second world war – Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More

Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More

There's a whole world out there! I'm an experienced, UK-based editor and a bit of an aesthetic dilettante. I'm making it my off-duty duty to bring to your attention books, films, artists, music and TV from all over the world. Reviews are SPOILER FREE. New posts every week. See Reviews by country for my reviews from each nation.

In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova (Russia)

Genre-defying exploration of a Jewish family in Soviet Russia

Visitation (Heimsuchung) by Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany)

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

Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus)

Harrowing masterpiece, recording the wartime memories of those who grew up during the Second World War in Belarus