Zsófia Bán

"Perfect for anyone looking for a little more Nohoo (or "know-how") in your life, Zsófia Bán's mock-textbook, Night School: A Reader for Grownups covers all the important subjects, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French, complete with a hearty dose of irony. Bán's "lectures" tell of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the dog minutes before being blasted off into space, never to be seen again. A story collection masquerading as an encyclopedia of life, Night School makes our all-too-familiar world appear simultaneously foreign and untamed, and brings together lust, taboos, and the absurd in order to teach us the art of living, all in a wildly clever way"--Publisher's description.

A Reader for Grownups

Night School

If We're Talking Budapest

This volume, without negating Williams' strong ties with modernism, intends to dislodge this deeply ingrained critical positioning by presenting him as an overlooked figure in the emerging tradition of postmodernism. The study advances the claim that Williams clearly recognized this nascent discourse and, rather than pursuing his earlier mode of writing, consciously sought a new language for a rapidly changing cultural context. Drawing on wide-ranging, multidisciplinary critical texts, this book will be of interest not only to Williams scholars but to all those who continue to be intrigued by the elusive boundaries between word and image as well as modernism and postmodernism.

Words and Images of Postmodernism in the Late Poetry of William Carlos Williams

Desire and De-scription

Janne Teller

Kapka Kassabova

Julya Rabinowich

Leïla Slimani

Annelies Beck

Karolina Ramqvist

Hilary Cottam

Nora Ikstena

Renata Salecl

Gloria Wekker

Ioana Nicolaie

Yvonne Hofstetter

Ana Pessoa

Saara Turunen

Asja Bakić

Silvia Bencivelli

Lisa Dwan

Maarja Kangro

Sofia Kouvelaki

Carine Krecké

Caroline Muscat

Nora Nadjarian

Bronka Nowicka

Tereza Nvotová

Edurne Portela

Apolena Rychlíková

Žydrūnė Vitaitė

In collaboration with Hay Festival and Wom@rts. Introduced by Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project. ‘To be European,’ writes Leïla Slimani, ‘is to believe that we are, at once, diverse and united, that the Other is different but equal.’ Despite these high ideals, however, there is a growing sense that Europe needs to be fixed, or at the least seriously rethought. The clamour of rising nationalism – alongside widespread feelings of disenfranchisement – needs to be addressed if the dreams of social cohesion, European integration, perhaps even democracy are to be preserved. This anthology brings together 28 acclaimed women writers, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs from across the continent to offer new perspectives on the future of Europe, and how it might be rebuilt. Featuring essays, fictions and short plays, Europa28 asks what it means to be European today and demonstrates – with clarity and often humour – how women really do see things differently. ‘Inspiring, essential, honest and deeply humane... This brilliant collection takes readers on a brave journey into our beloved continent, Europe, daring to tell the stories beyond its centres of power and privilege.’ - Elif Shafak

Writing by Women on the Future of Europe

Europa28

Zsofia Ban

Am Strand von Rio de Janeiro wird die kleine Anna im Getümmel von ihrer Mutter getrennt. Als das Mädchen sie nach kurzem albtraumhaften Verlorensein erleichtert am Wasser stehen sieht und sich ihr von hinten nähert, hört sie, wie die Mutter ein verzweifeltes »Sogar hier ... sogar hier!« vor sich hinmurmelt. Was diese Worte bedeuten, vor allem aber wer ihre Mutter war, die sieben Sprachen sprach, aber mit ihrem Kind in keiner einzigen reden konnte, das begreift die Fotografin Anna erst Jahrzehnte später – als sie in einer Versuchsstation in der Antarktis das Naturphänomen des »White-out« aufnimmt, das alles verschluckende Weiß. Und Zsófia Bán ist eine so raffinierte Autorin, dass ihr Text in seinem Verlauf die traumatische Wahrheit eines Lebens allererst zu Tage zu fördert, die Erinnerung sich gleichsam im Augenblick des Erzählens ereignet. Emigration, Entwurzelung, der brutale Riss, der ein Leben in ein Davor und Danach teilt − diese Erfahrungen bilden das Gravitationszentrum der fünfzehn Geschichten des Bandes.

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