Литературоведение

Zackige Blitze spalteten den Abendhimmel in schwarze Teile. Das Rauschen des Windes wurde nur vom Donner übertönt. Peter Pech, ein schwergewichtiger Mann von fünfzig Jahren, zog die Tür seines Re…

DAS FREIGELEGTE ICH: IN SEINEN GEDICHTEN SCHREIBT SICH YOUSIF T. AHMED WORT FÜR WORT AN SICH HERAN. <br/> MEHR ODER WENIGER MENSCH Wir sind uns Freund*innen, Albtraum, Familie, Feind*innen, Erinn…

Eigentlich sollte er nur die Unterlagen seiner Schwägerin zum College bringen, doch dann läuft Brad Natalie über den Weg. Von Anfang an fühlt er sich zu ihr hingezogen. Allerdings dauert es nicht…

Conrad Ferdinand Meyers 1878 im Zürcher Taschenbuch erschienene heitere Erzählung handelt von einem jagdlustigen Pfarrer, dem mittels seiner Liebhaberei die Erlaubnis zur Heirat seines Kindes abg…

ES WE CAN – beinahe die ganze Welt war im «WE CAN»– oder Change-Fieber, als Barack Obama im Jahr 2007 als erster Afroamerikaner Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten wurde. Seine Parole machte ihn be…

&quot;Animal Farm" is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farm…

The title Smiling Death Gang graphically illustrates the theme and the flavour of this book. A feast for those who thrive on reading about violence, crime, cruelty and totally weird characters; i…

&quot;Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the least disconcerted by this reception. He had just entered, wearing an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, a…

This study aims at delineating the cultural work of magical realism as a dominant narrative mode in postcolonial British fiction through a detailed analysis of four magical realist novels: Salman…

A brilliant short story about love, the development of artificial intelligence on planet Earth, and curious aliens observing it.

In 1910, American author George Cary Eggleston (1839–1911) wrote «Westover of Wanalah» as one of the best efforts of a great master of Southern romance. It deals with social and political conditi…

Our life is given to us and we awaken day by day. <br/> After two and a half weeks in a coma following surgery Hugh woke up. <br/> He experiences a transition between two sides of being. <br/> In…

&quot;The Well of the Worlds" is a science fiction novel by American author Henry Kuttner (1915-1958), about Sawyer, who investigates ghosts in a mine, finds ancient beings from another world and…

&quot;Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the least disconcerted by this reception. He had just entered, wearing an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, a…

&quot;In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, an…

Literary Thoughts edition <br/> presents <br/> Franke Reade&apos;s Submarine Boat by Luis Philip Senarens <br/> <br/> <br/> – <br/> <br/> <br/> The dime novel «Frank Reade Jr.&apos;s Submarine Bo…

&quot;Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will. For two hours the strange business in which we had been involved appeared to be forgotten, and he …

Charles Nordhoff is listed as the co-author. But this is James Norman Hall&apos;s book. Entirely. It is apparent in everything from the childhood setting in Iowa to the imagery that also appears …

The setting is Canada, a fishing camp in the French Canadian section. Treadgold, ostensibly on vacation, has come on mysterious errand, which is concerned with some stamps in the possession of th…

An honest and soul-searching account of a daughter&apos;s journey with her dad and his final years with dementia; the highs, lows, laughter and tears. The book also offers practical tips, a self-…