Tag: post war period
Bavaria select: A thief in barren days of occupation
Wolfgang Stréter’s story “The Wrong Milling Machine” takes place in Passau in the 1950s and is based on a true criminal case. source site
Koeppen’s pigeons in the grass Racism and language – culture
From Hilmar Klute The debate about Wolfgang Koeppen’s famous novel “Pigeons in the Grass” could bring a little more clarity about the relationship between literature and expectations of reception into…
Kirsten Boie’s new novel “Don’t cry, you’re still alive” – culture
Kirsten Boie’s new contemporary historical novel “Don’t cry, you’re still alive” takes place in Hamburg in the early summer of 1945. Since the end of the war, the population has…