Lars von Trier’s movies are by no means for the faint-hearted viewer. An imminent sense of hopelessness, nasty episodes of violence, the glooming inevitability of a painful death and magnified exhibitions of sexual pathology are just some of the things… Read More ›
“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.” English playwrite, novelist, rule-breaker and subject of numerous controversies, D. H. Lawrence died on March 2nd 1930. On the occasion of his recent… Read More ›
Welcome back to the Monthly Reviews series, where I chronologically list last month’s reads, along with a short reflexion and opinion regarding each book. Here’s what I read in February:
Christa Wolf – für meine Generation schon fast ein in die Vergangenheit weichender Name. Ein Schlaglicht der DDR-Literatur, die “Grand Dame der DDR-Literatur” (MDR) scheint nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands in Vergessenheit geraten zu sein. Sie wird erwähnt und zu bestimmten… Read More ›
2019 was quite the satisfying reading year. I had the pleasure to experience a good mixture of classics and contemporaries, European and World literature, short and sweet and long and complex reads. Here are my best reads from 2019 in… Read More ›
Welcome back to the Monthly Reviews series, where I chronologically list last month’s reads, along with a short reflexion and opinion regarding each book. Here’s what I read in December:
Norwegian Author Karl Ove Knausgårds six book autobiography My Struggle (Min Kamp) is an extraordinary book series I have been fascinated with for a few years. As I have reached the last chapter, it is now time to digest and… Read More ›
I have been sitting on this topic for quite some time, following current discussion and accumulating testimony. I have mixed feelings regarding the current discourse. On the one hand, stupidity and flock mentality is something I absolutely loathe – on… Read More ›
Greetings and salutations, dear All! I have not vanished from this platform. Quite the opposite: I plan on contributing to this site regularly. However, I am currently also pursuing a Doctor’s in Philosophy/Literary Studies and writing a circa 200-page thesis… Read More ›
