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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Our share of happiness (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
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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Essay (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Of course, I am ashamed (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
A little fear is not quite enough after all (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Sometimes clouds obscure the view (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Nothing is certain: anytime, anywhere (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
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 (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Without fracture there can be no ossification (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
In "Unequally United", sociologist Steffen Mau examines why East Germany remains different
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Report (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
It's all nonsense here! (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Subjective comments on the 48th Days of German-Language Literature 2024 in Klagenfurt
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Portrait (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
Rain mixed with snowflakes (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
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
