Although the end of the world did not come on the 21st of December, we never seemed so close to it. Ozone holes, atom bombs, overpopulation, despiritualisation, hurricanes and melting ice caps are just a few signs of the rising water at our feet. According to these clues, we could rightfully assume that we are…
No End In Sight
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Rezension zu Michael Maars Roman »Die Betrogenen« Link zum Artikel
Why I Want To Be A Vegetarian
I have a problem: I want to be a vegetarian. “So what’s the problem?” you might ask. I am half German and Germans tend to eat meat, a lot of meat. Not without reason every major city from Frankfurt to Nürnberg has a sausage named after itself. Link to the article
Sex, Drugs and Poetry …
… wäre die passende Benennung, würde man Philippe Djian ein eigenes Genre widmen. Denn auch in seinem neuen Roman »Die Rastlosen« (Incidences) führt der französische Autor die Leser anhand dieser Leitmotive durch die 219 Seiten. Link zum Artikel
Sub specie aeternitatis or how serious are my problems?
I am a free-lancing journalist, a pop-philosopher, and so far an unsuccessful author, who is struggling to survive by materializing money out of ink. You may retort that we all have problems, whether they are small or big, physical or psychological, or even right next to us in our bed. You could also respond that…
Wieviele bin Ich?
John Irvings neuer Entwicklungsroman »In einer Person« handelt von der Suche nach sexueller Identität. Link zur Rezension English version: Imagine a character, who has a crush on his stepfather, on elderly women with very masculine traits, and a bit of athing for his best female friend – pretty much “crushes on the wrong people” – then…

