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Only the Narrative is True 2

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In It's All True by Carmen Stephan the endless summer only lasts a moment. If only he hadn’t died … But Jacaré, the fisherman from north-eastern Brazil, disappears right at the beginning into the ...

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Only the Narrative is True 1

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Fairy tales generally promise a ‘happy ever after’ ending, almost an ‘endless summer’. This is exactly what the title of Madame Nielsen’s novel hints at. However, as with all fairy tales the same ...

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ELit Book-Tip: Alice Zeniter: “L’art de perdre – The Art of Losing”

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“You lose what is not communicated; it’s as simple as that”, according to Alice Zeniter’s fifth novel L’art de perdre – The Art of Losing. However, the 31-year-old writer didn’t wish to make it quite ...

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Family Affairs

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Families fuel literary inspiration like no other subject. Which youngster hasn’t come into conflict with parent’s values and expectations? Which couple has lived happily ever after without arguments? ...

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Family Affairs 2: Ilinca Florian

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Families fuel literary inspiration like no other subject. Which youngster hasn’t come into conflict with parent’s values and expectations? Which couple has lived happily ever after without arguments? ...

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Family Affairs 1: Marie-Jeanne Urech

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Families fuel literary inspiration like no other subject. Which youngster hasn’t come into conflict with parent’s values and expectations? Which couple has lived happily ever after without arguments? ...

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ELit Book-Tip: David Lopez: FIEF

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David Lopez’s suburban novel FIEF incorporates everything that this material calls for: boxers, rappers, plenty of drugs and a little Voltaire. This turns into a sensitive mixture that has hit a ...

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THE POET AT THE CONFLUENCE OF CAPITAL

Posted by Saša Ilić | | filed under: ,

Dies ist das zentrale Gedicht des Hauptzyklus (“Kapitalismus”) im neuesten Gedichtband von Petar Matović (*1978, Užice), der unter dem Titel Iz srećne republike (Aus der glücklichen Republik) vom ...

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ELit Book-Tip: Simone Hirth: “Lied über die geeignete Stelle für eine Notunterkunft”

Posted by Markus Köhle | | filed under: ,

Simone Hirth’s debut novel “Lied über die geeignete Stelle für eine Notunterkunft” is a particularly eye-catching contribution

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ELit Book Tip: Joachim Scherf: “Cette nuit”

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In January, when Joachim Schnerf published his novel “Cette nuit” – about Salomon, a Holocaust survivor, who must celebrate Jewish Passover for the first time without his late wife, Sarah – nobody ...

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