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Carte Blanche- Canadian authors present their favourite German books

Carte Blanche- Favorite German Authors: In our ongoing efforts at the Goethe-Institut Toronto to connect the art scenes in Canada and Germany, we have asked prominent Canadian authors to present their “favourite German book” to our visitors and readers. The result was a collection of personal appreciations of favourite or most important or loved or most influential books. Some names you might expect – Thomas Mann? –, some titles you might not – Mann’s Tonio Kröger? The authors chose a whole gamut of works – novels, novellas, essay collections, biographies, male and female writers, modern classics and contemporary, new discoveries or old-time favourites, best-sellers and philosophical works. Most of the Canadian authors we have invited into this project have some connection with Germany (reading tours, book fair visits) or German culture, like David Bezmozgis and Ricci, who have taken part in Goethe-Institut Toronto events with German authors.

“Carte Blanche” is about connections and surprises, about personal impressions, and about how (and why) writers explore different literatures. The authors’ biographies, select bibliographies and related links on this cross-cultural and bilingual portal invite you to investigate further, to explore parallels and differences, to delve into their respective worlds. For more information please contact: Jutta Brendemühl at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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