As a relatively young author, Brigitte Reimann imbued the novel with her convictions and enthusiasm for the work that her generation was doing to rebuild a post-war Germany that was ...
A story of loneliness and dislocation that celebrates the art of story-telling. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: SONG FOR THE MISSING
“Monsters Like Us” explores the violence human beings inflict on one another, and though pervaded by melancholy, it offers some hope for a better future. Continue Reading BOOK ...
If being a writer is the greater height, where lower to fall than the foot of a neglected tower block? Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: MARZAHN, MON AMOUR
Translated into English by Isabel Fargo Cole, Hilbig’s final novel tells of alienation and unrest in Cold War Germany Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE INTERIM
Knitting a woolen pullover for a tank…yes, it was a political statement, an anti-war statement. It made the tank look ridiculous. Continue Reading The Knitted Tank
Berlin resident and literary advisor Nerys Hudson shares a book-lover’s highlights of a city with one of Europe’s most complex and rich literary heritages, from walking tours and literature houses ...
Listen to this episode using the player below or subscribe on iTunes — search “litro lab”. The Mädels With a Microphone investigate a German pop culture phenomenon, the TV cop show ...
Peter Lewis on the pleasures and pitfalls of translating German to English, from imponderable subclauses and outlandish compound nouns to the translator’s bête noire, the innuendo. Continue Reading ...
Translator and blogger Katy Derbyshire gets us up to speed on the German literary scene with 11 contemporary books in translation you should be reading. Continue Reading 11 ...
For our Germany theme, Michael Spring inspects three works of fiction that explore the amazing change between the country of the past and present, and forces us to consider whether ...
Explore the London haunts the great German thinkers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on our London walk, designed by Marx expert Heiko Khoo. Continue Reading Litro London Walk: ...
Does your hand rub over the skin, or move with the skin, I asked. Claire placed a sandwich bag over her bristle brush to try and demonstrate the skill. Oh, ...
Our May issue is out! New short fiction on the theme of Germany from E. E. Mason, Florence Grende, Jim Ruland, Robin Wyatt Dunn and Pippa Anais Gaubert. ...
They are building the wall in the swamp, digging the trench, maintaining the sluices to keep the area dry. Still, water seeps in. The wall will never stand ...
For a hungry populace, cigarettes, easily transported, standardized and divisible, bought food. At the time the Allies rationed less than 1000 calories per day. With cigarettes as money one ...
All your life you know that you will die someday, but you don’t know it the way you know that your eyes are blue or that you prefer port to ...
It's been twenty years since the Russian army left here, and no one's used it since. As we struggle along the path to the house, snagging our clothes on thorns ...
Willkommen! At the helm of European policy, champion of the Euro, home of the largest economy in the union, Germany would appear to be one of Europe’s biggest success stories, ...
‘My grandmother wanted to stay here,’ says Sigrid unexpectedly. ‘I read her old diaries, when she died. She talked about Prora like paradise. How great the Führer was, to build ...
