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Me, In Between
Madina’s family have fled war to seek asylum in Europe and begin a hopeful new life. An ordinary world of fitting in at school, learning the language and forging friendships lies before Madina. Yet she finds herself caught between her new life and her traumatic memories of the past. With the endless wait to be granted asylum, and her anxious father growing ever more controlling, can Madina find the path that’s right for her? Translated by Claire Storey
Splithead
'My father and I head towards a nervous breakdown as he attempts to erase three years of Communist indoctrination in the course of a single evening. I simply cannot comprehend that Lenin, the friend of all children, is now allegedly an arsehole.' When seven-year-old Mischka and her family flee the oppressive USSR for the freedom of Vienna, her world seems to divide neatly in two: there's life as she knew it before, and life as she must relearn it now. But even as she's busy dressing her new Barbie, perfecting her German and gorging on fresh fruit, Mischka is aware that there's part of her that can never escape her homeland, with its terrifying folktales, its insidious anti-Semitism and its old family secrets. As her parents' marriage splinters and her sister retreats into silence, Mischka has to find her own way of living when her head and her heart are in two places at once. There is darkness galore in this novel. But there is also much comedy to be had in its twisted enchanted tales. It is as seductive and unsettling as similar work by Angela Carter or Margaret Atwood, while it shares a geography with Everything Is Illuminated and If I Told You Once.
Spaltkopf
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Europa28
In collaboration with Hay Festival and Wom@rts. Introduced by Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project. ‘To be European,’ writes Leïla Slimani, ‘is to believe that we are, at once, diverse and united, that the Other is different but equal.’ Despite these high ideals, however, there is a growing sense that Europe needs to be fixed, or at the least seriously rethought. The clamour of rising nationalism – alongside widespread feelings of disenfranchisement – needs to be addressed if the dreams of social cohesion, European integration, perhaps even democracy are to be preserved. This anthology brings together 28 acclaimed women writers, artists, scientists and entrepreneu...
Der Geruch von Ruß und Rosen
Hochaktuell und tief bewegend. Der Krieg ist aus und Madina wagt die Reise in ihre alte Heimat, um endlich eine Antwort auf die quälende Frage nach dem Verbleib ihres Vaters zu erhalten. Und um sich von dem Leben zu verabschieden, das sie so fluchtartig hinter sich lassen musste. Die Wunden des Krieges sind noch frisch, Madina begegnet großem Leid und Misstrauen. Und sie muss feststellen, dass nicht jede Suche wie erhofft endet. Die Suche nach ihrem Vater führt Madina letztendlich zu sich selbst. Und sie begreift, dass es an der Zeit ist, die Verantwortung für ihre Familie abzugeben und ihren eigenen Träumen zu folgen. Dies ist eine Geschichte über die Abgründe, in die ein Krieg so viele Familien stürzt, und die Geschichte einer starken jungen Frau, die über sich hinauswächst und sich selbst findet – tiefgründig und kraftvoll.
Transnationalism in Contemporary German-language Literature
"Transnationalism" has become a key term in debates in the social sciences and humanities, reflecting concern with today's unprecedented flows of commodities, fashions, ideas, and people across national borders. Forced and unforced mobility, intensified cross-border economic activity due to globalization, and the rise of trans- and supranational organizations are just some of the ways in which we now live both within, across, and beyond national borders. Literature has always been a means of border crossing and transgression-whether by tracing physical movement, reflecting processes of cultural transfer, traveling through space and time, or mapping imaginary realms. It is also becoming more ...
Dazwischen: Ich
Madina ist endlich angekommen. In einem Land, das Sicherheit bedeuten könnte. Nach einer beschwerlichen Flucht vor dem Krieg in ihrer Heimat. Zerrissen zwischen Traditionen und dem neuen Leben in der westlichen Welt schildert sie ihre Zeit im Flüchtlingsheim. Und erzählt von ihrer Freundin Laura. Die als Einzige am ersten Schultag auf Madina zugekommen ist. Und die nicht über ihre Deutschfehler gelacht hat. Mit ihr kann Madina für einige Zeit die ärmlichen Zustände zu Hause vergessen. Die Hänseleien der Mitschüler. Und ihren Papa, der mit der neuen Situation nicht zurechtkommt. Eine bewegende Geschichte über Freundschaft und das Erwachsenwerden in Zeiten von Krieg, Verfolgung und Migration.
Contemporary Migration Literature in German and English
Rarely has ‘migration literature’ been understood as ‘literature on the topic of migration’, which is an approach this book adopts by presenting a comparative analysis of contemporary texts on experiences of migration.
Herznovelle
Nach einer Herzoperation verfällt eine Frau dem Arzt, der sie behandelt hat und verfolgt ihn wie eine Stalkerin, während er distanziert bleibt.
