Tag: literature
Carolina Setterwall’s debut “Subject: In Case I Die”. Review. – Culture
The brakes screech. It crashes, violently. Dead silence. Then the sirens of the fire brigade and ambulance wail. Onlookers gather at the roadside. Horror and pity mix with voyeurism and…
Dieter Henrich’s interview autobiography “Drawing into Thinking” – Culture
When philosophy ceased to want to be a universal science after Hegel’s death, it essentially left three areas of work: the history of its own subject, ethics and epistemology. There…
Lone greatness: Clemens J. Setz receives the Georg Büchner Prize. – Culture
Of Marie Schmidt The jury of the German Academy for Language and Poetry writes that Clemens J. Setz also received the Georg Büchner Prize for his “radical contemporaneity”. If you…
Lutz Seiler protests: Senate recognizes Oskar Loerke’s grave of honor. – Culture
The Berlin Senate decides from time to time which of the city’s dead may and may not lie in graves of honor. Now he wants to remove the grave of…
Norbert Scheuer, the great novelist of the Eifel, on the flood. – Culture
The writer Norbert Scheuer lives in a small town in the Eifel. He has loved the rain since childhood. But then the day comes when it doesn’t stop raining –…
Parag Khanna’s book “Move – The Age of Migration” – Culture
Perhaps one has to think of Parag Khanna as a kind of modern Moses: He has the right vision – rapidly deteriorating conditions make a great hike essential – and…
Frédéric Beigbeder’s new book is bad – but also wonderful – culture
In Germany, Frédéric Beigbeder’s novels are often viewed with a lemon-sour grin. Perhaps because this writer is also in his books who the German public has long perceived him to…
“Sister Outsider”: Audre Lorde’s speeches finally in German. – Culture
In spring, Mairisch-Verlag published a book that the editors Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting had previously lacked: “Philosophinnen”. It brings together portraits of outstanding women in the history of philosophy…
You are the heroine – culture
The main protagonist of this picture book is a young cat in its prime “with a stump tail, with brown and black piebald fur and small triangular ears”. A proud…
What a tomcat has to tell, Willy Puchner’s “My Cat Tiger”. – Culture
Home Culture literature Sustainable coffee July 15, 2021, 6:52 p.m. Picture book : Placed in front of the front door Open detailed view An enterprising adventurer. Illustration from Willy Puchner:…