Tag: Book recommendations
“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…
Tove Ditlevsen biography by Jens Andersen: “Your Life”. – Culture
The life of the internationally acclaimed Danish author Tove Ditlevsen offers plenty of material: born into poor circumstances in Copenhagen in 1917, she left school at the age of 14…
Corine Pelluchon: “Crossing the Impossible” – Culture
In these weeks and months, losing hope seems much easier than maintaining hope. But what exactly does hope actually mean? The Parisian philosopher Corine Pelluchon, who has recently received much…
Lisa Frischemeier: "I see vulvas everywhere": Call them by their names
Staircases, fruits, balls of yarn: many things remind the comedian Lisa Frischemeier of vulvas. An illustrated book documents some and changes the way we see. source site
Lisa Frischemeier’s picture book “I see vulvas everywhere” – Culture
Staircases, fruits, balls of yarn: many things remind the comedian Lisa Frischemeier of vulvas. An illustrated book documents some and changes the way we see. Have you said “vulva” yet…
Monika Helfer: “The Virgin”. An artist’s novel. – Culture
The writer Monika Helfer is contacted by a childhood friend whom she has hardly seen in over forty years. “Moni, write a page about me,” she demands, “because when I…