Tag Archives: Lutz Seiler

Essays like Poetry- In Case of Loss by Lutz Seiler, translated by Martyn Crucefix.

Posted on February 7, 2024 by mandywight

Since hearing Lutz Seiler read at Sheffield’s Off the Shelf Festival last year, I’ve been keen to learn more about his home state of Thüringen in the former GDR, and in particular the uranium mines that dominated the landscape and … Continue reading →

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East and West- Reading for #GermanLitMonth 2023

Posted on December 1, 2023 by mandywight

The real conversation in Berlin is about East and West. I was intrigued to hear this comment from American writer Lorrie Moore on the podcast Literary Friction in July. She was recommending Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos, and her words have … Continue reading →

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Star 111 by Lutz Seiler translated by Tess Lewis

Posted on November 28, 2023 by mandywight

I was lucky enough to hear Lutz Seiler in conversation with Stefan Tobler of And Other Stories and Professor Adam Piette at Sheffield’s Off the Shelf Literary Festival this last October. Having read and admired Lutz Seiler’s first novel, Kruso, … Continue reading →

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‘The isle is full of noises’ – ‘Kruso’ by Lutz Seiler

Posted on November 7, 2014 by mandywight

Reading ‘Kruso’ by Lutz Seiler felt like being led by the hand through an alternative auditory universe on the island of Hiddensee. The novel, which has just won the German Book Prize 2014, is set in 1989 and tells the … Continue reading →

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