Germany – The Modern Novel

Nino Haratischwili: Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Soul Twin)

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Post published:27 November 2022
Post category:Georgia Germany The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Nino Haratischwili's Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Soul Twin). Stella's parents divorced when she she was six and she and her sister went to…

Esther Kinsky: Rombo (Rombo

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Post published:4 October 2022
Post category:Earthquake Germany The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Esther Kinsky's Rombo (Rombo. This is another wonderful book from Esther Kinsky, this one giving an account of the 1976 Friuli earthquake and,…

Ulrike Almut Sandig: Monster wie wir ( Monsters Like Us)

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Post published:26 June 2022
Post category:German Democratic Republic Germany Sexual abuse The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Ulrike Almut Sandig's Monster wie wir (Monsters Like Us). The novel is narrated by Ruth, now a successful violinist to her almost invisible…

Hans von Trotha: Pollaks Arm (Pollak’s Arm)

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Post published:5 March 2022
Post category:Art Germany Sculpture The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Hans von Trotha's Pollaks Arm (Pollak’s Arm). Ludwig Pollak was a very respected Jewish Austro-Czech classical archeologist and dealer, who spent much of…

Jens Bjørneboe: Frihetens øyeblikk (Moment of Freedom)

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Post published:23 January 2022
Post category:Germany Norway The Modern Novel website War
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Latest on my website: Jens Bjørneboe's Frihetens øyeblikk (Moment of Freedom) This is a thoroughly grim account by a forty-six year old Norwegian, living in a remote Alpine part of…

Karen Duve: Regenroman (Rain)

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Post published:3 January 2022
Post category:Germany The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Karen Duve's Regenroman (Rain). Leon Ulbricht is an unsuccessful writer when his friend Harry Klaamt gets him the job of writing a biography…

Wolfgang Hilbig: Das Provisorium (The Interim)

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Post published:7 November 2021
Post category:Exile German Democratic Republic Germany The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Wolfgang Hilbig's Das Provisorium (The Interim). This novel tells the story of C. He had been a good East German, working in a…

Juli Zeh: Neujahr (New Year)

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Post published:4 November 2021
Post category:Germany Spain The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Juli Zeh's Neujahr (New Year). Henning is on holiday in Lanzarote with his wife, Theresa, and young children. On New Year's Day 2018…

Ingeborg Drewitz: Eis auf der Elbe [Ice on the Elbe]

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Post published:15 September 2021
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The latest addition to my website is Ingeborg Drewitz's Eis auf der Elbe [Ice on the Elbe]. An unnamed West Berlin woman keeps a diary (in 1981) about her not…

Wolfgang Hilbig: Alte Abdeckerei (Old Rendering Plant)

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Post published:3 May 2021
Post category:German Democratic Republic Germany The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Wolfgang Hilbig's Hilbig: Alte Abdeckerei. This is a short novel, set in what was East Germany, in a fairly remote area. Our unnamed…