Tag: literature
What you have to read now: New and rediscovered things about Proust’s year. – Culture
“Admittedly, even before she had decided in favor of virtue, in the age of uncertainty, she had a pronounced predilection for soldiers”: Between love, especially the forbidden, and war, there…
Apocalypse on the bedside table – knowledge
You probably like to read, otherwise you would not have subscribed to this newsletter. But do you also enjoy reading books? Do you have a pile lying next to the…
Hans-Ulrich Treichel’s novel “More beautiful than ever”. Review. – Culture
Hans-Ulrich Treichel is one of those lucky writers who found their life’s theme at an early age. At Treichel it is his own way out of the common people milieu…
Review of Kurt Flasch’s book “Christianity and Enlightenment” – Culture
It can get tricky discussing the new book by an older, well-deserved writer. Should you take a critical look at it like all other new releases? Didn’t that seem inappropriate,…
Review of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book “Booty” – Culture
Annalena Baerbock insists that she “didn’t write a non-fiction book” and she means it defensively. In a non-fiction book, it is called, certain standards are set in terms of care…
Crime column: History repeats itself
In Cairo the Germans secretly build nuclear weapons, in Texas the cartels sell drugs, in England women are smuggled: the crime column. . Source link
The ultimate test: Fatima Daas’ novel “The Youngest Daughter”. Review – culture
It seems to start quite conventionally, with the idea of oneself: “My name is Fatima. I have the name of a symbolic figure of Islam. I have a name that…
Moritz Baßler’s essay “The New Midcult”: Critique of Criticism. – Culture
One only had to count down from ten until someone would come up with the idea of applying the bad habits of the discussion about the so-called identity politics to…
From SZ authors: Lothar Müller on Proust’s father
Why does the father hardly appear at Proust’s? Lothar Müller did some research. . Source link
Review of Stefan Klein’s book “How We Change the World” – Culture
A non-fiction author should think carefully about what title to give his work: because if he promises too much, then his book may shine through all possible qualities, but it…