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Thomas Mann’s Overcoat: Surreal, speculative, bizarre
Ugly coats, invisible elephants and giant monuments having sex with the clouds: Istvan Vörös' new novel manages […]
Book review
The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth: Visions of life’s geometry
In Adrian Duncan's latest, a statue-repairer moves to Italy in a novel that explores the spatial reasoning […]
Review
Michael E. Smith: Strange alchemy on paper (and a shoe box)
Currently showing at KOW, 'Michael E. Smith X Paper' brings together a chaotic collection of some of […]
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Can Carmen be saved? Gorki’s bold attempt to rewrite opera’s history
Christian Weise's 'Carmen' confronts the opera's racist, sexist past. But is redemption really possible?
Editor's column
Blurb your enthusiasm: The case for abolishing the book blurb
"Some of the worst-written pieces of English on the planet". Our resident book critic wants the book […]
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Decoding anarchism: Juan Pablo Macías’s ‘Tiempo Muerto’
Now open at Galerie im Körnerpark, Juan Pablo Macías's 'Tiempo Muerto' reveals a forgotten side of anarchist […]
