Approaching his sixtieth birthday, the poet explores where he finds himself, geographically and in life, treating with wit and compassion such universal themes as ageing and memory, place, and the…

When his attempts to claim his rights are thwarted by bureaucracy and nepotism, Kohlhaas vows to take justice into his own - increasingly bloody - hands.

Roth’s masterpiece: an epic, moving account of the final days of the Austro-Hungarian empire, told through the fortunes of one family.

Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.

‘If I think about it, and I have the…

Now in paperback, Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos is a dramatic love story that unfolds as the GDR implodes-"an intimate account of obsessive, transgressive passion" (Claire Messud, Harper's)

In exemplarischen Einzelanalysen zeigt der Autor, dass die versepischen Texte Christoph Martin Wielands aus verschiedenen Phasen seines Schaffens als Beitrage zur literarischen Aufklarung zu verstehen sind. Dieser geht es im…

Habermas’s Public Sphere: A Critique systematically analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of Habermas’s classic public sphere concept to reinvigorate it for evaluating the liberal promises and realities of modern societies.

Uwe Johnson was a letter writer, but he seldom wrote anything personal, however much his addressees longed for something of that nature. This book gives us insight into difficult relations…