Autoren-Archive
Wöchentliche Buchrezensionen zu Klassikern und Neuerscheinungen der Weltliteratur. Weekly reviews on new and known world literature.
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Quote Digest, Vol. 2: Gao Xingjian
Welcome back to Quote Digest, where we take apart and reflect on my favourite quotes. The second chapter of this instalment is dedicated to Chinese novelist and playwrite Gao Xingjian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000…. Weiterlesen ›
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Quote Digest, Vol. 1: Franz Kafka
Another new and fun series is starting on my blog: Welcome to Quote Digest. The premise of this series is the fact that great books are usually well-written and well thought out, which makes them highly quotable. On some occasions,… Weiterlesen ›
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Literary Escapades, 1/19: January Reviews
My main goal in life is to devour and digest as much literature as possible. Considering my work and university schedule and a select few social engagements, I have set a realistic goal of reading one book per week on… Weiterlesen ›
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My Standout Reads in 2018
Literature is my subject of study and my medium of choice. I always carry a book with me and as a personal goal I aspire to read a book a week. In 2018 I read approximately 48 novels, and from… Weiterlesen ›
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Evil in Literature: Hubert Selby Jr. and Ottessa Moshfegh
The existence of evil and the necessity of it or reasoning behind it have been a topic of discussion since the beginning of discussions. Regarding evil in literature, however, the why isn’t as interesting as to observe how things happen. I’ve read… Weiterlesen ›
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Why ‚Crimes of Grindelwald‘ is Just Right
The newest instalment in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them series, Crimes of Grindelwald continues Newt Scamanders adventures, as he travels to Paris to try to stop dangerous wizard Gellert Grindelwald. This new five-part movie series has been a new… Weiterlesen ›
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Why ‚Mayans MC‘ Is The Evolution We Need After ‚Sons of Anarchy‘
The Shakespearean phantasmagoria of sex, violence, inner turmoil and synchronized badassery (those everybody-is-riding-in-perfect-harmony-and-oozing-of-badassery-and-brotherhood-kind of high angle shots are cool, man!) that is Sons of Anarchy ended in a somewhat disappointing but not unexpected Shakespearean way. To allow us our fix of… Weiterlesen ›
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The Janus-faced Macabre of Japanese Literature
I’ve recently read novels by two Japanese authors: The Face of Another by Kōbō Abe and A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe. Both are very interesting and discussion-worthy, and also quite similar in how they describe the human condition. At the same time, both are… Weiterlesen ›
