Tag: essays
Humanist and bridge builder: A volume of essays in honor of the historian Jürgen Zarusky – Politics
The Munich historian and Russia expert Jürgen Zarusky died five years ago. A volume of essays honors his work and continues it. About an extraordinary person who combined science and…
David Grossman: “Peace is the only option”. Essays and Speeches from Israel – Culture
This is a slim book that contains a lot of life experience. Under the title “Peace is the only option” contains some speeches and newspaper articles by the Israeli writer…
Michael Maar’s Essays on Writers: Great Works, Small Minds
Easily written essays in which the overall weight of world literature is lifted: Michael Maar’s “Leopards in the Temple – Portraits of Great Writers”. source site
Margaret Atwood: “Burning Questions”. Essays against the destruction of the world. – Culture
Margaret Atwood was once again declared dead in mid-October. The Canadian writer wrote unmovedly in her blog that she was only in the hospital to get a pacemaker, something long…
Mirjam Zadoff’s volume of essays: “Violence and Memory” – Culture
In her book “Violence and Memory” Mirjam Zadoff examines how wars, injustice and oppression are remembered worldwide. Anne Frank is the most famous teenager in the world. Maybe because there…
Neue Essays von und über Ruth Klüger: Zum Niederknien gescheit – Kultur
Ein kleiner Aussetzer mit großen Folgen. Weil der Suhrkamp-Verleger Siegfried Unseld in einem Moment schwächelnder Urteilskraft das Buchmanuskript einer unbekannten Autorin recht hochmütig ablehnte (“Bücher, die wir herausbringen, müssen in…
Mochte Susan Sontag Frauen? Unbekannte Essays “On Women” – Kultur
Susan Sontag, die große US-amerikanische Intellektuelle des 20. Jahrhunderts, hatte ein kompliziertes Verhältnis zu Frauen. Sie liebte Frauen, ohne sich als lesbisch zu outen. Mit der Starfotografin Annie Leibovitz war…
collection of essays "One more loop around the bend": Finally "west world" understand
The surprisingly discontinued series told an entertaining and prophetic account of the virtual future. And highly complex. Now there is a kind of solution book – with sinister insights. source…
Siri Hustvedt’s collection of essays “Fathers, Mothers and Perpetrators” – Culture
What it’s like to lose someone who always wanted the best for you: In her collection of essays “Mothers, Fathers and Perpetrators”, Siri Hustvedt bids farewell to her parents. It…
Roland Barthes: “Proust. Essays and Notes”. Review – culture
Only Roland Barthes could do that: speak of himself while reflecting on Marcel Proust and his novels. And find out how to start a new life. On October 19, 1978,…