i dont even think people know that much. again, i myself was ignorant of his
works
(still am, darn, i need to get some spare time) until i fell over
stahlgewitten. i
really do not understand why, however. i wonder if he is stuck in between
literature and philosophy, like sartre, but not as popular.
Albert Schmitz wrote:
> kenneth w. hoffmann wrote:
>
> > yeah, very few outside of germany know about him.
>
> Most of the german people know only the tv-pictures about E.J., walking
> together
> with Mitterand and
> Kohl in Verdun. But ask those people which books of E.J. they read. I had a
> few
> discussions about
> E.J. since yesterday. The tenor was always "I don´t like him". But none read
> any
> of his books:
>
> "Afrikanische Spiele ? Subtile Jagden ? Die Zwille ? Never heard about those".
> "Auf den Marmorklippen ? Das abenteuerliche Herz ? Capricios ? Eine
> gefaehrliche
> Begegnung ? Negative !"
> "In Stahlgewittern ? No, I read Remarque". (Well, at least one association !)
>
> E.J. wrote once about the "querelles allemandes" - where was it ? Maybe
> "Annaeherungen" ?
> E.J. will furtheron stay like a rock in a world of fast-food literature.
> ("Gibraltar - wie ein Fels in der Brandung" / In Stahlgewittern).
>
> Albert Schmitz
