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Moshtari Hilal is unpacking our obsession with ugliness
Author Moshtari Hilal’s newly translated work 'Ugliness' is a meditation on what the world finds unattractive, and […]
Review
In the Forest of the Metropoles: Mapping Europe’s margins
Karl-Markus Gauß embarks on a tour of Europe's overlooked corners, taking in forgotten poets, hidden histories, and […]
Editor's column
Hollow men: What’s going wrong with male characters in literature?
Contemporary fiction isn’t doing men justice in their one-dimensional machismo portrayals, but a handful of Berliner authors […]
Review
Berlin Atomized: Drinking Mate at the end of the world
In Argentinian author Julia Kornberg's Berlin Atomized, Europe has collapsed into class war - but the Volksbühne […]
Editor's column
A mind of winter: What does snow mean – and what will happen when it disappears?
One must have a mind of winter / To regard the frost and the […]
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Sand-Catcher: Palestinian resistance and the pain of remembrance
Omar Khalifah's latest novel, Sand-Catcher, is concerned with memory, victimhood, and who is able to determine how […]
