Caroline Hau's emotionally charged and intelligent novel 'Tiempo Muerto' has finally been translated into German. Hau complexly recounts the tragedy of reproduced colonial conditions and symbiotic hierarchies, not only in Philippine society... #philippines literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

We are delighted to publish the winner of the Michel Kilo Prize for Political Essays: Omar Alhadi’s magnificent text on the sobering effect of social media in Syria and the increasing loss of identity of an entire society... #booksky #syria #arabicliterature literatur.review/en/essay/fea...

Following the Arabic original and the English translation, the German translation of Deena Mohamed's graphic novel masterpiece, Shubeik Lubeik, has now been released. In his glowing review, Winfried Weiser explains why this comic is such an enjoyable read... #booksky literatur.review/en/reviews/c...

In a beautiful and poetic essay, physicist and filmmaker Peter Baranowski rereads Thomas S. Kuhn's masterpiece, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", and reflects on Kuhn's relevance today, cinema, and the AI age of revolutions... #booksky #philosophy literatur.review/en/essay/thr...

Richard Reid, a professor of African History, fills an important gap. In his book "The African Revolution" he describes how Africa was already changing before European takeover... #booksky #africa #africanhistory #history#colonialism literatur.review/en/reviews/n...

Sari Hanafi, professor at the American University of Beirut writes about Didier Fassin’s ‚Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza‘ and how Fassin applies the lens of anthropology’s moral turn... #booksky #gaza #didierfassin #sarihanafi literatur.review/en/reviews/n...

After our special month of short stories, we return to normal life with an interview by Mbizo WaChirasha. He spoke with Megha Sood, an award-winning Asian American poet, author, editor, and literary activist from New Jersey, about her work and her new book. #booksky literatur.review/en/interview...

We started our August Short Story Special with a story from the Philippines, and, since the Philippines are the guest of honour at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, we will end it with another. #booksky #philippineliterature #jessicazafra literatur.review/en/literatur...

Following our story about suicide in Vietnam, we have another story on this topic. Axel Timo Purr, editor and author at Literatur.Review, shares with us a true story from the Bavarian Alps about a hut keeper who has had enough of the modern world... #booksky literatur.review/en/literatur...

We are delighted to present a poignant and captivating story by Phan Thúy Hà, a Vietnamese writer and one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Vietnamese creative non-fiction... literatur.review/en/literatur... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #booksky #vietnam

Today, we are sharing a story from Harare by Makhosini Mpofu who is a Zimbabwean writer. It's about identity, the struggle for it, and, of course, the curse called hope... #booksky #africanliterature #zimbabwe (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) literatur.review/en/literatur...

We are very pleased to share a short story by Syrian writer Rami Tawil. Passages from „The Wall“ remind us of Kafka’s shortest texts. However, Tawil has his very own unique writing style... #booksky #arabicliterature #syria #syrianliterature #shortstory #kafka literatur.review/en/literatur...

María Ignacia Schulz shares with us ‚Raíces’ (Roots), an intimate and reflective story that explores the existential condition of ‚identity limbo’: not being completely from here or there, but also not simply ‚between’ two places... #columbia #germany #booksky literatur.review/en/literatur...

Today’s short story is by Melara Mvogdobo. The author, who has roots in Switzerland and Cameroon, first came to our attention earlier this year with her wonderful novel ‘Grandmothers'. We are therefore all the more delighted to present this new story... #booksky literatur.review/en/literatur...

The second short story in our summer special is by Yemeni author Nadia Alkowkabani and deals with masculine rituals surrounding defloration... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #booksky #arabicliterature #yemen literatur.review/en/literatur...

We are starting our summer of short stories with a powerful and ambivalent coming-of-age story set at the time of Marcos Sr.‘s declaration of martial law. Kristian Sendon Cordero, the author, runs a popular community bookshop in Naga City... #booksky #philippines literatur.review/en/literatur...

After reading Tajimara: There are roads that begin in books and end in life, although as a rule it is the other way around – an essay by Rodolfo Lara Mendoza... literatur.review/en/essay/aft... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German and Spanish) #booksky #latinamerica #latinamericanliterature

Luna Sicat Cleto’s poems are the first works of Filipino literature to be translated directly from Tagalog into German - a pioneering cultural achievement by Swiss writer and translator Annette Hug #booksky #poetry #philippines #philippineliterature literatur.review/en/reviews/p...

The West has passed its zenith - a new world is emerging. In his new book „The Once and Future World Order“, political scientist Amitav Acharya explains why we shouldn’t be afraid of the upheaval... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #booksky literatur.review/en/reviews/n...

Fantasy, science fiction and poetry play an important role in China as advertising media for state nationalism and social media companies. But boys‘ love novels are seen as a threat to family policy and are prosecuted... #booksky #china #chineseliterature literatur.review/en/essay/bet...

When literature becomes a digital trench. A conversation with Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) literatur.review/en/interview... +++ Cuando la literatura se vuelve trinchera digital. Una conversación con Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro...

Our poet of the month is Leila Eid, a Lebanese poet, writer and journalist who is currently considered one of the most important Lebanese women poets. We present a small collection of her poems about loss, hope and an ever fluid reality... literatur.review/en/literatur... #booksky #arabicliterature

With "Habitus", Swiss journalist and musician Waseem Hussain skilfully catapults himself into the higher echelons of literary writing, tackling a topic as old as humanity itself... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #switzerland #india #pakistan literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

"Nordstream: How Germany is paying for Putin's war" reveals how former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is the main, though far from the only, architect of the biggest and most consequential corruption scandal since World War II... #nordstream #putin #corruption literatur.review/en/reviews/n...

Our short story of the month is by one of the co-founders of literary modernism in Saudi Arabia, Saad Al Dousari. It is a story about oppression and war, and could not be more relevant to our fragile present... #booksky #saudiaarabia #arabicliterature literatur.review/en/literatur...

Jhak Valcourt's collection of poems "Cuando callan los ríos" (When the rivers fall silent) not only highlights the identity crisis of the lyric self, but is an important contribution to the genre of new social poetry #booksky #haiti #poetry #migration #immigrants literatur.review/en/reviews/p...

Lyndal Roper’s work „Summer of Fire and Blood“, published to mark the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants‘ War, not only convincingly recounts the past, but also touches on questions that are equally relevant today... #booksky #history #nonfiction #war literatur.review/en/reviews/n...

The fifth instalment in Suzanne Collins‘ Hunger Games series - the prequel „Sunrise on the Reaping“ is a valuable contribution to New Adult literature in politically challenging times... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #booksky #hungergames literatur.review/en/reviews/c...

In her novel Grandmothers, Swiss author Melara Mvogdobo distills two life stories from different cultures into a literary coup d'état. It would be hard to write about female empowerment more tenderly or brutally... #booksky #grandmothers #switzerland #cameroon literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

This month's short story comes from Qatar and was written by Huda al-Naimi. It explores the themes of love, loss, and the unpredictable power of poetry... #qatar #arabliterature #booksky #poetry literatur.review/en/literatur... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)

Does exile only bring losses? According to an essay by gynaecologist and writer Najat Abdul Samad, this does not appear to be the case... #booksky #arabliterature #syria #exile #arabic literatur.review/en/essay/exi... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)

Our poem of the month is by Alaa Hassanien - a poem about the search for the inner homeland and the silence of despair... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #booksky #egypt #arabicliterature #arabic #poetry literatur.review/en/literatur...

„How are fake news born? Anthropologist Julien Bonhomme offers a vivid example from Africa, where rumours claim the French state is behind penis thefts to counter declining fertility...“ #fakenews #anthropology #centralafrica #africa #france #macron literatur.review/en/essay/mac...

Yesterday, the great Irish writer Colm Tóibín turned 70. Today, we honour him with a review of his poetry collection „Vinegar Hill“, which pays homage to passionate poetry readers and makes the human being shimmer in all its complexity... #poetry #ireland literatur.review/en/reviews/p...

With his Oslo trilogy „Love“, „Dreams“ and „Sex“, which is currently being released in cinemas worldwide, Dag Johan Haugerud has created a cinematic, literary and sociological marvel that is as clever as it is touching... #oslotrilogy #dagjohanhaugerud #film literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

I condemn the night and its hunting dogs: Explosion of a cry too long stifled - A deep reading by Jhak Valcourt of Rooney Ramirez's early poems and the search for the poetic self... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) 📚💙 #haiti #Dominicanrepublic literatur.review/en/reviews/p...

„Zwei weibliche Halbakte“ (Two female semi-nudes), Luz’s graphic novel, is as moving as it is graphically incisive... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #graphicnovel #comic literatur.review/en/reviews/c...

Our poem of the month is taken from „The Book of the Body“ by Lamia Makkadam, published by Dar Takween as part of the „Eshrakat“ series, supervised and introduced by poet Adonis... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) #poetry #arabicliterature 📚💙 literatur.review/en/literatur...

Gilles Kepel, perhaps the most renowned French expert on the Middle East, published an updated edition of his book on the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023 and its aftermath... #middleeast #israel #hamas #lebanon #palestine literatur.review/en/reviews/n...

In a nuanced essay, the Algerian writer Ghizlan Touati reflects on the Arab Booker Prize and why only two women have won it over the years. The answer is as complex as it is sobering... literatur.review/en/essay/pri... 💙📚 #arabliterature #algeria #femaleliterature #bookerprize #arabbooker #feminism

„Cave 72“, Fann Attiki's political satire about life and death in Brazzaville is also a disturbing and universally relevant portrait of a society held hostage by populism and dictatorship... #africanliterature #africanwriter #africanbook #africanfiction 💙📚 literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

The Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded in New York. James’ by American author Percival Everett was honoured as the best novel. Here is our euphoric review of Everett's "James"... 💙📚 #percicaleverett #americanliterature #pulitzerprizes literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

Today's short story comes from Tunisia and is written by Hassan Marzougui, who takes a humorous look at the power of the spoken and written word and how old traditions can be reused to shape the truth... literatur.review/en/literatur... #shortstory #arabicliterature #arabliterature #tunisia 💙📚

In her coming-of-age novel "The Age of Umbrage", Jessica Zafra creates a gripping portrait of Philippine society under the Marcos regime that is frighteningly contemporary - and also universal... 💙📚 #philippines #philippineliterature #asianliterature literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

In a personal essay, the Egyptian writer, journalist and filmmaker Alaa Hassanien, who lives in France, describes her painful longing for a city that has disappeared from her life... #cairo #arabicliterature #egypt #diaspora #arabliterature #nostalgia #paris literatur.review/en/essay/nos... 💙📚

Exactly 70 years ago today, the Bandung Conference came to an end. To mark the occasion, we review the updated edition of “Decolonization: The End of Empires”, published at a time when a dangerous neo-imperialism is rearing its powerful head... literatur.review/en/reviews/n... 💙📚 #colonialism

In her historical novel "The Great Divide", Cristina Henríquez weaves a series of smaller stories into a comprehensive picture of the "Panama Canal" project of the last century, which continues to divide the double continent to this day... 💙📚 #panama #panamacanal literatur.review/en/reviews/f...

In a personal essay, the Syrian poet, writer and journalist Manahel Alsahoui writes about her double identity with a pseudonym under the rule of Assad... (Available in the original Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) 💙📚 #syria #arabicliterature #arabliterature literatur.review/en/essay/goo...

Finally in German , "I Remain in Darkness" - and an Annie Ernaux who perhaps wants nothing more and literature that can do everything after all... literatur.review/en/reviews/f... (Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish) 💙📚 #annieernaux #frenchliterature #alzheimer #dementia

Our short story of the month is a sad and beautiful story from the Philippines, written by Jenny Ortuoste. It deals with death, superstition and mourning... 💙📚 #philippines #shortstory #philippineliterature #southeastasianliterature #asianliterature literatur.review/en/literatur...