Skybird
09-13-07, 05:02 AM
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,505494,00.html
The article is a reprint originally published in the NY Times.
To Germans Winnetou is like Paul Bunyan, Abe Lincoln and Elvis rolled into one. During the World Cup last year, an occasion for the Germans to debate, as they often do, the pitfalls of reviving their nationalist spirit, Der Spiegel, the leading newsmagazine, published an article titled "The Land of Winnetou." "Eleven Winnetous," the author, Dirk Kurbjuweit, added, referring to the German soccer team, "and we would be world champions."
Bear with us. We are not less insane than anyone else. And yes, I read May's books, too, when I was a kid, at least some of them, since he wrote over 70, setting in the Wild West as well as in the Orient.
The article is a reprint originally published in the NY Times.
To Germans Winnetou is like Paul Bunyan, Abe Lincoln and Elvis rolled into one. During the World Cup last year, an occasion for the Germans to debate, as they often do, the pitfalls of reviving their nationalist spirit, Der Spiegel, the leading newsmagazine, published an article titled "The Land of Winnetou." "Eleven Winnetous," the author, Dirk Kurbjuweit, added, referring to the German soccer team, "and we would be world champions."
Bear with us. We are not less insane than anyone else. And yes, I read May's books, too, when I was a kid, at least some of them, since he wrote over 70, setting in the Wild West as well as in the Orient.