5/28/2023 0 Comments Learning German by Tim Luscombe![]() Having come to the realisation, for about the twelfth time, that I’ll never learn German by osmosis, I’m going back to school. But I can’t dawdle over cheese and several varieties of cold meat. While Sven and I enjoy breakfast on our sunny terrace, fluffy white poplar blossoms dance prettily about in the breeze, marking the evolution of spring into summer, and landing in our jam. In Berlin, the seasons announce themselves with more clarity than they do in London. ![]() I’ve plundered lives and experience with no intention of causing hurt or offence, altering and rearranging events to create a book in which nothing is factual and yet everything’s true.įor the 48%, and rising Monday 6th June 2016 However, the characters here are cut and pasted inventions. In writing it, I’ve tried to be true to the spirit of my experience of 2016 – the joy and agony of learning German, the torture of watching a schism develop in England when the UK voted to leave the EU, as well as some life-changing events at home. They’ve provided me with the inspiration and ideas for this book. ![]() I owe a huge debt of gratitude to friends, family, and all the classmates and teachers with whom I studied German in Germany. By Tim Luscombe (in lieu of) Acknowledgements ![]()
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