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Tag Archives: germany

Book review: Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald (1944-2001, Germany)

Haunting story of a man’s efforts to uncover his past after discovering that he was sent to the UK on the Kindertransport as a five-year-old child

Posted byimogenglad5th Feb 2023Posted inbookTags: Austerlitz, books, Europe, fiction, germany, second world war, translated literature, W. G. Sebald4 Comments on Book review: Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald (1944-2001, Germany)

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Germany)

Classic tale of a disturbing, febrile obsession

Posted byimogenglad13th Nov 2022Posted inbookTags: books, classic literature, classics, Death in Venice, Europe, German literature, germany, novnov, Thomas Mann, translated literature9 Comments on Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Germany)

Visitation (Heimsuchung) by Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany)

Jenny Erpenbeck’s story of an East German house over the course of the 20th century

Posted byimogenglad15th Aug 202115th Aug 2021Posted inbookTags: 20bboksofsummer, 20booksofsummer21, books, Europe, female writers, fiction, germany, second world war, translated literature, WITMonth, women writers, womenintranslation, women_in_translation1 Comment on Visitation (Heimsuchung) by Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany)

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (Germany)

Historical fiction, taking in mysticism, folk tale and the 17th century’s Thirty Years War, with a light touch and sly humour

Posted byimogenglad11th Jul 202111th Jul 2021Posted inbook, UncategorizedTags: austria, books, Daniel Kehlmann, Europe, fiction, germany, translated literature, Tyll4 Comments on Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (Germany)

Review no 148: German TV Series Deutschland ’86

Stylish German Cold War drama Deutschland ’86

Posted byimogenglad13th Apr 202114th Apr 2021Posted intelevisionTags: cold war, drama, Europe, european television, germany, spies, thriller1 Comment on Review no 148: German TV Series Deutschland ’86

Review no 94: The Lives of Others (Germany)

Voyeurism and moral quandaries in 1980s Germany

Posted byimogenglad23rd Jul 20204th Dec 2020Posted infilmTags: Europe, films for lockdown, germany, movie1 Comment on Review no 94: The Lives of Others (Germany)

No 86: Christo (1935-2020): Bulgarian artist who wrapped the Reichstag

Bulgarian-born artist Christo who, in collaboration with Jeanne-Claude, wrapped the Berlin Recihstag

Posted byimogenglad23rd Jun 20208th Apr 2021Posted inartTags: artists, bulgaria, germany, reichstag, transient art2 Comments on No 86: Christo (1935-2020): Bulgarian artist who wrapped the Reichstag

Review no 33: Artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), exhibition (Germany)

My examination of the emotionally raw work of trail-blazing German print-maker Käthe Kollwitz

Posted byimogenglad7th Dec 20194th Jun 2020Posted inartTags: art exhibitions, Europe, germany, women artistsLeave a comment on Review no 33: Artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), exhibition (Germany)

Review no 30: Irmgard Keun (1905-82), The Artificial Silk Girl (Germany)

Sexually adventurous, ditzy, Weimar-era heroine Doris has quite the adventures in 1930s Berlin.

Posted byimogenglad26th Nov 20194th Jun 2020Posted inbookTags: book, books, Europe, fiction, germanlitmonth, germany, literature, translated literature, Weimar, women_in_translation7 Comments on Review no 30: Irmgard Keun (1905-82), The Artificial Silk Girl (Germany)

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