Book Fair: Leipzig abolishes itself – A commentary by Mara Delius

Opinion Literature The Leipzig Book Fair is coming to an end Last updated: 17:11 / Reading time: 3 minutes “The little ones are the hardest hit”: Mara Delius Source: Martin U.K. Lengemann/ WORLD At this point you will find content from Podigee In order to interact with or display content from Podigee and other social … Read more

“Journey into unknown territory”, by David Park: a father in winter

Journey into unknown territory the David Park Translated from English (Northern Ireland) by Cécile Arnaud Quai Voltaire, 212 p., €20 When he drives off to pick up his sick son from his student residence, Tom twice fails to get started. The snow, which fell in abundance in the Belfast region where he lives and the … Read more

25 years after the death of Osvaldo Soriano | An unforgettable writer and journalist

In October 1982, the Catalan publisher Bruguera published in Argentina the first edition of There will be no more sorrows or forgetfulness, from Osvaldo Soriano. Like the almost brand new winter quarters, for obvious reasons, was better known in Europe than here, and it had on the flap –where the author’s biography usually goes– a … Read more

Literature: “Alix’s Diary” by Iegor Gran, anthropophagous and feminist novel

Published on : 24/01/2022 – 15:38 «When the man is eaten raw, he is soft to the bite, his flesh is delicate, and I never know which wine to choose.» Thus begins the astonishing monologue that Alix delivers to her diary. Day after day, she returns to her obsession, refrains from taking action, tames androphagic … Read more

Peter Mertens: Rise from the sheet metal league

Series production of the BMW i4 Within the transformation, German automakers are assuming the role of challengers. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf Peter Mertens knows something about the car industry. For 35 years, the qualified mechanical engineer held leading positions in large car companies. He was head of technology at Audi until 2018, when his second cancer … Read more

The secret and wonderful sadness of Billy Wilder

Jonathan Coe discovers in ‘Mr. Wilder and I’ the background of melancholy in the work of the most ingenious filmmaker of the 20th century Billy Wilder, in Greece, during the filming of ‘Fedora’.GETTY Updated Saturday, January 22, 2022 – 11:57 Opinion of Borja Cobeaga Billy Wilder’s penultimate, the testament of a genius Jonathan Coe “Brexit … Read more