Over the ten years since the European Literature Network was created, we have reviewed, discussed and promoted a substantial number of key German literature titles. In this section
Over the ten years since the European Literature Network was created, we have reviewed, discussed and promoted a substantial number of key German literature titles. In this section
‘A day devoted to staying in is the music of a melody nobody has ever played. And when I do have to go out, there’s a bloom coating the people I pass, a frost blurring their fe
‘How much less does a spider’s death weigh than the death of a human being?’ a boy called Aleksandar asks himself on the day his Grandpa Slavko dies. ‘And how do you photog
The celebrated Croatian writer Slavenka Drakulić has never been afraid to tackle convoluted subjects, break taboos and explore uncomfortable truths. Her latest novel, the third ab
I am the Dark One, – the Widower, – the Unconsoled, The Prince of Aquitaine whose Tower is ruined: My only Star is dead, – and my constellated lute Bears the Blac
This is a collection of stories by Yugoslavia’s only winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. However dated and male-centred they are, they offer fascinating glimpses into the l
Fasten your seat-belts for a bumpy ride. This is a book that plunges you into the volcano of history, then pulls you back into an agonizing present; that makes you face painful que
How much tragedy can one person endure? Benedict Wells invites us to explore the harsh emotional landscape of his main protagonist and narrator, Jules, in a novel where he explores
Love, loss, deception, assassination, espionage, death: this elegant book has it all. Katja Petrowskaja traces the footsteps of her family throughout the turbulent nineteenth and t
