`It made me laugh so hard that I woke up my wife and had to give up reading the book in bed. If Bill Bryson had collaborated with W. G. Sebald to write a book about Germany, they might have wound up with something like this' Sunday Times
Germania is a very personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. Equally passionate about the region's history, folklore, cuisine, architecture, and landscape, Winder describes Germany's past afresh - and in doing so sees a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to eating some very strange food. This accessible, enthusiastic and startlingly vivid account is a brilliant introduction to the hidden wonders of Germany.
`His rich and broadly chronological history of Germany and its peoples is minutely researched . . . A splendid offering' Financial Times
`Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' Philip Hensher, Independent
`Beautifully written and insightful . . . a witty, thought-provoking account of Germany's various histories, cultures and oddities' Irish Times
- ISBN10 0330522817
- ISBN13 9780330522816
- Publish Date 19 March 2010 (first published 5 February 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 November 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 480
- Language English