/lit/ - Literature

>German "Literature"

I've worked with a few Germans before and they just seem like humanoid robots. They would go into work 30-60 minutes early, take quick lunch breaks, and have no problem working overtime if needed. A strange breed of people. Anyway, this guy says Heinrich Von Kliest was his favorite author so I gave it a read.

It's exactly what you would expect some AI to produce if it were tasked with writing some sort of story. So now I'm here to ask you about it...Is this common in German literature? It's not bad by any means, but it feels mechanical and too precise. The portrayal of human emotion just goes from extreme to extreme -- no subtlety.

And tell me what you think about The Marquise of O-- in particular if you've ever read it

what did /lit/ think of this gem?