Tag: Book recommendations
Victoria de Grazia: "The perfect fascist": An evil operetta
How the Jewish-American prima donna Lilliana Weinman became enthusiastic about fascism in Italy, married Mussolini’s husband for the particularly rough and got away with luck and the Catholic Church. source…
It is never too late to read Kant – five recommendations – Culture
It is never too late to read Kant. A few starting points, four good new introductions – and a young classic. Of course, philosophers and philosophy teachers in particular recommend…
“Andreas 473” by Luksan Wunder: A sci-fi radio play, both comic and musical – culture
Menus, plane tickets, invitation cards – scanning QR codes to access information is now part of navigating the world. The comedy collective Luksan Wunder takes advantage of this and expands…
Novel by Han Kang: Books like silk
A Korean poet learns ancient Greek to regain her faith in the language: the new novel by exceptional author Han Kang. source site
Gabriel García Márquez’s novel “See you in August” is published posthumously – against his will. – Culture
There are books that you read because they come from a revered author or a great writer. No, by no means everything that Salman Rushdie, Nadine Gordimer or Peter Handke…
"Someone always loses": Do football teams have to be opponents?
The philologist Ansgar Mohnkern exposes the ideology of sport in his book “One Always Loses”. source site
Favorites of the week: Digging up the Republic – Culture
Arwed Messmer’s photos of the turning point The most remarkable photo book of the past year shows the photographer himself as a child in the first picture, taken by his…
"Someone always loses": From the square
Do football teams always have to be opponents? The philologist Ansgar Mohnkern exposes the ideology of sport and says: Don’t have any illusions. source site
Eliot Weinberger’s essay “Angels and Saints”: God speaks to people – culture
The new prose volume by the American author Eliot Weinberger, who is poorly characterized as an “essayist,” could be prefaced with the following words of warning: Whatever you always wanted…
“Our Ones”, novel by Inger-Maria Mahlke: Traces of the Buddenbrooks. – Culture
With Hanseatic reliability, Inger-Marie Mahlke, born in Hamburg in 1977 and raised in Lübeck, has published a novel every two to three years since 2010 until she received the German…