tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post3026316275638079721..comments2024-03-27T06:22:50.868+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2014 - 20: Von Afrika nach KanadaLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-5819088752763108962014-06-18T07:13:58.915+02:002014-06-18T07:13:58.915+02:00Oh, of course it is Jerome, how stupid of me! That...Oh, of course it is Jerome, how stupid of me! That is what happens when I try to come up with good responses to my comments after a long, meeting-packed day at the office :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-29909499125999036952014-06-17T21:56:22.422+02:002014-06-17T21:56:22.422+02:00Yes, I did see that Susan Parry commented on your ...Yes, I did see that Susan Parry commented on your post....Very exciting.<br />I forgot to mention that Jerome is the more common English form of the name Hieronymus.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-16188296519668809862014-06-17T19:44:21.174+02:002014-06-17T19:44:21.174+02:00Glad you like Corpse Way, Kristi! Have you seen th...Glad you like Corpse Way, Kristi! Have you seen that the author actually commented on my post, too?<br /><br />You are so right, and although these things sound like such a cliché, they are very true. The author himself acknowledges that he was spared much by being made a PoW so early on. His change is particularly hard on his mother, the person he wants to disappoint and hurt least of all.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-12095280501753278222014-06-17T19:42:08.533+02:002014-06-17T19:42:08.533+02:00Hello Jane and Lance,
Indeed, what would I have do...Hello Jane and Lance,<br />Indeed, what would I have done? I really can't say.<br />The life of this man is all the more interesting to me as there is the connection with the place, his home village where my uncle lives, and it almost feels as if Hieronymus Hirschle was a relative of mine. He is the same generation as my grandfather, just a few years younger, and of course the local dialect is one I know very well.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-64427326942629405022014-06-17T14:03:00.540+02:002014-06-17T14:03:00.540+02:00I agree with you that it is a pity that they are n...I agree with you that it is a pity that they are not translated into English. I would certainly read them. But it would be very challenging to read them in German, and I would probably miss many subtle points while doing so. It is a very serious sort of book and I cannot help but think the author was lucky to have become a POW and missed years of trench warfare, but whatever sort of war one endures, the effect of these experiences on a person is profound...(It sounds like such a cliche. But so true. It changed him and the entire rest of his life.)<br /><br /> ON a lighter note, I am nearly finished with Corpse Way and am enjoying it. I think I will go on to read the others in this series.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-42538700039245041042014-06-17T10:25:44.699+02:002014-06-17T10:25:44.699+02:00Hello Meike,
This certainly sounds to be a most i...Hello Meike,<br /><br />This certainly sounds to be a most interesting series as it chronicles the life and times of this man. This period fascinates us, perhaps as it is still largely in living memory of so many, and one can wonder what would we have done in similar circumstances. Never an easy question to answer.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com