Book Reviews John K. Cox Jurij Koch / Courtesy of Domowina-Verlag In the 1950s, a girl whom Jurij Koch knew in high school moved away from their hometown of Cottbus in East Germany. It was a case, he says in his recent memoir, of “Weg von Ulbricht, hin zu Adenauer” (Away from Ulbricht, over to Adenauer). Her mother took the girl to the West, before the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. This is a familiar enough arc of events, but, as it turns out, the motivation behind the move is probably not something that most people outside of Germany would have considered. The reason was ethnic. Little Greta was growing up surrounded by Sorbs in the southeastern part of the country. The Sorbian language reminded her mother of Polish, and she had had quite enough of the Poles in her pre-1945 home farther east. In addition, Greta’s family was Protestant and they felt awash in a “Catholic sea.” So off they went, leaving the author of this autobiography—who, well, yes, had a crush on Greta—scratching his head. Like so many other scenes in this engaging book, this story blends the customary with the unexpected to stretch our understanding of what is “German.” Like so many other scenes in this engaging book, Koch’s memoir blends the customary with the unexpected to stretch our understanding of what is “German.” Windrad auf dem Dach (Domowina-Verlag, 2016) is the second volume of Koch’s memoirs to be published in German. Currently in his... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Friends from across the trade came together on Friday (29th September) to celebrate the life of Mo Siewcharran, head of marketing at Nielsen Book, who died in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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On or about this day in 1902, Beatrix Potter published The Tale of Peter Rabbit, the children’s book about an anthropomorphic bunny who outruns a homicidal farmer. You may use the comment thread on this page to celebrate Peter’s escape, or to pursue other points of off topic, freewheeling discourse. Continue reading at Slate
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Picador has acquired a second memoir from comedian and TV writer Adam Kay, author of This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Big YA book deals have become commonplace but middle-grade fantasy series Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend looks set to stand out from the crowd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Multimillion fines are just the start for Facebook and Google, as the world comes to realise how political big tech has becomeIn his wonderful book The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began, the literary historian Stephen Greenblatt traces the origins of the Renaissance back to the rediscovery of a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Books about conscious living aim to awaken readers to greater spiritual and self-awareness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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William Heinemann will publish the “long-awaited” sequel to Kill Your Friends by John Niven, a decade after his cult debut. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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John Blake Books is publishing Chloe Ayling, a 20-year-old model from South London who made headlines this summer after she was allegedly lured to Italy for a fake photoshoot, then drugged and kidnapped. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Vermont state government is "exploring options" regarding the future of the 71-year-old magazine. The post Who Will Save Vermont Life? appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Exclusive: Ryan Ferrier and Ian McGinty announce their upcoming "Rocko's Modern Life" comic book series. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Durham, N.C.-based Carolina Wren Press is acquiring the trademarks and backlist of Winston-Salem-based publisher John F. Blair. The combined company will function as a non-profit publisher and will be renamed Blair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A ‘riveting’ memoir by Waterstones founder Tim Waterstone is going out on submission to publishers this week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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John Murray is publishing Falling Short, a "funny, uplifting, deeply moving" literary debut by "true new talent" Lex Coulton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hinton worked for media mogul for more than 50 years before he resigned from News Corp at height of hacking scandalRupert Murdoch’s righthand man for more than 50 years is to have his memoirs published, providing one of the most informed portraits of the media mogul to date.Les Hinton, who... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Viking is preparing for a "huge" campaign around the publication of John le Carré's new book, A Legacy of Spies, dubbed "the literary event of the autumn". Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Independent poetry publisher Carcanet Press has paid tribute to poet John Ashbery who has died aged 90. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Mimi Pond, author of the new graphic memoir 'The Customer Is Always Wrong,' picks her 10 favorite graphic memoirs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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John Murray is publishing Jessie Greengrass’s first novel, Sight, in February 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Welcome to books this week! First, a couple of stories that you can find only online: THE BIG STORY John Smelcer’s YA book “Stealing Indians” is a finalist for the recently announced PEN Center USA awards. Questions about Smelcer have been raised since 1994, when he was teaching at the University... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is publishing the memoir of model and body activist Charli Howard. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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