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Mohamed Mabogar Sarr sets out on a search for a missing author in his novel “Man’s Most Secret Memories”. The Senegalese writer was awarded the Prix Goncourt 2021 for this. A magical labyrinth of narratives about the consequences of colonialism – and a tribute to Francophone literature.

“Melancolia” is the name of the new volume of short stories written by Mircea Cartarescu. It’s about growing up, a transitional period associated with fear, loneliness, and gloom. Mircea Cartarescu writes about it in an eloquent and fascinating way.

And in her new book, Caroline Werfel recalls the literary history’s three magical women in East Germany: Maxi Wander, Brigitte Reimann and Christa Wolf.

We also talk about World Reading Day in Iranian Literature, which is a show of solidarity with the protests in Iran.

And here are five questions about the life and work of Peter Handke, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Mohamed Maboger Sar – The man’s most secret memory
Translated from the French by Holger Focke and Sabine Müller
Hanser Verlag, 448 pages, €27
ISBN 978-3-446-27411-2
A conversation with Katharina Borchardt

Mircia Curtorescu — Melancholia
Translated from the Romanian by Ernst Wichner
Zsolnay Verlag, 272 pages, €25
ISBN 978-3-552-07305-0
Ulrich Rüdenauer review

Five Questions About Peter Handke (80th birthday on December 6th)
Conversation with Frank Hertwick

Caroline Fourville – Three women dreamed of socialism
Maxi Wonder, Brigitte Reimann, and Krista Wolf
Hanser Verlag, 272 pages, €23
ISBN 978-3-446-27384-9
Elke Schmitter Review

International Reading Day for Iran
Conversation with Ulrich Schreiber, Director of the Berlin International Literature Festival