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Viewing Kurz und bündig: German Language Book and Audio Book ReviewKurz und bündig: German Language Book and Audio Book Review
By Kathy Steinemann
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Are you too busy to sit down and read a good book? Are you looking for an easy way to expand your German vocabulary? Enter 'Kurz und bündig' - a collection of short stories compiled by Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich. The pocketbook contains 100 short stories ranging in size from 1-sentence pieces to a story that takes up a whopping 4 1/2 pages. You will find famous authors from various countries and backgrounds: Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Hans Christian Andersen, Patrick Süskind, and many others. Several of the stories are funny, others are thought provoking, some even disturbing. Anton Cechov explains in one line how a hostess quickly gets rid of her guests. Kurt Tucholsky describes how somebody uses a flea to trap a postal employee who likes to snoop in everyone's mail. You will meet cats, dogs, flies, bulls, and brides. You will read about socks, revolutions, and murders. The CD audio book contains 65 stories, 45 of which you will also find in the book. Three of the 45 have slightly different translations. How can this help you to increase your German vocabulary? You can study and learn the vocabulary for the 45 stories in the audio book, starting with the shortest and working up to the longest. You will be able to listen to readings by native German speakers, Anna König and Hans Korte. The narrators have slightly different accents, which is actually a good way for you to train your ear. German is like any other language, with varying accents depending on region or country. Once you have mastered these, progress to the other 55 stories in the pocketbook, and finish up with the remaining 20 on the CDs. This helps you to progress from the easiest tasks: short stories with accompanying audio - to more difficult: short stories with text but no audio - to the most difficult: listening to audio and understanding it without text or subtitles. Stories that Appear in Both the Book and the CD There are two lists below. The first itemizes stories in order of size, and the second in order of appearance on the CDs. The three stories that have slightly different translations are indicated by brackets () surrounding the page numbers. Long titles have been abbreviated. For example: CD1-35-(Pg198)-Ende indicates that the story 'Ende' appears on CD 1, track 35, and corresponds with the same story on page 198 of the book. The brackets specify that this story is a slightly different translation. Stories in Size Order CD1-08-Pg105-Verabschiedung CD1-35-(Pg198)-Ende CD1-32-Pg37-Mord CD1-11-Pg92-Zu spät CD1-28-Pg55-Meine Solonummer CD2-23-Pg174-Kurzgeschichte CD2-10-Pg118-Herr Knolle CD2-02-Pg28-Kleine Fabel CD1-09-Pg78-Sylvia CD2-04-Pg21-Die Stachelschweine CD1-14-Pg101-Die Suppe und die Wolken CD2-27-Pg189-Ohne Titel Urs Widmer CD2-22-Pg163-Play it again CD1-16-Pg60-Weihnacht CD1-13-Pg97-Der süße Brei CD2-25-Pg182-Der Turmbau zu Babel CD2-16-Pg201-Die verkommene Socke CD1-27-(Pg51)-Ehre CD1-03-Pg61-Liebesgeschichten CD2-17-Pg123-Hasch CD2-09-Pg17-Der Floh CD1-18-Pg48-Story-Idee Phantastisch CD1-29-Pg130-Ein Wort gibt das andere CD1-20-Pg42-Charite-Vorfall CD1-02-Pg63-Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse CD2-20-Pg141-Wächter der Villa CD1-01-(Pg15)-Was am häufigsten in Romanen CD1-34-Pg199-Zoll CD2-12-Pg19-Der Verkaufte Brief CD2-19-Pg132-Die Revolution CD1-24-Pg45-Der Wachposten CD2-18-Pg127-Die Kunst der Komödie CD2-21-Pg175-Ein Geräusch wie wenn CD2-24-Pg179-Der Pfarrer von Bruchsal CD1-22-Pg38-Die Hand CD1-19-Pg57-Es gibt da eine Kleine Ente CD2-11-Pg135-Männer unter Streß Perrig CD1-37-Pg195-Margitlein CD1-30-Pg124-Ratet mal CD1-26-Pg52-Nasentropfen CD2-05-Pg114-Ferdinand CD1-25-Pg66-Unverhofftes Wiedersehen CD1-10-Pg86-Ohne Titel - Ian McEwan CD2-26-Pg183-Die achte Todsünde CD1-33-Pg158-Der Zwang zur Tiefe Stories in Order of Appearance on CDs CD1-01-(Pg15)-Was am häufigsten in Romanen CD1-02-Pg63-Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse CD1-03-Pg61-Liebesgeschichten CD1-08-Pg105-Verabschiedung CD1-09-Pg78-Sylvia CD1-10-Pg86-Ohne Titel - Ian McEwan CD1-11-Pg92-Zu spät CD1-13-Pg97-Der süße Brei CD1-14-Pg101-Die Suppe und die Wolken CD1-16-Pg60-Weihnacht CD1-18-Pg48-Story-Idee Phantastisch CD1-19-Pg57-Es gibt da eine Kleine Ente CD1-20-Pg42-Charite-Vorfall CD1-22-Pg38-Die Hand CD1-24-Pg45-Der Wachposten CD1-25-Pg66-Unverhofftes Wiedersehen CD1-26-Pg52-Nasentropfen CD1-27-(Pg51)-Ehre CD1-28-Pg55-Meine Solonummer CD1-29-Pg130-Ein Wort gibt das andere CD1-30-Pg124-Ratet mal CD1-32-Pg37-Mord CD1-33-Pg158-Der Zwang zur Tiefe CD1-34-Pg199-Zoll CD1-35-(Pg198)-Ende CD1-37-Pg195-Margitlein CD2-02-Pg28-Kleine Fabel CD2-04-Pg21-Die Stachelschweine CD2-05-Pg114-Ferdinand CD2-09-Pg17-Der Floh CD2-10-Pg118-Herr Knolle CD2-11-Pg135-Männer unter Streß Perrig CD2-12-Pg19-Der Verkaufte Brief CD2-16-Pg201-Die verkommene Socke CD2-17-Pg123-Hasch CD2-18-Pg127-Die Kunst der Komödie CD2-19-Pg132-Die Revolution CD2-20-Pg141-Wächter der Villa CD2-21-Pg175-Ein Geräusch wie wenn CD2-22-Pg163-Play it again CD2-23-Pg174-Kurzgeschichte CD2-24-Pg179-Der Pfarrer von Bruchsal CD2-25-Pg182-Der Turmbau zu Babel CD2-26-Pg183-Die achte Todsünde CD2-27-Pg189-Ohne Titel Urs Widmer Kurz und bündig Pocketbook: 213 Pages Publication date: October, 2007 Language: German ISBN-10: 3257236808 ISBN-13: 978-3257236804 Size: 17.8 x 11.2 x 1.4 cm. Kurz und bündig Audio book: 2 CDs Production date: October, 2007 Language: German ISBN-10: 3257801661 ISBN-13: 978-3257801668 Size: 14 x 12.4 x 1.4 cm. (c) Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to publish only if this copyright notice, the byline, and the author's note below (with active links) are included. About the Author: Kathy is an author who creates German-English short stories and poetry for A-Language-Guide. Article Source: A Language Guide - http://www.a-language-guide.com |
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