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Decapolis
Decapolis is a book which imagines the city otherwise. Bringing together ten writers from across Europe, it offers snapshots of their native cities, freezing for a moment the characters and complexities that define them. Ten cities: diverse, incompatible, contradictory in everything from language to landscape. In Amsterdam every Friday night, a lonely woman cooks for her men, a circle of middle-aged bachelors. In Barcelona, a self-regarding poet tries to capture the essence of the city in an eleven-word lyric. In Reykjavik, an unemployed journalist wanders through the deserted buildings of the newspaper he once wrote for. In all cases, these are cities in states of transition: Zagreb in the ...
nachgefragt
Das Webportal "novinki" entstand 2006 auf Initiative des Instituts für Slawistik an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und wird inzwischen gemeinsam mit den Slawistiken der Universitäten Zürich und Potsdam betrieben. Das Portal stellt kulturelle Debatten, aktuelle literarische Erscheinungen, neue Kunstströmungen und spannende Autor/innen im östlichen Europa vor. Für den Jubiläumsband zum zehnjährigen Bestehen des Portals wurden aus der Rubrik "zurückgefragt" 26 Interviews ausgewählt, in denen die Autor/innen und Künstlergruppen aus der Region selbst zu Wort kommen.
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Elsewhere
Challenging the preconceptions of the hypothetical "small town," this collection of short stories vividly portrays a variety of imaginative characters. In Germany, a house-husband is slowly sent over the edge by his over-achieving neighbors. In the Norwegian town of Odda, a middle-aged Morrissey fan has a matter of hours to find a girlfriend so his ailing mother can die in peace. On a broad European canvas, these diverse tales paint a tightly knit community in a positive light. Centering on gestures such as white lies, indifference, small kindnesses, and secrets, this intriguing anthology is sure to fascinate and entertain.
Madinah
'Madinah' - the Arabic word for 'city' - may conjure labyrinthine streets and the hustle and bustle of the souq in Westerners' minds, but for the inhabitants of the Middle East it is a much more mercurial thing, and one that's changing today faster than ever.Here - in ten urban stories set across the region - the city reveals itself through a vibrant array of characters: from the celebrated author collecting an award in the city that exiled him decades before, to the forlorn lover waiting at a rendezvous as government officials raid nearby shops, confiscating 'wanton' Valentine's Day roses.Whilst engineers race to complete another 'world's tallest building' in Dubai, and American helicopters...
Historical Dictionary of Croatia
The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Croatia relates the history of this country through a detailed chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets.
Croatie
Il était une fois une de ces jeunes nations nées de l’éclatement sanglant de l’ex-Yougoslavie. Un pays dont les racines puisent dans les tréfonds de l’Empire austro-hongrois et auquel ses dirigeants successifs n’ont cessé de promettre un avenir radieux. La Croatie a tant à offrir. Destination de villégiature prisée des touristes, elle reste l’un des poumons de cette Mitteleuropa qui inspira tant d’écrivains et de peintres. Mais voilà : renaître après la guerre d’indépendance puis rejoindre l’Union européenne en 2013 et l’espace Schengen dix ans plus tard ne s’est pas fait sans compromis. C’est ce morceau d’histoire que ce récit plein d’humanité s’e...
