A welcome revival of a 1980s comedy prophesying the collapse of the Soviet UnionHere is a revival of a 1983 film from the Georgian director Eldar Shengelaia (still alive at 90) and it is revealed as an intriguing, and perhaps even remarkable creation: a dapper, droll satire on Soviet... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-02-06 13:00:00 UTC ]
Helena Merriman tells how a passage to freedom was dug under the Berlin Wall in 1962. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-09-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a book based on Tunnel 29, a podcast about a student who escaped Communist East Germany only to tunnel back in under the Berlin Wall to help other refugees. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 00:30:17 UTC ]
On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, seven acclaimed books about and from East Germany. | Lit Hub What does “NSFW” mean in the age of social media? On the protean, problematic humor of the internet. | Lit Hub Remembering Stephen Dixon, two-time National Book Award finalist,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-08 11:30:40 UTC ]
This week: a biography of Betty Ford, plus punk rock and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: the Man Booker—shortlisted novel "His Bloody Project," plus an escape under the Berlin Wall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the book attracting international publishers this week are a British novel found in the slush pile and a Swedish thriller set in 2037, in an alternate history where the Berlin Wall never fell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
‘Multigenerational American epic’ from the author of The Corrections and Freedom set for September 2015 publicationThe American contingent may have missed out on this year’s Man Booker prize, but next year could be a different story after it was announced that a new novel by Jonathan Franzen, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harvill Secker has acquired rights to a thriller imagining a world where the Berlin Wall had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]