Tag: Books of the month
Books of the Month November – Culture
Open detailed view Adam Thirlwell: The distant future. Novel. Translated from English by Jan Wilm. S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2023. 400 pages, 26 euros. (Photo: S. Fischer) The Brit Adam Thirlwell…
Books of the Month October: Comfort in the Mind – Culture
The author of “Measuring the World” reports on the life of one of the great directors from the Weimar Republic, GW Pabst, who fell into oblivion after his death. His…
Emigrated – Culture – SZ.de
Adam Soboczynski came to Germany from Poland when he was six years old; today he is head of literature at “Zeit”. In his book he tells his personal migration experience…
Book recommendations in May: What should I read? – Culture
Joy Williams – Stories Open detailed view Joy Williams: Stories. Translated from the English by Brigitte Jakobeit and Melanie Walz. dtv, Munich 2023, 304 pages, 25 euros. (Photo: dtv) How…
Books of the month: no more misunderstandings
Finally understanding Putin, overcoming dogmatic Israel debates and getting to the bottom of Judith Hermann’s poetry: these are the books of the month for March. source site
Book recommendations in February: What should I read? – Culture
Emanuel Maess – All in all Open detailed view Emanuel Maeß: All in all. Novel. Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2023. 397 pages, 24 euros. (Photo: Rowohlt Berlin) Can love and sensuality…
Books of the Month: Power, Muses, Millions
Relationships between older women and younger men and facts to informally rant about the rich: the books of the month for January. source site
Book recommendations in December – Culture
Rachel Kushner – Tough People Open detailed view Rachel Kushner: Tough People. essays. From the American by Bettina Abarbanell. Rowohlt-Verlag Hamburg 2022. 320 pages, 26 euros. (Photo: Rowohlt Verlag) Rachel…
Book recommendations from November 2022 – Culture
Dorothee Schmitz-Köster – Useless Fathers, Wallstein Open detailed view Dorothee Schmitz-Köster: Useless fathers. About model men, side jumpers and fleeing producers in Lebensborn. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2022. 160 pages, 24 euros.…
Books of the month: The SZ book tips in August – culture
Daniela Dröscher: Lies about my mother In Germany, class membership was not an issue for a long time, but now literary writing about it is immigrating again from France with…