Triestine author & literary critic Claudio Magris, probably the last truly Central European intellectual, on his latest novel Blindly (2005), which was presented in English translation lately >essay (c) THE THREEPENNY REVIEW, 2013
Cf. my review of the book (in German) (c) Ruthner & STANDARD, 2007
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“Blindly”: Reflections
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Blindly, Claudio Magris, criticism, essay, Italy, Literature, Trieste on 28 May 2013 by delclem“The Tragedy of Central Europe” (1945-1989)
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Central Europe, Communism, Czech Republic, essay, France, Lund, Milan Kundera, Russia, Soviet Union, Sweden on 19 December 2012 by delclem
On Milan Kundera‘s seminal and problematic, ie. almost racist,
essay from 1984 >text (c) EUROPEAN STUDIES IN LUND, 2010
Central European Castles in the Air?
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Central Europe, cultural analysis, essay, Tomasz Kamusella on 1 December 2011 by delclem
“Looking at Central Europe askance, asking where on earth it may be, and why its inhabitants may wish to preserve their Mitteleuropäisch-ness. Maps are the answer, or are they?” Historical analysis by Tomasz Kamusella, St. Andrews
Essay (c) Kakanien revisited, 2011
Illustration (c) Felix Hörlein & Fabian Hofmann, Munich.
delirium clemens 