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On Eduard Von Keyserling’s – Schwüle Tage (Sultry Days)
Today we had the first snow. I woke to a fine layer of white in the morning. I don’t think it will stay, it’s already raining. Nonetheless it is strange to writ... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Barbara Honigmann: A Love Made Out of Nothing – Eine Liebe Aus Nichts (1991)
Barbara Honigmann’s A Love Made Out of Nothing tells the story of a young expatriate’s journey back to Weimar to attend her father’s funeral. Read more
Posted on 19 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Helmut Krausser: The Great Bagarozy – Der Grosse Bagarozy (1997)
To enjoy this novel you don’t need to be a fan of Maria Callas but you should at least be interested in her life, as The Great Bagarozy - Der grosse Bagarozy... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Elke Schmitter: Mrs Sartoris – Frau Sartoris (2000)
Part confessional, part thriller, Elke Schmitter’s explosive first novel is the story of Margaret. Jilted by a rich boyfriend when only eighteen, she finds... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Alissa Walser: Mesmerized – Am Anfang War Die Nacht Musik (2010)
I so wanted to love this book. I liked the premise, the first sentences were evocative and descriptive but then, a few pages later, I just couldn’t stand the... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
On Sarah Kirsch’s Regenkatze – Raincat (2007)
Sarah Kirsch, born Ingrid Bernstein, in 1935, in Prussian Saxony was a German poet and artist. She was widely known and appreciated in Germany and received... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong November 29 2013 Meets German Literature Month:...
This months readalong title Death of the Adversary aka Der Tod des Widersachers by Hans Keilson is also part of German Literature Month. Keilson was an... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Welcome to German Literature Month
Lizzy and I are happy to announce the official beginning of German Literature Month. A few introduction posts and lists have cropped up here and there already,... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Vasily Grossman: Everything Flows (1961) Literature and War Readalong October...
Would you inform on people to save your own life? Sign papers knowing very well it will send people to the Gulag? Would you? If you are like me, you are unable... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
German Literature Month – Musical Warm-up
Just a few songs from the past 12 months. The last two are Swiss bands. Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
German Women Writers – A Few More Suggestions
German Literature Month is upcoming and since we’d like to promote women writers I thought, I give you some more suggestions. Two years ago I wrote this post... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
S. J. Bolton: Now You See Me (2011)
I’m one of those who is fascinated by the story of Jack the Ripper or rather its mystery. I’m sure, if the crime had been solved, I would care far less, but... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
David Miller: Today (2011)
August 1924. John Conrad arrives at his parents’ home on the outskirts of Canterbury, where family and friends are assembling for the bank holiday weekend. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects (2006)
When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Literature and War Readalong October 28 2013: Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman
I’m very late in announcing this month’s readalong title. Vasily Grossman’s Everything Flows isn’t a war novel per se. It’s a post war novel. Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Venetian Impressions
I’m back from Venice and still processing. A lot of what I saw was just the way I remembered it, a lot was better, many things were worse. I don’t think I’ve... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Alexander Baron: There’s No Home (1950) Literature and War Readalong September...
Alexander Baron was once known as the great British novelist of WWII, but since then he’s been somewhat forgotten. Three of his novels are “war novels”. There’... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Announcing German Literature Month III – November 2013
Lizzy and I are delighted to be making this announcement and we hope you’re happy to hear it. The tweets of others as early as January of this year looking... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jeanette Winterson: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (2011)
In 1985 Jeanette Winterson’s first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was Jeanette’s version of the story of a terraced house in... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jane Austen: Persuasion (1818)
After having read Mansfield Park and liking it so much (as you can see here) I decided to read Persuasion, which has been mentioned by so many in the comments a... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE