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Literature Articles
The Godfather
For centuries, people believed in the fairy tale of the wolf as a wild beast. Who threatens our survival and lives in...
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Most authors try to tell us a nice story. They concentrate on the structure, take care of the plot and their language....
An Ordinary Marriage
I always smile when I see the young boys strutting around, fluffing up and making noise, just so that finally a girl...
My Year in the No-Man’s-Bay
Peter Handke seems to have fallen out of time. A singer from earlier days, who strikes his song here, lonely and...
The Giver
„Freedom, Equality, Fraternity" This outcry blew through the rotten timberwork of Europe's oldest monarchy like a...
Bel Ami
Can you love an impostor? Can you understand an apparent sociopath? Maybe even admire him? At least for a few moments?...
The Dharma Bums
Poems speak of beauty and loneliness at their core. And for me, both are in the mountains. Do you know that...
Fahrenheit 451
Most of the books dealing with the future are curious at best. Whether Jules Verne is arguing about a balloon flight...
Der Immensee
In Tonio Kröger I encountered the words: "I want to sleep, but you have to dance." All week I've been thinking about...
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
When I was eighteen years old, I had a friend with whom I shared everything. My thoughts, my dreams, and my longing....
Confusion
I got to know about Stefan Zweig and his works rather late in my life. I remember attending a boring party of a...
Zweig Novellas
You might have noticed already that this blog is not about following any official literary history. While there is a...
Memory Palace
It's really nice to be back to literature. I read that some of you have started reading the Steppenwolf, Demian or...
Klingsors last summer
It is nice that we are still having such a beautiful autumn. If the weather is good and you have some time to spare I...