Photo by Joede SousaNews, Reviews, and InterviewsThis week, the world remembered the fall of the Berlin Wall, which took place 25 years ago on November 9, 1989. This…
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November 14, 2014- September 22, 2014A special section on post-Wende central European lit (1989–2014)Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany), an excerpt from The End of Days, tr. Susan BernofskyTomas Ven…
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