Anything but a "German appendix"
Austrian novelists are still referred to as Germans despite recent critical and commercial success. From the new narrative "miracle" to the darkly humorous "writer's novel", Daniela Strigl finds a contemporary Austrian scene at the top of its game. [Lithuanian version added] [ more ]
"New Humanist" watches the Religious Right get passionate about sex; "Sens Public" reads up on the US elections; "Blätter" stares into the abyss of prevention; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) calls CCTV a fiasco; "Dilema veche" sees welfare go to the dogs; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) slates EU immigration policies; "Ny Tid" reports on a new edition of diplo; "Arena" describes the dark sides of Scandinavian social engineering; "Revolver Revue" worries about mass media and memory; and "Merkur" satisfies our curiosity.
(b. 1979) is a postgraduate student at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.
The "Month of Books" was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1955 and predominantly served as a propaganda tool. Does this leftover from communist cultural policy still have a place in the cultural life of the Czech Republic? [more]
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