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Elizabeth Taylor: A Game of Hide and Seek (1951)
I often read the best books of the year in December. Sometimes they don’t make it on the Top 10 list because I read them so late in the year. Read more
Posted on 15 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong 2015 – Mini Edition
For some of you it may come as a surprise that next year’s Literature and War Readalong contains only four titles, but I felt we needed a change. Read more
Posted on 11 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Philip Teir: The Winter War – Vinterkriget (2013)
On the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-pai... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
German Literature Month – Winner Announcement
Some of you will remember that we announced two special giveaways at the beginning of German Literature Month.Two people will win two sets of books. Read more
Posted on 07 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong December 29 2014: Letters From a Lost Generation...
Letters from a Lost Generation is the book I’ve been looking forward to all year. I love reading letters and this collection has been on my radar for a long... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Looking Back on German Literature Month IV 2014
Every year Lizzy and I think that German Literature Month can’t get any better and every year we are wrong. It keeps on getting better and better. Read more
Posted on 01 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Joseph Roth: Flight Without End – Die Flucht Ohne Ende (1927) Literature and...
I’ve read a few novels by Joseph Roth now and every time I’m surprised how different they are. Die Flucht ohne Ende – Flight Without End is no exception. This i... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Joseph Roth: Weights and Measures – Das Falsche Gewicht (1937)
How does an upright, steadfast man survive among corruption, hypocrisy, and crime? Roth’s answer to this question, which lies at the heart of Weights and... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Thomas Mann: Tonio Kröger (1903)
Tonio Kröger is considered one of Thomas Mann’s masterpieces, but only a few elements spoke to me, most of it infuriated me. The writing is stellar, as usual,... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Bad Literature Doesn’t Equal Genre – On Judith Hermann’s Aller Liebe Anfang...
Edo Reents, the critic of the FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – wrote about Judith Hermann’s long-awaited first novel: “Judith Hermann has two problems.... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Michael Kumpfmüller: Die Herrlichkeit Des Lebens (2011) – The Glory of Life...
There are two types of historical novels: those which are pure fiction and those in which real people are brought to life. I’m fond of the latter, so I was... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jan Costin Wagner: Im Winter Der Löwen (2008) – The Winter of the Lions (2011)...
Jan Costin Wagner may very well be THE discovery of this year’s German Literature Month for me. I started The Winter of the Lions, book three in the series, in... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Daniel Glattauer: Forever Yours (2014) – Ewig Dein (2012)
I’ve read two of Glattauer’s books Love Virtually and Every Seventh Wave and enjoyed them both. When Forever Yours – Ewig Dein came out two years ago I got it... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong November 30 2014 Meets German Literature Month:...
Jospeh Roth, one of the greats of Austrian literature, seemed like a wonderful choice, not only for the Literature and War Readalong in which we focus on WWI,... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Welcome to German Literature Month
Welcome everyone to German Literature Month 2014.If we can go by the many intro posts that I’ve seen, it should be a fantastic month.I have already started and... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mercedes Lackey: Phoenix & Ashes (2004) Literature and War Readalong October 2014
I wasn’t going to do that anymore but after 270 pages of boredom, I had to put the book aside. I’ve got a pile of books on a small shelf, just opposite my bed,... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
David Almond: Skellig (1998)
I often think that the best books for children are far more than timeless tales for any age. Just think of Antoine de St Exupéry’s The Little Prince. It’s a... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
German Literature Month – Some Plans and Suggestions
Although I don’t really stick to my plans these days, I was still tempted to make a list of possible choices for German Literature Month because in the past... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
On Ketil Bjørnstad – Norwegian Author and Composer
Two months ago I went to a book shop and, on a table displaying books in German translation, I found a novel written by Ketil Bjørnstad. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Anne Brontë: Agnes Grey (1847)
Last year I read all the Jane Austen novels I hadn’t read yet. This year I wanted to do the same with the Brontë novels. Agnes Grey was one of those I hadn’t... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE