Book
Schadenfreude, a love story : me, the Germans, and 20 years of attempted transformations, unfortunate miscommunications, and humiliating situations that only they have words for
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.
Physical Description
274 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"A debut book by the education columnist for Slate traces her experiences as a Jewish teen intellectual whose fateful relationship with a boy who introduced her to Kafka inspired her love for German language and culture"--NoveList.
Contents
- Jugendünde
- Sprachgefühl
- Lebensraum
- Schriftverkehr
- Ostalgie
- Wohngemeinschaft
- Liebeskummer
- Ereignis
- Schadenfreude.