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Title: Winnetou by Karl Friedrich May, David Koblick, Karl May ISBN: 0-87422-179-X Publisher: Washington State University Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.16 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (44 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Hugely Popular in Germany
Comment: The book description (above) is a good summary of the "Winnetou" series, which is hugely popular in Germany. The story involves a newly-arrived German-born frontiersman who becomes "blood brothers" with a Mescalero Apache. These books are mostly read by teenagers with characters who, like the Star Wars series, are clearly identified as "good" and "bad." Karl May did propogate the "noble savage" concept in his books. Their appeal is primarily the fabulous story-telling quality to them, the effortless writing, the engrossing way they read. Not having read this translation I cannot comment on the quality of that, but I will note that the German language version of "Winnetou I" posted on the Amazon.de website is 542 pages, while this one is 256. That suggests that a lot was left out in the translation.
Rating: 4
Summary: Winnetou Rules
Comment: One day my mom brought up "Winnetou". Telling me all about how great they are and how she used to read the Swiss editions when she was a kid my age (which is 12).
Well, I was interested. Apparently May never left his country, yet he writes about the West like an expert. This did sound rather interesting. My mom said that her aunt had all the May books, but they were all in Swiss. We searched the Internet for a while, and came to a conclusion that Karl May books in English are pretty hard to find.
But whadaya know? My grandpa in Switzerland found the first Winnetou novel in English and I had recieved it as a Christmas present.
I am now on Winnetou 1, Volume 2, Chapter 3. There are 3 Winnetou books. And I LOVE IT. It's everything I love. It's got action, adventure, suspense, even some romance. It's a book for pre-teens and teens, in my opinion, because it's the kinda stuff we like.
And most of the people in my family have read them. My dad's best friend read them and loved them. The haircutter loves them. They are great books, what more can I say?
Rating: 3
Summary: Winnetou
Comment: Good for children's library and as vacation reading.
K. May is one of the romantic story writers, writing after the western travel-stories role model; like many before who made a good sell but did poor favour to the public imagination ( misconceptions) of the countries and cultures they wrote about.
For expl. Albert Fortis travel writings...
I used to watch the Winnetou film serial and identified with the characters and story, and was surprised at older age to learn that my favorite "indian" film was filmed in Croatia!
BTW, Does anyone know where to get those tapes?
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Title: The Oil Prince by Herbert Windolf, Karl Friedrich May ISBN: 0874222621 Publisher: Washington State University Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Shadow of the Padishah: Through the Desert (Shadow of the Padishah) by Michael M. Michalak ISBN: 075961234X Publisher: 1stBooks Library Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.35 |
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Title: Oriental Odyssey III: Travel Adventures in Kurdistan by Karl May, Michael M. Michalak ISBN: 0971816425 Publisher: Nemsi Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Oriental Odyssey II: The Shadow of the Padishah - The Devil Worshippers by Karl F. May, Michael M. Michalak ISBN: 0971816417 Publisher: Nemsi Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone (Cinema and Society) by Christopher Frayling ISBN: 1860642004 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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