{"id":873,"date":"2005-06-05T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2005-06-05T07:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ankegroener.de\/?p=873"},"modified":"2005-06-05T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2005-06-05T10:05:35","slug":"873","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ankegroener.de\/blog\/?p=873","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet you or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship means; they show us how to live and die. They are full of all the things that you don’t get in real life \u2013 wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. And quality of attention: we may notice amazing details during the course of a day but we rarely let ourselves stop and pay attention. An author makes<\/em> you notice, makes you pay attention, and this is a great gift. My gratitude for good writing is unbounded: I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean. Aren’t you? I ask.”<\/p>\n

Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird \u2013 Some Instructions on Writing and Life<\/em><\/p>\n

I am most grateful for:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Vom Winde verweht<\/em> von Margaret Mitchell, weil ich mich selten so sehr in einer Geschichte verloren habe<\/p>\n

\u2013 Dies ist kein Liebeslied<\/em> von Karen Duve, weil ich mich selten so sehr in einer Geschichte wiedererkannt habe<\/p>\n

\u2013 Microserfs<\/em> von Douglas Coupland, weil ich das Gef\u00fchl hatte, dass er das Buch nur f\u00fcr mich geschrieben hat<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Beach<\/em> von Alex Garland, weil ich es innerhalb weniger Stunden durchgelesen und gleich nochmal von vorne angefangen habe<\/p>\n

\u2013 s\u00e4mtliche Kurzgeschichten von Franz Kafka, weil ich eine derartige Stimme vorher noch nie geh\u00f6rt hatte<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fight Club<\/em> von Chuck Palahniuk, weil ich eine derartige Stimme vorher noch nie geh\u00f6rt hatte<\/p>\n

\u2013 Andorra<\/em> von Max Frisch, weil es mich so traurig macht<\/p>\n

\u2013 Tim<\/em> von Colleen McCullough, weil es mich so gl\u00fccklich macht<\/p>\n

\u2013 Schau heimw\u00e4rts, Engel<\/em> von Thomas Wolfe, weil es mich schweigen l\u00e4sst<\/p>\n

\u2013 In Cold Blood<\/em> von Truman Capote, weil es das erste Buch war, das ich auf Englisch gelesen habe<\/p>\n

\u2013 Die Leiden des jungen Werther<\/em> von Johann Wolfgang vonGoethe, weil ich dort, in einem doofen, \u00fcberheizten Klassenraum, vergessen habe, in einem doofen, \u00fcberheizten Klassenraum zu sein, und weil ich gemerkt habe, dass eine gute Geschichte, so alt sie auch sein mag, immer gut bleiben wird<\/p>\n

\u2013 Momo<\/em> von Michael Ende, weil ich mich dort gut aufgehoben f\u00fchle<\/p>\n

\u2013 Death of a Salesman<\/em> von Arthur Miller, weil kein Buch den amerikanischen Traum besser in Worte fasst<\/p>\n

\u2013 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/em> von Jonathan Safran Foer, weil es so viel Liebe verstr\u00f6mt: zur Geschichte, zu den vielen kleinen Geschichten in der Geschichte, zu den Personen, zu ihrer jeweiligen Sprache und zum Leser, weil mich jede Seite des Buches \u00fcberrascht hat<\/p>\n

\u2013 Was ist Was: Das alte \u00c4gypten<\/em>, weil es mich \u00fcber den kindlichen Tellerrand hat schauen lassen<\/p>\n

\u2013 Dictionary of American Quotations<\/em>, weil ich es von Karl<\/a> geschenkt bekommen habe.<\/p>\n

What are you most grateful for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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