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Ulrike DraesnerSecret HeroesOn Heinrich von Kleist, James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Gottfried Benn and many others The writers of classical literature are overwhelmingly male. Is this tedious for female readers? By no means! Reading buff Ulrike Draesner presents us here with her very own 'Hall... |
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Sebastian HaffnerThe Story of a GermanMemoirs, 1914-1933 These early memoirs of the great German journalist are the most significant find in Haffner's literary estate, and are now being published for the first time. |
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Wladimir KaminerTolstoy's Beard and Chekov's ShoesRambles through Russian literature There are few German writers around who know Russian literature as well as Wladimir Kaminer. He tells us in his inimically entertaining and humorous way of the lives and works of... |
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Walter KempowskiSomniaDiary 1991 It was with his four-volume Echo Sounder [Echolot] that Walter Kempowski found a literary form for our collective memory. In it, he kept everything that was in danger of being... |
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Michael Köhlmeier (Editor)Fairy-Tale DecameronA world tour in 100 stories Myths and legends make up mankind’s oldest reservoir of knowledge, and act as gigantic mirrors of people’s dreams, fears and tragedies. Michael Köhlmeier, a celebrated novelist... |
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Sascha MamczakThe Art of Science FictionWhy do millions of people round the world read the novels of Isaac Asimov, Stanislaw Lem or Andy Weir? What makes Star Wars into a global multi-billion phenomenon? Why are... |
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Terézia MoraNot DyingTerézia Mora starts her Frankfurt poetics lectures with a powerful image. She tells how she once went to the cinema with her young daughter to see an animated cartoon film. In... |
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Hanns-Josef Ortheil, Klaus SiblewskiHow Novels Are MadeOn writing between art and artisanship: using numberless examples, writer Hanns-Josef Ortheil and editor Klaus Siblewski shed light on all aspects of the creative process – from... |
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Hanns-Josef OrtheilMoments of FaithAnthology In his autobiographic, contemporary and historical novels, writer Hanns-Josef Ortheil has repeatedly presented moments of faith when the protagonists occupy themselves with... |
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Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Thomas Anz (Editor)My German Literature Since 1945For half a century, Marcel Reich-Ranicki was the most successful, influential and hence also the most controversial literature critic. He left his mark on the literary life of... |
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