I would go for Steppenwolf at the beginning.
It is somehow a continuing theme amongst german literature (and maybe art in general) that it`s greatest are ridiculed, persecuted and oftern driven into exile by a ignorant public. Or only receive the recognition which is owned to them at an old age or post mortem.
Kind of ironic that our greatest and witiest poet Heinrich Heine, was jewish, is buried in France, is a national hero in France and will probably always be more popular in France than in Germany.
It is somehow a continuing theme amongst german literature (and maybe art in general) that it`s greatest are ridiculed, persecuted and oftern driven into exile by a ignorant public. Or only receive the recognition which is owned to them at an old age or post mortem.
Kind of ironic that our greatest and witiest poet Heinrich Heine, was jewish, is buried in France, is a national hero in France and will probably always be more popular in France than in Germany.
