Insane by Rainald Goetz
an intense, disconcerting, spectacular novel
Tag: germany
Berlin: City of Stones by Jason Lutes
the first part of a lauded comic about the weimar republic
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
is all modernism doomed to fail?
Death In Venice by Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann, Thomas Mann, Thomas Mann, What A Very Thom Man
Translation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel
a literary memoir on translation
Nicotine by Gregor Hens
If Gregor Hens can give up smoking, I can give up booze.
Blitzed by Norman Ohler
Hipster military history: if you’re not cool, this isn’t for you…
But You Did Not Come Back by Marceline Loridan-Ivens
I haven’t cried this much at a book in a while. I haven’t cried this much at a non-fiction bookContinue Reading
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
I read every other novel by Jonathan Franzen during a period of about 18 months after really, really enjoying FreedomContinue Reading
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Almost two years ago to the day, I read Arthur Koestler’s Arrival and Departure*. That, unfortunately, didn’t really thrill meContinue Reading
