Buch-Review: Was du nicht hast, das brauchst du nicht von Helen Oyeyemi

I read this in a conscious effort to expand my horizon and step outside my literary comfort zone. A book by a young female author, a recent book, a diverse…

Buch-Review: The Bone Clocks von David Mitchell

The Bone Clocks is in a line with Mitchell's previous novels Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas. Various episodes are loosely linked by main characters of an episode appearing in others as…

Buch-Review: Mittag, 22. Jahrhundert von Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

The science fiction short stories gathered here share a common thread of reappearing characters and a shared universe. It's a uniquely Strugatskian universe. Noticeably influenced by their Russian background, with…

Buch-Review: Die sanfte Gleichgültigkeit der Welt von Peter Stamm

I was so glad when I discovered Peter Stamm around 2013 or 2014 and was prepared to rank him with my favourite authors. I loved his "On a day like…

Buch-Review: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Harari

It is as if reality wants to refute Harari's book. His initial thesis is that humanity has mastered the three main scourges that plagued it for the most time: famine,…

Buch-Review: The Luminaries von Eleanor Catton

I had written a longer review for this book but misclicked when wanting to save it. Again, a whole review lost. So a shorter version will have to suffice. What…

Buch-Review: A Sport and a Pastime von James Salter

I had difficulties getting into this book. Mainly, this is the fault of the peculiar construction. There's a first-person narrator, probably the author himself. He seems to be the main…

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Paula in der Schirn

Mein erster Museumsbesuch seit dem Atomic Museum in Hiroshima im Sommer 2019. Und meine ersten Versuche, gute Fotos in einem Museum zu machen. Zu sehen waren Bilder von Paula Modersohn-Becker…

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30. Januar 2022

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Metsäkartano, 01.01.2022 – Teil 3: Polarlichter

Eigentlich liegt Metsäkartano zu weit südlich, um Polarlichter zu sehen. Aber wir alle wollten Polarlichter sehen und sind abends nochmal raus zum Fotografieren. Mit bloßem Auge habe ich keine gesehen.…

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30. Januar 2022

Finnland / Jos reist

Metsäkartano, 01.01.2022 – Teil 2: Eisfischen und Sauna

Ein toller Start ins neue Jahr. Eisfischen war zwar nicht erfolgreich und das war auch gut so. Aber hat Spaß gemacht und es gab schöne Fotos. Das nächste Highlight war…

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30. Januar 2022