The Queen has turned to books, and the books, in turn, have got to the Queen. From a rather dull performer of duty she turns to a ferocious reader, avoiding, taking shortcuts or adapting her duties to accommodate for her reading. Obviously, Alan Bennett’s…

Afrikaanssprachige Literatur ist ein recht übersichtliches und zudem noch weitestgehend abgeschlossenes Sammelgebiet: Vor dem 20. Jahrhundert war Afrikaans als Schriftsprache noch nicht existent, nach dem Ende der Apartheid 1994 ließ und lässt die…

Well, what indeed?

Method Guides und Ähnliches gibt es viele, und auch ich habe schon das eine oder andere Buch dieser Art rezensiert.

Jaaaaa, der Datenschutz. Alle sind irgendwie dafür, aber irgendwie weiß auch kaum jemand, wofür er eigentlich gut sein soll.

Stephan Wahle macht es sich zur Aufgabe, das Weihnachtsfest mal so richtig gründlich zu beleuchten. Leider muss man sagen, dass dieses Unterfangen nicht so recht gelingt.

Holden Caulfield is a serial school-dropout with a solid hate of humankind. The novel relates his way home from the last school he dropped out to his parents in New York. Not very much happens over that short period of merely two days, but Holden has more…

John Cleese is of course famously known for his important role as founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He goes through great lengths to say almost nothing about this episode in his artistic life.

Flann O'Brien writes a novel about a writer/student who writes a novel about a writer who writes a novel about several characters who have finally had enough of it and start writing an alternative ending.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written more than 150 years ago. It was highly controversial, shocking and contested at the time of its writing, and even today it is at least still shocking reading matter.