Beers & Books CCLVXXII – The Bastard of Istanbul

The Bastard of Istanbul

 

Elif Shafak *25 October 1971

Beers & Books CCLVXXI – Synge: The Aran Islands

The Aran Islands

John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909)

Beers & Books CCLVXX – A pity youth does not last

A pity youth does not last

Beers & Books CCLXIX – The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margret Atwood *18 September 1939

Beers & Books CCLXVIII – Sagas from Prehistory

Sagas
from
Prehistory
Of Wikings, Berserks
Undead and Trolls

Beers & Books CCLXVII – Mankell: The White Lioness

The White Lioness*

Henning Mankell (3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015)

* Unlike the German synopsis of this excellent political thriller the English one is suboptimal, to put it politely. F.e., the Broederbond is not about to orchestrate the murder of de Klerk but of Mandela. 

Beers & Books CCLXVI – Alexander Kielland

A great piece of literature
obviously ignored by English publishers.

Alexander L. Kielland (18 February 1849 – 6 April 1906)

Beers & Books CCLXV – Letters from the Great Blaskets

 Letters from the Great Blasket is
 the only book in English by any Blascadian author

Eibhlís ní Shúilleabháin (1911 – 12 September 1971)

The Great Blasket

Beers & Books CCLXIV – Jürgen Habermas

"It is not a political decision,
but a constitutional imperative
to maintain a media structure
that enables the inclusive character of the public sphere
and a deliberative character of the formation of public opinion and will." *

Jürgen Habermas * 18 June 1929

* From "Ein neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit und die deliberative Politik", erste Auflage 2022, Suhrkamp / "A New Structural Change in the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics", first edition 2022, Suhrkamp

Beers & Books CCLXIII – Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales

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Beers & Books CCLXII – Bertold Brecht

To those born later

Bertold Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956)

Beers & Books CCLXI – Jakob Wassermann

All injustice and suffering on earth
has its reason in the fact
that experiences cannot be transmitted.
At the most, they can be communicated.
Between the appropriate and the unbearable
lies the whole path of experience,
which only one person can ever travel alone.
Just as only one person ever dies alone
and no one knows anything about death....

Jakob Wassermann (10 March 1873 – 1 January 1934)

Same Procedure as Every Year

If counted well the Germans today can/could watch Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday) 20 times at different times on various TV-channels, and apart from the original in various German dialects, inclusive Schwiizerdütsch (Swiss German). Very strange folks, the Germans. Well, judge for yourself. 

Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh.

Dinner for One