Based on papers presented at a symposium on the work of Karen Duve and other recent German writers on May 2004 at the U. of Nottingham, this collection of 11 articles includes critiques of a
wide range of styles, themes, approaches and results. Opening with an excerpt from a novel by Duve, followed by her translator's commentary, followed by critical reviews of works by Duve, Anne
Duden, Michael Fritz, Julia Schoch, Julia Franck, Malin Schwerdtfeger, Jenny Erpenbeck and Kerstin Hensel. Other critiques explore the issues of the body, generations, cosmopolitanism,
breakdown, disease, pop culture and memoir, and disgust. Some articles are in German. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
