Where I come from ist ja tatsächlich wie Buddenbrooks, obgleich ich das so nie sage. Die Leute denken, ich will angeben. Ich sage dann nur, 'I was born in Lübeck', und wenn die das nicht kennen, 'You know the German marzipan, Niederegger, with the seven spires?' Früher hab' ich mir das natürlich nie so klar gemacht, aber ich entspringe ziemlich genau diesem Milieu, for better or for worse... mehr
'…eye for an eye? Am I suggesting that? Surely an eye for an eye means 'Let’s gas all Germans.' That's straight revenge. Practical problems? The infrastructure is largely in place. A bureaucracy in waiting. Identification will be easy. If we increase capacity tenfold we'll be rid of them within a couple of years!' The German is very angry. 'What about German anti-Nazis?' asks the Englishman, aghast... more
When Tom awakes in 1984 into a sweat of self-loathing, he knows he had that dream again, a frightening nightmare all too familiar for making him feel desperately choked with shame, vanity and fear. What it is all about, however, he has no real idea. When he occasionally tries to fathom what horrors are unfolding in his nightmare world, he suspects that sex is probably the theme... more
Igor knew nothing of Tom Brinkmann that day, the day he saw his German love for the first time. That was when he had collected the Apple and was pushing the box on a trolley across the depot car park. There she stood near his taxi, elegantly, as if she were waiting, and pointed at his boxed Apple. 'Ich sehe, Sie haben schon eine Tour, aber können Sie mich nicht auch noch mitnehmen? Ich versuche schon seit 'ner halben Stunde, eine ranzuwinken.'... more
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