Book Review: The Duty of Genius
Assessing the life of a philosopher may be a writer’s greatest challenge – with few individuals do the spiritual and emotional realms play such a prominent role in moulding professional consequences. With that in mind, author Ray Monk sets off on a very specific quest in Ludwig Wittgenstein: Duty of Genius – to draw, where [...]
Book Review: When Even The Poets Were Silent
When you pick up When Even the Poets were Silent, the weight of this elegant memoir might slide right past. George Pogany has a light…
Book Briefs: May 2013
SMART CITY What is a Smart City? At heart, the concept concerns sustainable quality of life for urban dwellers. A total of 67 Viennese scholars show Vienna’s potential…
Book Briefs: Apr., 2013
MIDDLE EUROPA “Martin Ehl shows us how entertaining sophisticated, high-quality journalism can be,” said Jury Chairman Ambros Kindel when he announced the winner of the 2012 Writing for Central…
Book Briefs: Mar., 2013
IN THE HUG OF ARMS A tribute to all the innocent victims of armed conflicts, this anthology, edited by EU Parlamentarian and writer Mariela Baeva, takes readers to…
Literary Events: May 2013
GHOSTS BEHIND THE SUN In his book, Ghosts Behind the Sun, Tav Falco’s portrayal of the city of…
Book Review: Night Falls on the City
The annals of publishing history are rife with writers lost in the grinding wheels of intellectual fashion. So…
Book Review: Iron Curtain
Perhaps what is most often forgotten in the more intellectual-inclined discourses of political theory and Marxism is the…
Book Review: The Plan
The Plan, Gerhard Roth’s newly translated crime novel, tells of the transformation of Konrad Feldt, a sickly and…