Tungkong Langit + Alunsina
Jomar Empaynado
A Creation Story from the Philippines - translated from the Filipino into English by Allan N. Derain
The blessing of literature
Cindy Nick
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Christoph Nick
A German-Mauritian story
Sukri Slips the Blade
Stomata Rawamangun
A short story from Indonesia - translated from the Indonesian into English by Nikmah Khamis
A Mermaid for a Bride
Maake
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Nhlanhla Maake
A story from South Africa
Vladimir Vladimirovich Takes A Drive
Juliette Conroy
A short story from the US, written in 2019, before Vladimir Vladimirovich began to occupy Ukraine (and after seizing Crimea)
Room 202
Paul A. Castillo
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Chuckberry J. Pascual
A short story from the Philippines - translated from Tagalog into English by Joseph T. Salazar
Obituary
Private
A story from North Macedonia - translated into German by Ksenija Chochkova
Unheard Story
Meghachandra Kongbam
A Manipuri Folktale translated from Meitei into English by Dr Khumukcham Ajit Singh
Plugging the leak
Private
A Story from India - translated from Gujarati into English by Aban Mukherji and Tulsi Vatsal
The Foreigner's Widow
Julien Salinas
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Iman Humaydan
A story from Lebanon - translated from Arabic into German by Hartmut Fähndrich
Our share of happiness
Maryan Harrington
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Ron Rash
Ron Rash's modern version of Romeo and Juliet, "The Caretaker", about an America in the time of the Korean War, shows both tenderly and mercilessly that the present-day divisions in the USA have always been there
Of course, I am ashamed
Hartwig Klappert
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Taqi Akhlaqi
In traditional Afghan society, shame has an almost state-supporting function, but in the Afghan diaspora it finds new, no less dramatic ways of expressing itself
A little fear is not quite enough after all
Julianne Leikanger
Alexander Kielland Krag's book for young people "Nur ein wenig Angst" (Just a little fear) deals with an important topic with which those affected can easily identify - but there’s scope for a little more daring
Sometimes clouds obscure the view
Lenthe
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Fabian Lenthe
Fabian Lenthe's poetry collection "Streichhölzer" (Matches) is a fresh take on established and much-prized contemporary poetry, and well worth reading
Nothing is certain: anytime, anywhere
Julia Cimafiejeva / Voland & Quist
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Alhierd Bacharevič
Alhierd Bacharevič's novel "Dogs of Europe" is a kaleidoscope, a hall of mirrors, a rollercoaster, an almost hallucinogenic fantasy. In short: an extraordinary reading experience!
Without fracture there can be no ossification
Benjamin Zibner / Suhrkamp
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Steffen Mau
In "Unequally United", sociologist Steffen Mau examines why East Germany remains different
It's all nonsense here!
Axel Timo Purr
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Winfried Weiser
Subjective comments on the 48th Days of German-Language Literature 2024 in Klagenfurt
Rain mixed with snowflakes
Albanian State Archive
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Ismail Kadare 1990
One of Europe's last great storytellers has died. Ismail Kadaré chronicled a future of a past, with a mastery of language so crystalline it could cut like a scalpel
Poetry Piano Painting
Bernd Böhner
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Judith Bokodi, Stefan Grosser, Michaela Halt
The city and the couple
How to get to the theory
Donat Bräm
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Mario Bernet
On the anatomy of the happy football fan