Es war ein König in Thule: Das Hausbuch der Sagen und BalladenIllustrator: Renate SeeligA friend recommended and lent this book to me. An beautiful illustration book that contain the most famous German ballads. Ballad is a song or poem that tells a story (Cambridge Dictionary). Traditionally, ballad is folk song/ story, later, great author like …
So klingt Schubert (DE) Author: Emilie ColletIllustrator: Severine CordierThis book is my prize at a lucky draw activity on 11.12.2021 The structure of the book is based on the most famous six melodies of Schubert. To each melody, there is one lovely picture, 1-2 little sentences and a button to click on for music. That’s …
Buch Suleika Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe / Marianne WillemerBook bought from the book store in Pergamon Museum Berlin Inspired by a Persian poet Hafez / Hafis (1325-1389), Goethe written 12 books of poem called West-Eastern Divan. Book of Suleika in one of the twelve. At time he was writing the poems, he exchanged letters with …
Spring in Jade Pavilion (EN)Frühling im Jadehaus (DE) 玉楼春 (CH) Book bought from the book store in Pergamon Museum Berlin More than 200 Chinese classical poetry between B.C. 200 to 1279 is collected in this little book. Because Ruan Ji (210-263) is my favourite poet and my favourite poem “夜中不能寐yè zhōng bù néng mèi” of …
Hundred (EN)Hundert (DE) 總有一天你會懂 / 你想过怎样的一生 (CH)Author: Heike FallerIllustration: Valerio VidaliBook bought from online 2nd hand book store As you turn the page, one year passed by. From age 0 to age 99, each year is concluded in one sentence and one picture. Full of life wisdom, reading it also reminding me of all kind …
The Happiness Passport (EN)Atlas of Happiness (DE) Author: Megan HayesIllustration: Yelena BryksenkovaBook bought from a local bookstore What is happiness? This book brings us to different places of the world and introduces us the definition of “happiness” from each culture. In total, 50 secrets of happiness could be found here. I speak Chinese and German …
Book : Jamila (EN) Dshamilja (DE) UnionsverlagAuthor: Tschingis AitmatowBook borrowed from a friend This book is simply beautiful. May be it’s because I love music, the chapter that describes Daniyar’s singing in one August night took my soul away. A story about friendship between Jamila, Daniyar and Seit in Kyrgzstan during World War II. They …
I always like the stories of Pettson and Findus. In this book “Our Most Beautiful Adventure” is a collection of their 5 stories (spoiler: a recipe of pancake cake is included)! Actually the adventures they had was only around Pettson’s farm, not further. Anyway, alone by reading the book title, it makes me feel like …
A lot of interesting things have happened since my last post, very mixed feeling, mostly too excited. I pick three to talk about: Schubert, Spinet, Reels. Schubert Children Sound Book I am that kind of person, that luck usually does not favour me. That means, I never won a lucky draw (as far as I …
I was watching ships go by in Hamburg on 3.5.2013, the time when Elbphilharmonie was under construction. As I was watching ships and clouds, a poem came to my mind. I’ve written a post about this: 在Hamburg二零一三年五月三日邂逅的云. The blog is written in Chinese, now I translated the poem in English. Ladies and gentlemen, let me …