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GermanLitMonth: Die Inkommensurablen

Posted on November 23, 2023 by admin

And my fourth #GermanLitMonth book, my second for Austria, makes a nice pair with Schachinger’s Echtzeitalter: Die Inkommensurablen, by Raphaela Edelbauer. It again takes place in Vienna, and is viewed through the eyes of an outsider teenager, but this time … Continue reading →

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GermanLitMonth: Gebrauchsanweisung für Potsdam und Brandenburg

Posted on November 23, 2023 by admin

My third #GermanLitMonth book completes my pair of German books, and is by chance also non-fiction: Gebrauchsanweisung für Potsdam und Brandenburg, by Antje Rávik Strubel. This is certainly odd — as if Margaret Atwood had decided to write a guide … Continue reading →

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GermanLitMonth: Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!

Posted on November 19, 2023 by admin

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger! by Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi is my second book for #GermanLitMonth — sort of. I was reading it for Black History Month in October, before things got in the way, but it fits into the rulebreakers week of this … Continue reading →

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GermanLitMonth: Echtzeitalter

Posted on November 10, 2023 by admin

I’ve finished my first book for #GermanLitMonth: Echtzeitalter, by Tonio Schachinger. Deutscher Buchpreis-winner this year, it’s a Bildungsroman following a teen gamer at a Viennese school very similar to the one Schachinger went to, where he encounters first a Snape-like … Continue reading →

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Reading List October 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by admin

A Covid-affected reading month meant I only finished seven books, and particularly disrupted my Black History Month plan (to be continued next month). I still finished four in German, one (1) in Portuguese, and five by women/POC. Starting with what … Continue reading →

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Reading List September 2023

Posted on September 30, 2023 by admin

I finished eight books this month, mostly as part of a South American reading month (inspired once again by the Portuguese in Translation book group, which this time did Crooked Plow). Only three in German, mainly because 2666 took up … Continue reading →

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Reading List August 2023

Posted on August 31, 2023 by admin

I finished a modest seven books this month, mainly because it was a Proust month (and Oxen of the Sun in Ulysses took a while). All except Marcel were women for Women in Translation month (two actually in translation, and … Continue reading →

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Reading List July 2023

Posted on July 31, 2023 by admin

Eleven books finished this month, six in German and eight by women/POC — all of those as part of my theme for the month of African writers. I really enjoyed this one, especially because I managed to get books from … Continue reading →

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Reading List June 2023

Posted on June 30, 2023 by admin

I finished a modest seven books this month, mainly because of the continuing Proustathon. Three each in German and by women/POC, which isn’t enough, but for the half year that makes 24 and 31 respectively out of 53, so on … Continue reading →

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Reading List May 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 by admin

I finished nine books in May, mostly as part of a POC-reading month: so seven books by POC, one other woman, and a token white male. Only three in German, but two of those were pretty chunky. Ninth Building — … Continue reading →

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