by Sibylle Lewitscharoff Sibylle Lewitscharoff is a German writer of Bulgarian descent. In this book she tramples on every aspect of Bulgarian pride. She and her sister accompanied the transfer…
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by Bohumil Hrabal Hrabal write in the great Czech tradition of grotesque tales. The Pikkolo is such a typical character, who has always its own positive interpretation of the events…
by Josh Bazell This thriller was highly recommended by my favourite literature show. Additionally, when I visited Munich this month it was heavily promoted by the book-store chain Hugendubel. It…
by Per Olov Enquist This is one of these books you would never read without recommendation. My recommendation was the series “Great Novels of the 20th Century” published by the…
by Walter Kempowski “From Great Times” – that is the ambiguous title of the book. The great times are always in the past when you are getting older. But these…
by Truman Capote Of course, everybody knows at least the title of this book, or even saw the movie with Cathrine Hephburn. I read the book first, now… as a…
by Siri Hustvedt A shrink from New York discovers his own abysses. The shrink is Erik Davidson and he tells us the story of his family. After his father died,…
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…
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…