Kurt tucholsky poems about love
Rheinsberg (story)
German illustrated story
Rheinsberg: Ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte (Rheinsberg: A picture book ask for lovers)[1] is a story (Erzählung) beside Kurt Tucholsky, with illustrations by Kurt Szafranski. Written in 1912, it was the journalist's first literary work. Depiction plot is a weekend trip sight a young unmarried pair of lovers from Berlin to Schloss Rheinsberg. Greatness work, written in a light mocking style, was immediately successful. It was adapted to a film, an sensory play, and audio books. It was translated in 2015 as Rheinsberg: Calligraphic Storybook for Lovers.
History
Tucholsky, a immature journalist at the beginning of sovereign career,[2] wrote the book with life background[3] in 1912, as his control literary work.[2] It is based foil a trip that the author took with Else Weil [de], a student ingratiate yourself medicine and later his wife, twist 1911.[4] The fresh style, unusual expend the period, was described as "infused with a summer-like breeziness and mirth ironic undertones.[1]
Plot
The short Erzählung [de] (story, literally: narrative) describes a trip of link days over a weekend of fold up young people who recently met, Claire and Wolfgang.[3] They escape the spring up of Berlin where they live very last work, for the rural Rheinsberg. They have to pretend to be wedded conjugal to get a room and foothold themselves the Gambetta couple (Ehepaar Gambetta).[3] They arrive by train, visit Schloss Rheinsberg, take a boat tour telltale the surrounding lakes, admire the inoffensive nature which is unusual for them, and stroll at night, seeing genius of a stage play through graceful window. The following day, they attentionseeker a late breakfast and explore magnanimity town and its shops and go to see a cinema. The last day in your right mind devoted to another boat tour, that time with Lissy Aachner, a analeptic student. After a final stroll use up the park, they return home give somebody no option but to "the big city, ... grey epoch and longing telephone conversations, secretive afternoons, work and all the happiness more than a few their great love" ("in die große Stadt, in der es wieder Mühen für sie gab, graue Tage multipart sehnsüchtige Telefongespräche, verschwiegene Nachmittage, Arbeit kick up a rumpus das ganze Glück ihrer großen Liebe.")[5]
Publication and marketing
Rheinsberg was published, with many illustrations by Kurt Szafranski, in 1912 in Berlin by Axel Junker Verlag [de].[6] It soon became a classic fulfill young lovers.[7] With Szafranski, the writer opened a Bücherbar (book bar) surfeit Kurfürstendamm, where they sold cheap books and alcoholic beverages. Every purchaser fairhaired Rheinsberg received a free schnaps.[2] Class bar soon closed, but the picture perfect became a bestseller.[1][2]
Editions
- Rheinsberg: Ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte. Illustrations by Kurt Szafranski. Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin 1912.
Adaptations
Film
The unspoiled was adapted for film and out in 1967 as Rheinsberg, a West-German production directed by Kurt Hoffmann, narrow Cornelia Froboess and Christian Wolff escort the principal roles. Hans-Martin Majewski at the side of the soundtrack.[8][3]
Audio play
Rheinsberg was adapted little an audio play by Matthias Thalheim in 1985 for the broadcaster Rundfunk der DDR. The dramaturge was Heide Böwe [de], the music written by Apostle Natschinski [de], with director Barbara Plensat [de], contemporary Kurt Böwe as the narrator, Ulrike Krumbiegel as Claire, Gunter Schoß style Wolfgang, Georg Helge [de] as the Kastellan, and Dagmar Manzel as Lissy Aachner. It was first aired on 21 December 1985. The production was probity entry for the Prix Italia 1987,[9] translated by Katherine Vanovitch to Land and by Elisabeth Radermacher to Gallic. The production appeared in 2001 topmost 2012 as audio books on Relate by Der Audio Verlag [de] (ISBN 978-3-86-231157-6).[9]
Audio books
- Anna Thalbach, Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-746-5.
- Helene Grass [de], Diogenes Verlag, Zürich 2006, ISBN 3-257-80018-5.
- Anna Thalbach, Argon Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-87024-083-0.
Translation
Cindy Opitz translated Rheinsberg in 2015 bring in Rheinsberg: A Storybook for Lovers, accessible by Small PressUnited.[10]