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European Literature Days 2016: Review of Pankaj Mishra
Posted by West Camel | Permalink | filed under: 2016, The Colonizers
In the 1970s there was a classic French intellectual dispute between, on the one hand, the historian Fernand Braudel, who studied history from the point of view of the longue durée – developments ...
In search of the future age. Hungarian literature in transition
Posted by Wilhelm Droste | Permalink | filed under: 2016
Hungarian society has been in a deep, bitter and narcissistic crisis for years; the nation is...
Laurent Mauvignier
Posted by Katja Petrovic | Permalink | filed under: 2016
Laurent Mauvignier is among France’s leading contemporary writers. Readers who take up one of his novels immediately notice that actually there is a quite exceptional narrator at work here. He gets ...
In or Out of Europe?
Posted by Judith Vonberg | Permalink | filed under: 2016
This isn’t Donald Trump talking about Mexico or UK immigration minister Robert Goodwill announcing the new wall at Calais...
European Literature Days 2016: Review of Rafael Cardoso
Posted by Beat Mazenauer | Permalink | filed under: 2016, The Colonizers
Exile is a grave. Historical epochs, things and peoples vanish in it. Yet, often they are suddenly back in the public consciousness, if for example the ancestors open an old chest...
MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT / by Hans Christoph Buch
Posted by Hans Christoph Buch | Permalink | filed under: 2016, The Colonizers
It was Easter-time in 1968 when I first visited Haiti, which is often mistaken for Tahiti, sometimes even for Hawaii. “How much do we have to pay you, so you’ll finally stop writing about..
European Literature Days 2016: Daily Blogs / 6.11.
Posted by Peter Zimmermann | Permalink | filed under: 2016, European Literature Days: daily blogs
The “Frühling der Barbaren” or “Barbarians’ Spring” lasts all year round. It’s always...
European Literature Days 2016: Daily Blogs / 5.11.
Posted by Peter Zimmermann | Permalink | filed under: 2016, European Literature Days: daily blogs
Najem Wali tells me a story. In February, he was invited to Tunis with other European writers. The visit...
European Literature Days 2016: Daily Blogs / 4.11.
Posted by Peter Zimmermann | Permalink | filed under: 2016, European Literature Days: daily blogs
Last year, here in Spitz discussions revolved around the theme of the migrants – those writers who have left their homelands and mostly also...
