So You Want To Get Into German Literature? Start Here: Advice From A Novelist

A deep dive into German Literature and many novel suggestions for the curious reader. And please join me in asking publishers to publish a smaller AND cheaper copy of Zettels Traum by Arno Schmidt: quit gatekeeping! Add your name to the petition here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uxHKZ4VDZ9wRDhCzrX7VRoYGWnIukqFHp5TYVvXOGh8/edit?usp=sharing Recommended Titles: Faust (The Tragedy Part 1) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Germany a Winters Tale by Heinrich Heine Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann The Castle by Franz Kafka The Trial by Franz Kafka Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin Perrudja by Hans Henny Jahnn The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht Die Stunde Null in der deutschen Literatur The Divided Sky by Christa Wolf Kassandra by Christa Wolf Anniversaries by Uwe Johnson The Tin Drum by Günter Grass Bottom's Dream by Arno Schmidt The Piano Player by Elfriede Jelinek Sisters in Arms by Shida Bazyar