We all have authors whose every book we read. For me, Judith Hermann is one of those authors. She’s best known for her short stories but has also written novels and now, finally, her long awaited first memoir. Or rather a series of lectures on life and writing that reads like a memoir. We Would … … Continue reading →| Beauty is a Sleeping Cat
German author Daniela Krien who was born in the former G.D.R. published her first novel We Will Tell Each Other Everything (Wir werden uns alles erzählen) in 2011. Long before Kairos she told the story of a passionate love story between a very young woman and a much older man during the final months of … … Continue reading →| Beauty is a Sleeping Cat
This week I’m taking part in the 1925 Club hosted by Kaggsy and Simon, with a book that has become a massive part of the public consciousness. A century on, Franz Kafka’s The Trial – a quiet, bureaucratic horror – still feels alarmingly familiar and impressively prescient. The Trial opens with Josef K., a respectable…|
Not much more than two weeks now before Novellas in November (#NovNov25) begins! Cathy and I are getting geared up and making plans for what we’re going to read. I have a handful of novellas out from the library, but mostly I gathered potential reads from my own shelves. I’m hoping to coincide with several […]| Bookish Beck
Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall is one of my favourite novels of all time; if you haven’t read it yet, it is certainly a worthy choice for the currently ongoing WIT Month. However, the novel that intro…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
Translated from German by Shaun Whiteside I’ve been reluctant to engage with Marlen Haushofer’s work, having abandoned The Wall some years ago, even though I enjoyed the film. But Marina Sofi…| Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
Translated from German by Jo Heinrich Following Wednesday’s visit to a C19th mansion on the Landwehr Canal, we are now travelling eastwards, 14 stops on the M6 tram, to the district of Marzahn, one of the GDR’s massive Plattenbau estates, built in 1977. An area with an infamous reputation: after the fall of the Wall […]| Lizzy's Literary Life (Volume One)
Translated from German by Katy Derbyshire A new Robert Seethaler novel is always a cause for excitement. That he’s got a new Scottish indie publisher (Canongate) doubles the excitement, becau…| Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
Peter Stamm is Switzerland’s most famous and probably greatest author today. He writes in German. His works have been widely translated and when a new Peter Stamm book comes out, it is typica…| Vishy's Blog
I’m not quite feeling my current format of titling these grouped review posts. The previous one is “Short Reviews of a Kang, a Clemmons and a Manyika“. On one hand, a generic “Review of Three Books” is not helpful – I generally like to indicate the writer and title of the book under review. On […]| Kinna Reads
