On Snow

{{short description|2003 long poem by Durs Grünbein}}

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| name = On Snow

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| author = Durs Grünbein

| title_orig = Vom Schnee

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| country = Germany

| language = German

| publisher = Suhrkamp Verlag

| pub_date = 15 September 2003

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| pages = 144

| isbn = 978-3-518-41455-2

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On Snow ({{langx|de|Vom Schnee}}) is a 2003 long poem by the German writer Durs Grünbein. It has the subtitle or Descartes in Germany (oder Descartes in Deutschland). It focuses on the life of the French philosopher René Descartes. Andreas Nentwich of Die Zeit described it as "a baroque picture arc of war, violence, vanity and a lot of snow".{{Cite news|last=Nentwich|first=Andreas|date=2003-10-09|url=http://www.zeit.de/2003/42/L-Gr_9fnbein|title=Die Landschaft dreht sich auf den Rücken|language=German|work=Die Zeit|accessdate=2012-04-29|quote=Ein barocker Bilderbogen aus Krieg, Gewalt, Vanitas und sehr viel Schnee}}