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Schadenfreude, a love story : me, the Germans, and 20 years of attempted transformations, unfortunate miscommunications, and humiliating situations that only they have words for

2017

Format:	Book
Author:	Schuman, Rebecca, author.
Title:	Schadenfreude, a love story : me, the Germans, and 20 years of attempted transformations, unfortunate miscommunications, and humiliating situations that only they have words for / Rebecca Schuman.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.
Description:	274 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:	"A debut book by the education columnist for Slate traces her experiences as a Jewish teen intellectual whose fateful relationship with a boy who introduced her to Kafka inspired her love for German language and culture,"--NoveList.
Contents	Jugendünde -- Sprachgefühl -- Lebensraum -- Schriftverkehr -- Ostalgie -- Wohngemeinschaft -- Liebeskummer -- Ereignis -- Schadenfreude.
Subjects:	Schuman, Rebecca. Schuman, Rebecca -- Travel -- Germany. Journalists -- United States -- Biography. Women college students -- United States -- Biography. Germany -- Description and travel.
Genre:	Autobiographies. Travel writing.
LCCN:	2016038531
ISBN:	9781250077578 (hardcover) 1250077575 (hardcover) * 9781250077660 (e-book)
Other Number:	960905129
System Availability:	3
Current Holds:	0
Control Number:	1908355

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Rebecca Schuman is a frequent contributor to Slate, where she writes about higher education, Germany, popular culture and parenting. She holds a PhD in German from the University of California, Irvine. Schadenfreude, A Love Story is her first book. - (McMillan Palgrave)

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