Tag: literature
Spain Book Fair: The Literature of the Lost Generation – Culture
The prose of the lost generation: In Spain, the children of the financial crisis are now writing, having grown up knowing that no one was waiting for them. Of Karin…
Martin Mosebach: New novel “Pigeon and Wild Duck” – politics
The writer Martin Mosebach sees the future as a threat, misses the beautiful, sacred, mysterious. A few glasses of wine with one who is attacked by some and adored unconditionally…
Frankfurt Book Fair: Off to Fitzek
Slightly fewer books are sold than in the past, but bestsellers account for a growing proportion of all sales. Why is that? Not necessarily because of their quality. source site
Antonio Muñoz Molina: “Days without Cecilia”. Literature from Spain. – Culture
This isn’t a love story. She only pretends that a man is waiting for his wife to arrive in his new apartment. He has traveled ahead to Lisbon and is…
Sarah Mesa: "One Love": obsession and error
The Spanish writer Sara Mesa has written a mysteriously brilliant novel with “A Love”. source site
Mohamed Amjahid: "Let’s Talk About Sex, Habibi": Funny, loud and lustful
The German publicist Mohamed Amjahid does away with European prejudices about Arab sexuality – but keeps a keen eye on lasting grievances. source site
Award: Author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Literature Prize
Award Author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Literature Prize British Queen Consort Camilla presents the Booker Trophy for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida to winner Shehan Karunatilaka. photo © Toby…
Booker Prize 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka wins – Culture
Writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his supernatural satire entitled The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, set in the midst of a murderous civil war in…
Tom Kraushaar at the beginning of the Frankfurt Book Fair. – Culture
Tom Kraushaar, 47, is an author and has been the publishing director of Klett-Cotta Verlag since 2007. On the occasion of the “dwarf” book fair 2020, he asked the mirror…
Literature: German Book Prize for Kim de l’Horizon from Switzerland
The winning title defies gender dialectics: How do you write about people who are neither man nor woman? In “Blood Book” Kim de l’Horizon is looking for a new form…