Songs for Times of Darkness
Julien Salinas
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Iman Humaidan
"Songs for Times of Darkness" - the lives of four Lebanese women in a novel by Iman Humaidan
The blessing of migration
Wilma Hoogendoorn / S. Fischer Verlag
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Hein de Haas
Hein de Haas' "How Migration Really works - A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics" is a book that is as clever as it is frustrating, and should be compulsory reading in every school
Laugh your troubles away !
Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The publisher Carlsen Verlag is celebrating the centenary of comic genius André Franquin with a comprehensive new edition
Colonial fossil
Peter Himsel www.himsel.de
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Friederike Otto
In "Climate injustice", Friederike Otto emphasises that we should prepare for the consequences of climate change. This is illustrated with case studies from around the world. But regardless of what happens and where, the West is always to blame
Ruthless accuracy
Edgar Selge. © Muriel Liebmann / Rowohlt Verlag
Edgar Selge's autofictional journey into his childhood is an astonishing debut. I'd love more of it.
Pompeii lies on the Baltic Sea
Piffl Medien GmbH
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Thomas Schubert und Paula Beer in "Roter Himmel"
After the heavy symbolism and stylization of his last two films, Christian Petzold's roundelay about art and love is almost light and even humorous. The tragedy almost becomes a minor matter.