Looking out LRs Backdoor: 07/24
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Before we say goodbye to essays, reviews, portraits and reports for a month in August in order to publish exclusively stories by great authors from all over the world, we first say goodbye to one of the greats of European literature, writing about literary competitions, novels, poetry, non-fiction and shame in Afghanistan.
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Fiction (Opens in a new window)
Our share of happiness (Opens in a new window)
Ron Rash's modern version of Romeo and Juliet, "The Caretaker", about an America in the time of the Korean War, shows both tenderly and mercilessly that the present-day divisions in the USA have always been there
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Of course, I am ashamed (Opens in a new window)
In traditional Afghan society, shame has an almost state-supporting function, but in the Afghan diaspora it finds new, no less dramatic ways of expressing itself
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Children's book (Opens in a new window)
A little fear is not quite enough after all (Opens in a new window)
Alexander Kielland Krag's book for young people "Nur ein wenig Angst" (Just a little fear) deals with an important topic with which those affected can easily identify - but there’s scope for a little more daring
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Gallant lies (Opens in a new window)
Sometimes clouds obscure the view (Opens in a new window)
Fabian Lenthe's poetry collection "Streichhölzer" (Matches) is a fresh take on established and much-prized contemporary poetry, and well worth reading
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Fiction (Opens in a new window)
Nothing is certain: anytime, anywhere (Opens in a new window)
Alhierd Bacharevič's novel "Dogs of Europe" is a kaleidoscope, a hall of mirrors, a rollercoaster, an almost hallucinogenic fantasy. In short: an extraordinary reading experience!
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Nonfiction (Opens in a new window)
Without fracture there can be no ossification (Opens in a new window)
In "Unequally United", sociologist Steffen Mau examines why East Germany remains different
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Report (Opens in a new window)
It's all nonsense here! (Opens in a new window)
Subjective comments on the 48th Days of German-Language Literature 2024 in Klagenfurt
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Portrait (Opens in a new window)
Rain mixed with snowflakes (Opens in a new window)
One of Europe's last great storytellers has died. Ismail Kadaré chronicled a future of a past, with a mastery of language so crystalline it could cut like a scalpel
