tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post272195160071601925..comments2024-02-27T13:06:28.163+01:00Comments on love german books: 2009: The Celebritieskjdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-73571190558329498132009-12-13T16:37:28.449+01:002009-12-13T16:37:28.449+01:00After a conversation with Arnost Lustig , he said ...After a conversation with <a href="http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/252" rel="nofollow">Arnost Lustig </a>, he said to me [insert Czech accent here], "You know, you have soul of women."<br /><br />Me: "Is that a good thing?"Harvey Morrellhttp://mehrgedanken.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-60773924575224264562009-12-10T16:26:26.777+01:002009-12-10T16:26:26.777+01:00"Could you sign right here?" was the mos..."Could you sign right here?" was the most original thing I could think of saying to John Banville when he signed copies of Die See at a reading in Berlin a few years ago, after I had edited the translation of his first crime novel. At least I didn't say, "Hey, guess who I am! I found the mistake you made about the Porsche model in Christine Falls!"B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-8445553975478517932009-12-10T15:25:00.595+01:002009-12-10T15:25:00.595+01:00I said to Sarah Waters 'I love your books! An...I said to Sarah Waters 'I love your books! And you got me into reading Wilkie Collins'. Then she recommended a Wilkie Collins book I hadn't read.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621449210749001890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-49171938449660622992009-12-10T13:50:22.297+01:002009-12-10T13:50:22.297+01:00Oh, and Denis Scheck got a "Das ist doch Quat...Oh, and Denis Scheck got a "Das ist doch Quatsch" from me.isabohttp://xrays.antville.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-52947586953974058382009-12-10T13:48:09.983+01:002009-12-10T13:48:09.983+01:00"Haven't we met before? Your face seems f..."Haven't we met before? Your face seems familiar."<br />"I don't think so. I'm Tilman."<br />Rammstedt, that was. And as he was with Thomas Pletzinger, next thing I said was:<br />"Oh my God, I adore you both."isabohttp://xrays.antville.org/noreply@blogger.com