Two texts form the basis for the Syracuse University German Community Reading Group 2018.
1) Robert Menasse: “Die Hauptstadt” (Suhrkamp Berlin, 2017). Winner of the Preis des deutschen Buchhandels 2017. The novel follows seven European citizens in Brussels whose decisions influence each other even when they do not encounter each other directly.
2) Joachim Radkau: “Geschichte der Zukunft. Prognosen, Visionen, Irrungen in Deutschland von 1945 bis heute” (Hanser Berlin 2017.) The author connects the German recent past with its immediate future.
Please contact Mona Eikel-Pohen if you would like to join the readers in informal meetings, online, or via Skype throughout the year 2018, or to add to the blog.
Contact: Mona Eikel-Pohen
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
607.379.0392
meikelpo@syr.edu
Webpage: https://germanfictionandnonfiction.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/su-german-community-reading-2018.pdf
