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Staub und Maske. Kafkas Kleider

Nicht unbedingt denkt man an Mode, wenn der Name Kafka fällt. So eng verwoben mit der philosophischen Dichte seiner Werke Continue reading →

Glittering in Pain. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This is a novel of yearning –  for the clear glare of a Mediterranean sun, for love without consequences, for Continue reading →

Who’s left and who’s leaving: Zagreb Exit South

Walking through Zagreb on a chilly day around New Year seems like strolling through a gritty jumble of contrary histories. Continue reading →

Materiality Bites. Re-Reading DeLillo’s Cosmopolis

A man in a limousine surfing through the virtuality of global finances, about to crash into the materiality of the Continue reading →

Absent Presence – Nelson Mandela’s Prison Narratives

“Our faces and bodies were caked with white dust. We looked like pale ghosts except where rivulets of sweat had Continue reading →

Inside the Wire: Poems from Guantánamo Bay

Men in bright red prison uniforms cowering behind bars – that is the picture which singlehandedly turned Guantánamo Bay into Continue reading →

Die Verschleierten – Der Münchner Kunstschatz

Es ist ein Bild unter den endlich veröffentlichten, ersten Gemälden aus der Sammlung des Kunsthändler-Sohns Gurlitt, welches bezeichnet, um was Continue reading →

Detroit, ‘Phoenish’ City

Detroit was always made of wheels. Long before the Big Three and the nickname “motor city”; before the auto factories Continue reading →

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