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Spectral analysis: Gabriel Flynn’s gentrified ghouls
The struggling characters in the Berlin-based author's debut novel 'Poor Ghost!' are as haunted by their austere […]
Book review
‘The Honditsch Cross’: Nationalism’s bitter aftertaste
A transparently biting novella, Ingeborg Bachmann's 'The Honditsch Cross' reflects on fascism's tangled roots.
Editor's column
Down Under in Berlin: Reflections on why readings matter
Books critic and native Australian Alexander Wells has curated a unique festival celebrating literature from Australia and […]
Books
Violence and the road: Vijay Khurana on The Passenger Seat
In Vijay Khurana’s debut novel, The Passenger Seat, male friendship is all fun and games - until […]
Review
The Place of Shells: An unexpected journey
Mai Ishizawa's 'The Place of Shells' captures the surreal feeling of a world abruptly transformed in utterly […]
Book review
Thomas Mann’s Overcoat: Surreal, speculative, bizarre
Ugly coats, invisible elephants and giant monuments having sex with the clouds: Istvan Vörös' new novel manages […]
