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Christa Wolf Week 8 – 14 November 2015
Today begins Christa Wolf Week and I’ve already spotted a few posts here and there. Christa Wolf was one of the most important writers from East Germany. Huge... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jakob Arjouni: More Beer – Mehr Bier (1987) Kayankaya 2
More Beer – Mehr Bier is the second novel in Jakob Arjouni’s Kayankaya series. It’s set in Frankfurt, Germany. PI Kayankaya is of Turkish origin. Read more
Posted on 05 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Welcome to German Literature Month
This is just a brief welcome post to let you know about some of my own plans for German Literature Month.The first week is Schiller week, over at Lizzy’s blog. ... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
CATS A – Z by Martha Knox
A while back I received an e-mail from artist Martha Knox asking whether I’d like to review her book CATS A – Z. In recent years I’ve become wary of these... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
I’m Back From Vienna
If you go on a trip and want to come back and share photos, you’d be well advised to check you’ve got the right camera card with you. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Small Break
I’m off to Vienna for a course and won’t be back before Tuesday 20. I wanted to write a couple of reviews before leaving but since I had the flu, I ran out of... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Imre Kertész: Fateless – Sorstalanság (1975) Literature and War Readalong...
Imre Kertész novel Fateless – Sorstalanság tells the story of fifteen-year old Gyuri Köves, a Jewish boy who lives in Budapest. It starts in 1944, on the... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Announcing German Literature Month V
I’m delighted to announce that Lizzy and I will host the 5th German Literature Month (#germanlitmonth) this coming November. For those who have not... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Kristina Carlson: Mr Darwin’s Gardener (2009)
Mr Darwin’s Gardener is a novella by Finnish author Kristina Carlson. In her native Finland, she’s a popular children’s book author but has also written three... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Hélène Gestern: The People in the Photo – Eux Sur La Photo (2013)
I came across the novel The People in the Photo – Eux sur la photo by French author Hélène Gestern on Danielle’s blog (here) and immediately had to get the... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Clare Mackintosh: I Let You Go (2014)
I came across Clare Mackintosh’s novel I Let You Go on Twitter. It’s another one of those psychological thrillers with a split narrative and a huge, stunning... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong September 30 2015: Fateless – Sorstalanság by Imre...
The third book in this year’s Literature and War Readalong is Imre Kertész’ Holocaust novel Fateless. Kertész is a Hungarian author who won the Nobel Prize in... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Anthony Horowitz: Moriarty (2014)
I didn’t expect that I would enjoy Moriarty so much but I did. This is especially surprising because, initially, I had no intention of reading it. Read more
Posted on 25 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Banana Yoshimoto: Asleep – Shirakawa Yofune (1992)
It’s been a while since I’ve last read a book by Banana Yoshimoto, who has always been one of my favourite writers, although I can’t say I loved all of her... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jenny Offill: Dept. of Speculation (2014)
Are there any stories more hackneyed than stories of adultery? Possibly not. So, let’s imagine you’re a writer and you want to write a novel about adultery.... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Paula Hawkins: The Girl on the Train (2015)
Sometimes a negative review entices me to read a book. To be fair though, in the case of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, there were also a fair amount of... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Art of Time in Fiction by Joan Silber
It’s rare that I read a nonfiction book with as much enthusiasm as Joan Silber’s The Art of Time in Fiction. Given the topic it’s not surprising though. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mercè Rodoreda: Jardí Vora El Mar – The Garden Above the Sea (1967)
Mercè Rodoreda was a Spanish writer who wrote in Catalan. She’s most famous for her novel La plaça del diamant – In Diamond Square – (also The Time of the... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Nicci French: Thursday’s Child (2014)
I’ve been waiting to read Thursday’s Child, the fourth in the Frieda Klein series, until it came out in paperback. That happened just a few months before the... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Peter Mendelsund: What We See When Read (2014)
How does your Anna Karenina look? Is she tall and dark-haired? Homely or elegant? Can you picture her nose? And what color is Ishmael’s hair? What does he wear? Read more
Posted on 17 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE