Tag: literature
Sebastian Kurz Biography – Culture
Of Catherine Kahlweit Very few politician biographies are published because publishers expect a bestseller; many belong in the category: Nobody buys anyway, but makes something. “Let’s talk about politics,” the…
Travel literature: The most beautiful mountain books for autumn
Now is the best time for hiking. But you can also approach the peaks at home. Four reading tips. source site
Early Stories by Helga Schubert – Culture
“Loud Life”, the newly published debut by Bachmann Prize winner Helga Schubert, outlines biographies in the German dictatorship. When Helga Schubert won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize two years ago, it…
Francis Fukuyama: “Liberalism and Its Enemies” – Culture
Even Francis Fukuyama no longer wants to know anything about the universality of liberalism. And yet his new book challenges us to ascertain its persistence. Just completely different than we…
Matthias Schmidt: “Fritz Kreisler – A Theater of Remembrance” – Culture
How do you unveil the secret of your violin playing? Fritz Kreisler. Instrumental virtuosos, conductors and singers belong to that species of musical artists for whom – loosely based on…
Ezra Pound Exhibition in Meran – Culture
At the commemoration seven years ago for Oberjäger Franz Höfler, the rifle company Lana, which he founded, gave a salute to the dead man, a wreath was laid, the song…
Nils C. Kumkar: “Alternative Facts” – Culture
Conspiracy myths, filter bubbles, lateral thinking: don’t we live in a common reality anymore? In his book “Alternative Facts – On the Practice of Communicative Denial of Knowledge”, the 37-year-old…
Mariana Enriquez: “Our part of the night”. Review. – Culture
Today, Latin America seems further afield, but there was a time when European readers gravitated towards the novels of Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez or Mario Vargas Llosa fell (or,…
Nils C. Kumkar: “Alternative Facts” – Culture
Conspiracy myths, filter bubbles, lateral thinking: don’t we live in a common reality anymore? In his book “Alternative Facts – On the Practice of Communicative Denial of Knowledge”, the 37-year-old…
Crime Column: Investigative Psychology
Three students and a lynch mob in Nigeria, vigilante justice in Sweden – and a murder the day before the wedding in Malaysia. The Crime Column. source site