Books

Multiculturalism in the DDR
Madgermanes is a beautiful graphic novel taking us from Mozambique to the DDR

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Judith Schalansky: “History is never complete”
The power of the literary fragment

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Gossip, Victimhood and WG Sebald
A new biography of the great writer has got the literary world talking

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Paul Scraton interview: Lost In the Pines
Heinrich Heine, the Harz Mountains and the dangers of Blood and Soil.

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Brigitte Reimann: Politics and prizes in the GDR
Unconventional East German author Brigitte Reimann's new volume of diaries, It All Tastes of Farewell, was released […]

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EXB lit pick: Three new books to read this month
Our books editor rounds up a trio of new releases, from a gender-bending memoir to the latest […]