--- product_id: 12448449 title: "Learn German: By Reading Fantasy (Lernen Sie Deutsch mit Fantasy Romanen) Paperback – January 9, 2015" brand: "mozaika educationaldima zales" price: "$25.94" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/12448449-learn-german-by-reading-fantasy-lernen-sie-deutsch-mit-fantasy store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Learn German: By Reading Fantasy (Lernen Sie Deutsch mit Fantasy Romanen) Paperback – January 9, 2015 **Brand:** mozaika educationaldima zales **Price:** $25.94 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Learn German: By Reading Fantasy (Lernen Sie Deutsch mit Fantasy Romanen) Paperback – January 9, 2015 by mozaika educationaldima zales - **How much does it cost?** $25.94 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/12448449-learn-german-by-reading-fantasy-lernen-sie-deutsch-mit-fantasy) ## Best For - mozaika educationaldima zales enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted mozaika educationaldima zales brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Learn German: By Reading Fantasy (Lernen Sie Deutsch mit Fantasy Romanen) Paperback – January 9, 2015 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZjfYfvkBL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ Nice idea; perhaps the wrong example. *by M***. on Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2015* My German is good enough that I can read pretty much anything I want (the question is basically just how fast), so I may not be exactly the intended audience for this. However, since I'm always looking to improve, and since "Learn German by reading a fantasy novel" is pretty much the "me-est" thing Amazon's recommendation algorithm has ever suggested, I figured I'd check it out.Let me say first of all that the idea is a great one, and similar things have worked well for me in the past (like watching films first without subtitles and then with them): you try to understand something through the medium of the target language only, then repeat it with the help of a translation to fill in anything you may have missed. This way you're always testing yourself, and you can see yourself making progress (especially if you do it often). It's great. My problem is unfortunately with the book itself.I hadn't looked up anything about the book or the author before downloading it onto my Kindle, so I didn't know if it was an originally German book with its English translation or vice versa. But, like I said, I figured it was worth a look either way. Anyway, I started reading the first chapter in German, and was mostly struck by how awkwardly written it was. I don't have much of an ear for good versus bad prose in German, so I can't say anything about whether that was any good, but the "telling rather than showing" and shallow/superficial worldbuilding stood out to me from the start. I don't have much patience for that kind of thing. But for the moment, I was thinking "hey, at least it's in German -- I'll stick with it a little while longer."Then I reached the end of the chapter and started reading it again in English, and I thought: "ah, clearly this is a German book with an English translation!" This was an incorrect conclusion, of course, which I realized a couple more chapters in (when I went and Googled the title). But that's how bad the writing was in the original English. At that point, I just started laughing. Even though the prose in the German version didn't seem painfully bad to me (though, again, I'm a bad judge of that), the book's general flaws meant that there's not much the translator could have done beyond putting lipstick on a pig.This experience has further cemented my opinion that the best way to improve my reading skills is to seek out authentic, well-crafted German. Reading such works in this alternating format would probably be quite useful and educational. The German translation of an English novel of questionable quality, on the other hand, I think I can do without. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Learn German by Reading *by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016* The book was a bit slow as it says that you can highlight the words you do not understand and then the english word would appear so that you could better understand the story line and that in fact did not work. I ended up using the language translator on my laptop instead. The company does make an offer for you to buy their program that will do this also, however i did not think I would have to spend extra money just to read the book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Recommended for Intermediate Learner of German *by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016* I've read most of the André Klein books, and the German Beginner Reader by Brian Smith, so this was the next step. The story is terrific, it kept me wanting to read chapter after chapter. I just had the e-book, not the audiobook. I initially didn't like the fact that the English translation was after you finish the entire German chapter, but this prevented me from checking every single word, and I was still able to understand most of the vocab, occasionally going back to the German to check a few words. This book is fairly long, so you get a lot of learning for your money. Highly recommended for the intermediate level German learner. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/12448449-learn-german-by-reading-fantasy-lernen-sie-deutsch-mit-fantasy](https://www.desertcart.us/products/12448449-learn-german-by-reading-fantasy-lernen-sie-deutsch-mit-fantasy) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*