January 29, 2023, 4:00 p.m
With his sensitive everyday observations, F. Scott Fitzgerald filled a reservoir of ideas and thoughts from which he was able to feed his novels regarding the Roaring Twenties. “The moment of beauty. From the notebooks” (Dieterisch’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, translation: Helmut Moysich) reveals “Fitzgerald’s ability to recognize the fundamentals in seemingly irrelevant things,” says Robert Weichinger.
Both the private and the political find their place in Rafael Chirbe’s collection of notes, which was posthumously translated into German: “From time to time. Diaries 1984 – 2005” (Kunstmann Verlag, translation: Dagmar Ploetz, Carsten Regling). A contribution by Holger Heimann.
Ian McEwan’s “Everyman” novel “Lessons” is regarding a man who was sexually abused by his piano teacher as a child and lived his life in self-sacrificing mediocrity (Diogenes Verlag, translation: Bernhard Robben). Antonia Reissner read it.
Monika Fagerholm’s novel “Who Killed Bambi?” (Residenz Verlag, translation: Antje Rávik Strubel) dissects the story of the victims and perpetrators following a gang rape in a residential area of Helsinki. A review by Stefan May.
Sigrid Nunez describes her growing up in New York from the 1950s to the 70s in an environment of poverty and speechlessness, the search for herself and her impressive educational advancement in her autobiography “A Feather on the Breath of God” (Aufbau Verlag, translation: Anette Grube) . A review by Hanna Ronzheimer.
Literature is the asylum of language. Narrative Scenes in Austrian Literature
(A series by Daniela Strigl, Arno Dusini and Karl Wagner on the occasion of the Austrian focus at the Leipzig Book Fair 2023; concept: Arno Dusini)
Part 15: Karl Emil Franzo’s developmental novel “The Pojaz. A story from the East” from 1893/1905. A contribution by Karl Wagner.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The moment of beauty. From the Notebooks, Dieterisch’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Translation: Helmut Moysich)
Rafael Chirbes: From time to time. Diaries 1984 – 2005, Kunstmann Verlag (translation: Dagmar Ploetz, Carsten Regling)
Monika Fagerholm: Who Killed Bambi?, Roman, Residenz Verlag (Translation: Antje Rávik Strubel)
Ian McEwan: Lessons, novel, Diogenes Verlag (Translation: Bernhard Robben)
Sigrid Nunez: A feather on God’s breath, novel, Aufbau Verlag (translation: Anette Grube)
Literature is the asylum of language. Narrative Scenes in Austrian Literature
A series by Daniela Strigl, Arno Dusini and Karl Wagner on the occasion of the Austrian focus at the Leipzig Book Fair 2023
Concept: Arno Dusini
Part 15: Karl Emil Franzos: The Pojaz
