#schachnovelle

[13-wonder-writer]

Girl watched an adaptation of a book she recently enjoyed reading, hated it, went on the internet to find common ground and found out everyone else loved it (10 dead, 12 injured)

[theoniprince]

Albrecht Schuch in Schachnovelle!!! *^*

[nalsara]

Screenshots : Albrecht Schuch in The Royal Game / Schachnovelle, Philipp Sölzl, 2021.

[die-weltbuehne]

“Und dann, ist es nicht eigentlich verflucht leicht, sich für einen großen Menschen zu halten, wenn man nicht mit der leisesten Ahnung belastet ist, daß ein Rembrandt, ein Beethoven, ein Dante, ein Napoleon je gelebt hat?”

– aus Schachnovelle (1943) von Stefan Zweig

[diotimas]

My favourite reads of 2022! These are in no particular order and come with the beginning to give you a taste of the style. The last one is my own translation from German, so all errors are mine.

Laura by Vera Caspary (1943): noir, crime, detective fiction

"The city that Sunday morning was quiet. Those millions of New Yorkers who, by need or preference, remain in town over a summer weekend had been crushed spiritless by humidity. Over the island hung a fog that smelled and felt like water in which too many sodawater glasses have been washed. Sitting at my desk, pen in hand, I treasured the sense that, among those millions, only I, Waldo Lydecker, was up and doing."

Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (1951), translated from the French by Grace Frick and the author: historical fiction, philosophy

"My dear Mark, Today I went to see my physician Hermogenes, who has just returned to the Villa from a rather long journey in Asia. No food could be taken before the examination, so we had made the appointment for the early morning hours. [...] It is difficult to remain an emperor in presence of a physician, and difficult even to keep one's essential quality as a man."

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954): fantasy, adventure

"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bad End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton."

Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (2021): essays, culture

"The only American newspapers that do not leave me in the grip of a profound physical conviction that the oxygen has been cut off from my brain tissue, very probably by an Associated Press wire, are The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Los Angeles Open City, and the East Village Other."

Dune by Frank Herbert (1965): science fiction, adventure

"A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of the Bene Gesserit knows. To begin your study of the life of Muad'Dib, then, take care that you first place him in his time: born in the 57th year of the Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV. And take the most special care that you locate Muad'Dib in his place: the planet Arrakis. Do not be deceived by the fact that he was born on Caladan and lived his first fifteen years there. Arrakis, the planet known as Dune, is forever his place."

Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig (1942): philosophy, war

"On the big passenger steamer, which was set to leave at midnight from New York to Buenos Aires, reigned the usual business and movement of the last hour. Guests from the land bustled about to escort their friends, telegraph boys with crooked hats zipped through the society rooms calling out names, bags and flowers were being dragged about, children ran up and downstairs, curious, while the orchestra was playing unwaveringly to the deck show."

[remziye-g]

“… denn bekanntlich erzeugt kein Ding auf Erden einen solchen Druck auf die menschliche Seele wie das Nichts.” #stefanzweig #schachnovelle Hamburg | 17.07.2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgE_LTEsLEA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thegirlwhowaited9]

"Səhərdən-axşama nəsə gözləyirdin, amma heç nə olmurdu. Bununla belə, elə hey gözləyirdin. Heç nə alınmırdı. Gözləyirdin, yenə də gözləyirdin, gözləyə-gözləyə də düşünürdün, daşınırdın, beynin çatlayana qədər fikirləşirdin. Heç nə alınmırdı. Təklənirdin. Tək qalırdın. Tamam tək."

Stefan Zweig "Şahmat"

[afraidofbuttons]