Literatur-Blog für alle, die keine Angst vor heftigen Mischungen haben. Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood, Virginia Woolf treffen auf Simone de Beauvoir, Star Trek, Philosophie, Science und mehr
Especially in times of the pursuance and killing of people of a different faith or of different ideas by fanatic Islamists on the one side and equally fanatic fascists on the other side Voltaire’s text is more important than ever. No philosopher has fought for this ideal more than the French Enlightenment thinker Voltaire. His... Continue Reading →
OK it looks to me as if Sorokin is the illegitimate brainchild of David Lynch, Dostojewski and Shirley Jackson. It all starts idyllic enough with a country doctor named Garin being stuck in a snowstorm in a little village without any horses for his vehicle. He is on his way to a remote village with... Continue Reading →
Today I would like to enthuse you for one of my favorite books "Orlando" - the longest love letter and the history of literature. It's difficult to imagine who forward thinking Virginia Woolf was to come up with this gender-society-time-bending story of the young Duke Orlando who is Vita Sackville-Wests alter ego. Orlando tells... Continue Reading →
Gesehen: "The Hole in the Ground" (2019) von Lee Cronin mit Seána Kerslake. Irischer atmosphärischer Horror mit tollen Bildern um eine Mutter die ihren Sohn im Wald wiederfindet neben einem riesigen Loch und der nicht mehr der selbe zu sein scheint. "Marriage Story" (2019) von Noah Baumbach mit Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver und Laura Dern.... Continue Reading →
After the audiobook "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" this was my first book I read by him and what a strange experience it is to encounter his nightmarish, eery universe. Lovecraft grouped his stories as follows: "There are my 'Poe' pieces and my Dunsay pieces' and my Lovecraft pieces." Macabre stories (c. 1905–1920); Dream Cycle stories (c. 1920–1927);... Continue Reading →
Another gem of the "Naturkunden" series by Matthes & Seitz Verlag. At some stage I think I really want them all. I was never particularly interested in snails but that certainly changed after reading this funny, insightful and beautiful little book. There is so much more to these fascinating creatures than their chalky little shells... Continue Reading →
Diesen Roman hatte mir meine sehr belesene Chefin schon vor Ewigkeiten empfohlen und ich habe nicht die leiseste Ahnung, warum es derart lange gedauert hat, bis ich ihn endlich in Angriff nahm. Die Anthropologin Margaret Mead stand Patin für diesen Roman, der auf ihren Erlebnissen am Sepik Fluß in Neu Guinea basiert, wo sie mit... Continue Reading →
This book is filled with short intriguing chapters, each chapter focusing on an important period of history. It starts with the Middle Ages / Renaissance and ends with culture and the world right after the fall of the Berlin wall. The chapters are divided by topics/countries like “Cervante’s Spain”, “Washington Irving’s Europe” or “London in... Continue Reading →
Just some adjectives that describe this novel, which is one of my favorites this year: Tender Raw Heartbreaking Beautiful Stunning Ocean Vuong didn't just write a book; he opened his heart and just let it bleed all over the pages. You can tell he is a poet. Reading this shattering portrait of a family cracked... Continue Reading →
Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing books I've ever read. It was certainly disturbing when I read it the first time and it still is. With a group of innocent schoolboys who are stranded on an island, the author portrays very realistically human behavior in an environment where civilization no longer... Continue Reading →
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