe. i'm not sure.
it seems like he would.
stefan zweig committed suicide.
ben gocker and lucy said nice things about 'the man without qualities'
you did great at the austrian arts council last night man
hope everything's going well
talk to you soon,
zachary
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Will I be able to purchase Gute Laune? I think that I just want to have it because it would be funny. I want to purchase Gute Laune.
that cover feels good!
Tao? I'm kind of curious. Like Teri, I wonder. Did the Dumont people ask you if you wanted to change the name of your book? Maybe Germans translate what dolphins say into something else? Like not eeeee eee eeee, but wonne wonne wonne or something? And you didn't like it? Or did they just decide for you? I think it's nice when other people decide for you. But, I wonder.
gunter grass ('the tin drum')
gottfried keller ('green henry' - back in the 19th century and i know i started this and read hundreds of pages i really liked but then something intervened and i think i left a bookmark in this one for a long time.)
fleur jaeggy ('sweet days of discipline')
w.g. sebald ('the rings of saturn', 'the emigrants') this guy just died not too long ago. another suicide i think. susan sontag said he was 'great' before she died too. but he's pretty good anyway.
agota kristof ('the notebook' -- dennis cooper likes her stuff a lot.)
wolfgang koeppen ('the hothouse')
hahaha, yeah how do they get "good mood" from "eeeee eee eeee?" bloede deutscher!
German dolphins are very rare.
I am one of the next 2 life subscribers...yay!!!... I want my personalized, sealed copy... can you sign inside the cover?
teri, you will be emailed soon, thank you
steven, the germans changed it, they weren't required to ask, the editor liked 'eee,' it was the main person who didn't like it i think, i'm happy with everything that has happened in germany in regards to me
dj, i will look at my copies and send you one 'in lieu' of one of the 6 things you ordered maybe, otherwise you could buy one, yes
Germans say 'eeeee' when they really don't like something, when they are turning their nose up at something, as in 'yuk.'
The German letter 'e' is prounounced like the English 'a.' The German letter 'i' is pronounced like the English 'e.' Confused? Don't start me on umlauts.
Germans say 'eeeeee' (as pronounced in English) when they don't like something (or are disgusted) as in 'yuk.' An eye-catcher for sure, but so is 'Gute Laune.' Germany will love you, Tao.
tao, they talk about you in a famous italian magaznie that everybody reads, i just sent you an email about it
gute laune came, thanks. so did my second copy of ellen's book which will become someone's present, thanks.
kevsville, i see, thank you
thank you matthew
you're welcome kay
you're accepted in poland now too
but they'll probably change eeeee eee eeee to pierogheeeee pierogheee pierogheeee
accepted in poland, can you elaborate
'Knut' is such a cute name. They used to have this tiny babe polarbear sensation at the Berlin Zoo with the name 'Knut' Knut is well, tho all growed up, he's not pretty no more.
Noggin the nog's son was called Prince Knut.
You should post this cover as a .pdf so I can print it off and use it as a dustjacket.
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