Tag: literature
Tennis player Andrea Petković: “Time to get out of the way” – Culture
Can you leave something behind that you have invested all your energy into? Tennis player Andrea Petković reveals how it works and whether she achieved her dream exit from professional…
Literature festival: Lit.Cologne starts with Robert Habeck and Michel Friedman
Literature festival Lit.Cologne starts with Robert Habeck and Michel Friedman The topic of anti-Semitism is the focus of the Lit.Cologne literature festival. photo © Thomas Banneyer/dpa The Lit.Cologne is considered…
Volha Hapeyeva’s novel “Samota”: Being alone without being alone – culture
One of the great advantages of Volha Hapeyeva’s novel “Samota” is that when you read it, you constantly have the feeling that you are traveling in several worlds at the…
History of Journalism: That’s the Hardness
Two books about pioneers in journalism show what it took for women to become something in this profession. source site
Literature: Ludwig Börne Prize goes to Daniel Kehlmann
literature Ludwig Börne Prize goes to Daniel Kehlmann The author Daniel Kehlmann will be honored with the Ludwig Börne Prize 2024. photo © Hannes P. Albert/dpa Authors have been honored…
Jamaica Kincaid’s New Yorker columns “Talk Stories.” – Culture
After reading the columns that Jamaica Kincaid wrote for the 1978 to 1983 new Yorker wrote, one is tempted to try something completely new. For example, writing this text here…
“Bloodbath Nation” by Paul Auster: The most violent country in the Western world – culture
On January 23, 1919, Paul Auster’s grandmother shot his grandfather. Not only did she take his life, she also damaged that of her four sons, one of whom, aged nine,…
Munich: Actress Jutta Speidel presents her first novel – Munich
“Amaryllis” is set in the world of clowns. A reading in the German Theater, with circus air, chocolate cake and socially committed guests. A minute before 7 p.m., a horn…
Actress Jutta Speidel presents her first novel – Munich
A minute before 7 p.m., a horn pushes itself almost unnoticed through the still-closed velvet curtain and makes a squeaking noise. It will still be a quarter of an hour…
Teju Cole’s novel “Tremor” about colonialism and looted art. – Culture
Thirteen years ago, a novel by an unknown newcomer surprised the book world, immediately achieved canonical status in migrant literature and caused critics and readers everywhere to ponder. What exactly…