Morning update, December 23rd: Elmar Krekeler on “Bartleby, the writer”
Elmar Krekeler speaks about the freedom of the adult sentence “I would prefer not to”. What it means exactly, he tells in the video. About a classic that changed his life.
Morning update, December 22nd: Marc Reichwein on Robert Walser
As a student, Marc Reichwein discovered that he already knew the “Hikes with Robert Walser” from Carl Seelig’s book from his childhood. At least the ways. About a writer who fell silent in the Herisau sanatorium and who is now a classic.
Morning update, December 21: Josefin Herrmann on Paulo Coelho
Today’s book is about death and therefore of course also about life. Josefin Herrmann on a story that showed her how beautiful 24 hours can be.
Morning update, December 20th: Jonas Feldt on depression
“I haven’t given a book as often as this one.” Today’s tip contains heavy fare: How do mental illnesses spread in the world? Jonas Feldt on a moment of awakening that shaped him and his studies.
Morning update, December 19: Andreas Rosenfelder on everything that interests you at the age of 18
Our section head of the feuilleton, Andreas Rosenfelder, reveals why he became a journalist.
Morning update, December 18: Lena Karger on instructions on how to get rid of your pregnant girlfriend
Our volunteer Lena Karger is enthusiastic about a book whose protagonist works his way up to the top with its charm.
Morning update, December 17th: Sascha Lehnartz on literature that destabilizes and stabilizes
30 years ago Sascha Lehnartz read this book in a literary studies seminar. And took something for life.
Morning update, December 16: Julia Hackober on a helpful approach to life
Julia Hackober, editor in the style department, reads us a world-famous first half-sentence. She first got to know the story of Mr. and Ms. Darcy as a teenager through the film adaptation with Keira Knightley.
Morning update, December 15th: Peter Praschl through an Internet acquaintance
Sometimes the comment area on the Internet still gives reason to be happy. Through him, Peter Praschl discovered a great poet who made the world look new again.
Morning update, December 14th: Jan Küveler on a novel that annoyed critics of the time
When he was 18 years old, our chief correspondent in the features section was given a book that shaped his life. It’s about a concept that seems dangerous today: masculinity.
Morning update, December 13th: Thore Barfuss recommends a basic mathematical education
Hans Magnus Enzensberger wrote this book for his daughter, who did not do well in school. Nevertheless, everyone, children and adults, should take it to hand, thinks our news boss Thore Barfuss.
Morning update, December 12th: Hannah Lühmann on a sentence that she has never forgotten
Sometimes your parents will read something to you that you won’t forget. It was the same for our editor Hannah Lühmann. She tells of a children’s book that she read twenty times as an adult.
Morning update, December 11th: Frédéric Schwilden on the love of picture books for detail
Frédéric Schwilden talks about a book that he enjoyed reading with his children as a young father. There are: a motorcycle, a band with M and Thomas Müller.
Morning update, December 10th: Richard Kämmerlings on the tragedy of every human being
“Would it be possible? Can I no longer do what I wanted? Not going back, as I like? ”So begins a monologue that is almost as famous as its author. Our literary correspondent Richard Kämmerlings on a work whose tragedy inspired him.
Morning update, December 9th: What Matthias Heine has to do with Heinrich Heine
Matthias Heine recommends a book that he read on the beach in Denmark in 1980 – and which is “the best book that has ever been written about German intellectual history”.
Morning update, December 8th: Clara Ott recommends medicine for reading
Clara Ott is an editor in the “Knowledge” section. On December 8th she is sending us sunny Christmas greetings from San Francisco and a medicine to read.
Morning update, December 7th: Why Michael Pilz became a chemist
From chemistry to writing and music: our pop author Michael Pilz was inspired to make these leaps by a book he read as a teenager.
Morning update, December 6th: Ulf Poschardt and the love of existentialism
Happy St. Nicholas Day! Today Ulf Poschardt tells us which book he bought for one euro when he was 14. The proof that you can buy food for life in the supermarket.
Morning update, December 5th: Marie-Luise Goldmann on a novel that haunts her
Today’s novel was flown in from New York. Marie-Luise Goldmann on a book that has accompanied her for a long time, both physically and mentally. And what that has to do with the people around them.
Morning update, December 4th: This book impressed Deniz Yücel as an unruly teenager
At 17, Deniz Yücel was “unruly and overconfident”, that’s what he says about himself today. He didn’t get along well with his headmaster. Nevertheless, in his German class he was able to understand why an often asked question is nonsense.
Morning update, December 3rd: Anna Schneider’s plea for freedom
Anna Schneider proves that even non-fiction books can stir up feelings. It’s about freedom, of course, and it was written by a philosopher. Unfortunately, he has already died, and Anna Schneider says that we urgently need his opinion right now.
Morning update, December 2nd: With this book, Hanns-Georg Rodek understood films
This book inspired a deep love and a career: Hanns-Georg Rodek on a text that taught him how directors manipulate viewers. And who made him the film editor.
Morning update, December 1st: How Sartre shaped Mara Delius
Books change how we look at the world and what we want to experience in it. Until December 24th, the members of the editorial team will tell you which texts have left their mark on them. It all starts with Mara Delius, editor of the “Literary World”. About a novel she read as a teenager and why she considers her choice to be a cliché.
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