“Fame is a form of incomprehension, perhaps the worst.” — Daniel Kehlmann Fame by Daniel Kehlmann is a novel composed of interconnected stories that explore the nature of […]
German literature
Tyll
“The world is full of fools, and he who would not see it should live alone and smash his mirror.” Prologue The novel opens with Tyll Ulenspiegel as […]
German literature
Measuring the World
“The world was large, and yet it was measurable.” Chapter 1: The Prodigy and the Explorer The novel opens by introducing its two protagonists: Carl Friedrich Gauss, the […]