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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Germany)
Classic tale of a disturbing, febrile obsession
Visitation (Heimsuchung) by Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany)
Jenny Erpenbeck’s story of an East German house over the course of the 20th century
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
Review no 148: German TV Series Deutschland ’86
Stylish German Cold War drama Deutschland ’86
Review no 94: The Lives of Others (Germany)
Voyeurism and moral quandaries in 1980s 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
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
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.
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