Beschreibung
Welcome to Trier Tales,
and welcome to your journey into the past of Germany’s oldest city and its treasure chest of tales and legends. For hundreds of years, our ancestors have relied on oral tradition and skilled narrators to keep home-grown stories alive: Trier Tales.
Using experience acquired by editing thousands of these old myths and stories – still a mere drop in the ocean – I will refrain from commenting on the original, mostly nineteenth century source material, merely providing historical context when necessary.
Instead, I shall focus on delivering an authentic translation into modern British English. I did take the occasional liberty with a quip here and there – you will surely see where – yet left the story’s core intact.
You get to experience what raconteurs in this town during past centuries relayed to their families and friends. I encourage you to make the words come alive in your mind, and let your imagination take you back to these streets and places whenever you choose.
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Excerpt from „Water into sparkling wine?“
Sometimes, reality appears to be a fable, a myth, the tallest of tales. The Universe is the unequivocal number one author in history. It is responsible for the best stories ever told. The following episode, really, who would believe this sort of thing?
‘Twas the summer of 1981. Still half asleep, a man shuffled to the sink to wash the sleep from his eyes. He longed for cool and refreshing water – and got an eyeful of pain instead. It burns! Why does it burn?
A woman brushed her teeth – and had to gargle with the most curious mouth wash? Is that … no, it canoot be, can it? Another woman smelled her dish water – and immediately called her landlord to let him know something must be wrong with the pipes again. A jogger wondered why his usual morning shower was unusually – tingly. Too much conditioner?
Many Trier citizens had quite the unusual morning experience. Some were scared, others were amazed, all of them were right: A number of city apartments and houses had sparkling wine in their pipes. Was it a blast from the past – had the Romans really managed to put Riesling into the water system?
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The author has many mythology-based titles to his name – currently available in German only.
A fiction novella focuses on the Holy, wait, what? A Holy something – currently available in German only.
