Learn German with the Augsburg Saga – C1 German Reader (C1 Omnibus)
Five interconnected C1 novels in one complete volume — built to take you from advanced learner to independent reader.

This C1 Omnibus combines all five C1 books of the Augsburg Saga into a single, coherent reading experience. With approx. 207,000 words (print edition approx. 850 pages), it is designed for advanced learners who want to move beyond exercises, short excerpts, and exam-style texts — and read sustained German with confidence.

Follow the Hartwig family from post-war reconstruction to contemporary Germany in 2025. The novels are immersive and realistic, with clear narrative structure and continuous C1-level prose. History and politics are present, but never lectured: they enter naturally through work, media, family conversations, documents, and personal decisions.

Across the five novels you'll encounter:
• a criminal investigation linked to unresolved events from the past
• family histories revealed through letters and documents, including correspondence from Israel and life in a kibbutz
• the long shadow of political violence (including the 1972 Munich Olympic terror attack)
• professional and moral conflicts in journalism, education, and public life
• travel beyond Germany — from Corfu to Namibia — where routine is disrupted by small, believable incidents

A distinctive final volume: C1.5 (2025)
The last book deliberately shifts focus to modern, real-world German as it is used today: news and broadcast language, public and administrative German, indirect political speech, and everyday conversations shaped by caution, fatigue, and adaptation.

What this omnibus includes:
• Five complete C1 volumes (C1.1–C1.5)
• short English introductions before each volume (orientation only)
• German-only main texts written consistently at C1 level
• chapter summaries + comprehension questions with full-sentence answers

Most learners meet C1 German only in fragments. This book offers something rarer: long-form immersion, where vocabulary and structures become familiar through context, repetition, and returning characters.

Read steadily — and let German become normal.

German–English interlinear omnibus ebook editions are also available.

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