Tag Archives: Ralf Rothmann

Der Gott jenes Sommers by Ralf Rothmann

Posted on November 28, 2018 by mandywight

This is Ralf Rothmann’ s eagerly awaited latest novel- eagerly awaited because its a kind of sequel to the fantastically successful Im Frühling sterben– To Die in Spring– a bestseller now translated into 25 languages. The novel deals with a similar … Continue reading →

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To Die in Spring, Ralf Rothmann, translated by Shaun Whiteside.

Posted on August 7, 2017 by mandywight

With memorial services marking the First World War’s battle of Passchendaele and the release of Christopher Nolan’s film Dunkirk, the horrific and senseless loss of life in war has been playing on my mind.  So it seemed timely to turn … Continue reading →

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The Proletarian Poet- Junges Licht by Ralf Rothmann.

Posted on July 28, 2016 by mandywight

If this novel is anything to go by, the sobriquet ‘proletarian poet’  ( referred to by Alexandra Roesch in New Books in German ) fits Ralf Rothmann like a glove: ‘Junges Licht’ is set in a working class milieu in the … Continue reading →

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