Katharina Hagena
Katharina Hagena studied English and German Literature in Marburg, London and Freiburg, before lecturing at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Hamburg. Her first book, What the Wild Waves are Saying: the Walk Through the Odyssey, was published in 2006. The Taste of Apple Seeds is her...
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Katharina Hagena studied English and German Literature in Marburg, London and Freiburg, before lecturing at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Hamburg. Her first book, What the Wild Waves are Saying: the Walk Through the Odyssey, was published in 2006. The Taste of Apple Seeds is her breakout novel. She currently lives in Hamburg.
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Birth date: November 20, 1967
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When Iris unexpectedly inherits her grandmother's house in the country, she also inherits the painful memories that live there. Iris gives herself a one-week stay at the old house, after which she'll make a decision: keep it, or sell it. The choice is not so simple, though, for her grandmother's cot...
The wheels of destiny have always been set in motion - in our family as well - by a fall. And by an apple. While The Taste of Apple Seeds was an alright kind of book, I can't really say that I enjoyed it very much. Don't get me wrong, it was okay... but I feel like it was missing something. For in...
The Taste of Apple Seeds begins with a funeral and the memory of another death. The beginning of the book is a little slow and hard to get into. I really enjoyed the middle part of the book, taking it for what it appears to be - a portrait of a family. The ending seems rushed and melodramatic compar...
I don't think the Author really knew what she wanted to write about...The book only got such a "high" rating from me, because she put in a few good laughs that made me smile (okay, laugh out loud!).The main protagonist was basically eating, sleeping, wearing 50+ year old dresses, which she kept dest...
Lately I have been reading a lot of novels that take place in Germany. It is a new trend that I hope to continue since I am quickly becoming fascinated by the chick-lit and women's literature being written by German authors. Almost all of the novels I have read I ended up liking but thought a little...
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