Archive for ‘Books’

Taking a Slug of America

American writers such as Paul Auster or Jonathan Franzen sell far better in Germany than in their home markets. This reception says more about German readers than the authors themselves.

China’s New Confucianism

Political philosopher Daniel A. Bell writes on the revival of Confucianism transforming Chinese politics and society.

The Last Dictator

Not Enough

Title Fight: Soccer Stories from the German National Writers Team

Germany’s Greek tragedy

Review of "Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy"

Jonathan Safran Foer To Release English Version of Haggadah

I Got out

your guide to leaving america

A Matter of Life and Breath

Joe Sherman's Gasp! explores the history of air and finds it's anything but empty