John Berger: Here is where we meet / Hier, wo wir uns begegnen Buchbesprechung auf Deutsch
Ich habe die englische Taschenbuchausgabe, die bei Vintage International erschienen ist, gelesen. John Bergers "Here is where we meet" ist Fiktion im besten Sinne und erzählt von Begegnungen des Ich-Erzählers in der Gegenwart mit längst verstorbenen Personen, die eine Rolle in seiner Vergangenheit gespielt haben. Eine deutsche Ausgabe ist im Carl Hanser Verlag erschienen.
Das Buch beginnt und endet mit einem Gespräch, das der Ich-Erzähler mit seiner toten Mutter führt. An verschiedenen Orten in Europa, wie beispielsweise in Lissabon oder auch in Polen, kommt es zu weiteren solchen Begnungen, in denen die Toten zu Gesprächspartnern und Begleitern werden.
John Berger: Here is where we meet Book review in English
I've read the English pocket edition which has been published by Vintage International. John Berger's "Here is where we meet" is fiction at it's best and tells the stories of the narrator's encounters with people that are dead for a long time. And these people played an important role in the narrator's past. By the way, there are also translations of this book into German and other languages.
The book starts and ends with a talk that the narrator has with his dead mother. At different places in Europe, like Lisbon, Poland and other locations, the narrator has more of those encounters in which the dead persons become interlocutors and companions.
Michael A. Reiter: Ihre Ausstrahlung - erkennen, entwickeln und gezielt einsetzen Book review in German
Das Büchlein "Ihre Ausstrahlung" von Michael A. Reiter ist in der Reihe Taschenguide im Haufe Verlag erschienen. Die wesentlichen Aussagen in diesem Band sind ohne Zweifel richtig: Wer positiv auf andere wirken will, sollte authentisch sein. Körpergefühl, Atmung, Stimme und Lebenseinstellung spielen eine wichtige Rolle für eine positive, starke Ausstrahlung.
Leider jagd Reiter in seiner Darstellung von einer Übung zur nächsten und ich kann mir kaum vorstellen, dass viele Leser sich auf jede dieser Übungen wirklich einlassen. Ich jedenfalls hatte die Erwartung, mir einen schnellen Überblick zum Thema zu verschaffen.
"Your Charisma - discover it, develop it and use it effectively" would be the translation of the German title. This book is not available in English. Anyways, here is my book review in English.
This little book by Michael A. Reiter has been published by the German publisher Haufe Verlag. The basic statements are correct, without doubt: If you want to come across as positive you need to be authentic. Physical well-being, breathing, your voice and your attitude to life play an important role for having a strong charisma.
On top of that, the book has some exercises, too. Unfortunately the author hurries from one exercise to the next one and I can't believe that many readers of this book get into these exercises really deep. At least I expected to get just a quick overview on the subject.
1. Name your three favorite music group's albums (can be individual or group). Yes, yes i know "what is an album?" for those not older than dirt like me-that is CD. And DWG's don't count - - I don't really think they ever produced an album.
2. Name your three favorite songs from each. Feel free to tell us why, if you would like.
3. Then, feel free to pick on three of your friends with links to their sites posted.
My three favorite albums (at this moment)
I'm trying to take this tagging as an opportunity to talk about the following three amazing albums but, of course, there are many more artists and genres that I enjoy as well.
John Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis (1961-62) - instrumental parts for flute 1-3 performed by Eberhard Blum - piccolo, flute and alto flute, hat ART CD 6111
There are four tracks ("The index points at 15:00, 30:00, and 45:00 are provided for convenience of reference and are not indications of divisions in the work.") and it's impossible to make any commitments regarding the quality of the tracks. This music is intensive but also kind of relaxed. The flute and John Cage's music go along pretty well.
Jean-Luc Godard: Nouvelle Vague (premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990) ECM New Series
This is the complete soundtrack - music, dialogue, sounds. You'll find music by Dino Saluzzi, David Garling, Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schönberg, Paul Giger, Patti Smith, Meredith Monk, Heinz Holliger and Werner Pirchner on two CDs. Forget about the three songs. This is one of my favorite albums just because you can only enjoy it as a whole.
John Zorn / Naked City: Radio (1992), Avant
John Zorn's music (all his albums are great) made me curious about many other artists. Track 9 "The Bitter and the Sweet" is a nice one but, again, it's much more impressive if you've listened to the faster and noisier tracks 1 - 8 before. And after "The Bitter and the Sweet" comes track 10 "Krazy Kat" (the title speaks for itself) followed by track 11 "The Vault" which has some metal influences with a lot of energy and so on and on.
I asked the following people to write about their favorite albums - only if they feel like it:
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