I picked up an article, began reading it and became quite engrossed by it. The author talked of how the English, German and Roman cultures had each developed distinct ideas in their literature. I assumed that by Roman the author meant French, and that he was pointing out the necessity of being able to speak each language to appreciate the various literatures.

To illustrate the point, several book covers were shown in the article. First was an English book, followed by two German books and a French book. Each book had a colorful picture on the cover and each looked quite intriguing. The French book was titled Doritta. I hadn't read any of the books and realized I would be well-advised to begin doing so. Obviously the author had a wide breadth of reading experience.

Finally yet another book cover was pictured which had Russian writing on it. I thought that was rather curious and began trying to decipher what it said since I knew some of the Russian alphabet. The only word I could discern was "Berlintelevision."