by Leon de Winter Lately I listen to more books than I read. Actually, it is not as bad as it sounds: these books are additional “lecture” since I listen…
Andree Röttig Posts
by Herta Müller What a revelation for me! Until the Nobel Prize 2009, Herta Müller was not known to a wide audience, but always acclaimed by the critics. Atemschaukel describes…
by Wolfgang Hilbig I did not even know that this write exists until I bought that series published by the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. And that is exactly the best…
by Oliver Polak Oliver Polak is a comedian of jewish descent. He grew up in the German province, where he, his mother, and his father were the only jews in…
by Arnaldo Jabor I bought this book for two reasons: first I wanted to explore more contemporary Brazilian literature; second I like Jabor’s movie “Eu sei que vou te amar”,…
by Peter Ustinov Germans adore Ustinov. I am no exception. I think it is less due to his movie career, which is of course exceptional. I guess it is more…
by Richard Stark “Ask the Parrot” is the original title. But what if this parrot doesn’t speak? parker wouldn’t lose his temper even if the parrot could not answer his…
by Uwe Tellkamp A German critic wrote: “… if somebody wants to know how the last 10 years in the German Democratic Republic (the socialist part) were, give him this…
by Philip Roth “Arise, ye who refuse to be bondslaves! / . . . Indignation fills the hearts of all of our countrymen, / Arise! Arise! Arise!” That is what…
by Helge Schneider I started to listen to audio books when I go to and from work. I will include them into this this blog from now on.Helge Schneider is…