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U.S., Europe: Immigrant Writing; Diaspora Mentality

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 16/11/2009

Maud Newton writes about a newly-published anthology of immigrant writing, “Becoming Americans.” Sublime Oblivion examines the views of “Russian political analyst & nationalist Konstantin Krylov” on “international diasporas” and “the diaspora mentality. ...

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U.S.: Redesign Of Vladimir Nabokov's Book Covers

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 16/11/2009

At Design Observer, John Gall writes about the redesign of Vladimir Nabokov's book covers: “All twenty-one of them.” (Link via Maud Newton.)

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France: Does Prestigious Literary Award Entail a “Duty of Restraint” ?

Posted by Suzanne Lehn on 15/11/2009

The start of this year's French literary season saw French-Senegalese novelist and playwright Marie N'Diaye awarded a much-awaited Prix Goncourt. However, N'Diaye and her family moved to Berlin two years ago, in large part because of French president Nicolas Sarkozy's politics. Wil ...

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Japan: Hitler's “Mein Kampf”, the manga version

Posted by Scilla Alecci on 13/11/2009

After more than 80 years since its first publication, Hitler's Mein Kampf has become a Manga comic.The 190 page volume, which sold some 45,000 copies in the first printing, tells in a very simple way the story of Adolf Hitler, from his childhood to his rise as the leader of the National Sociali ...

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Liberia: Too Late for Flowers

Posted by Ndesanjo Macha on 13/11/2009

Too Late for Flowers is a short story by Liberian writer Saah Millimono: “Theresa was in her seventies, lean, gray-headed, with a wrinkled face and almost toothless mouth when I moved into her house as a tenant. She had suffered a stroke that left her right leg crippled and her left arm useles ...

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