Literature
Günter Grass – Prose
Prose
Excerpt from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass English Illustration by Günter Grass © Günter Grass & DTV But now it was Monday afternoon and my grandmother was sitting by the potato fire. Today her Sunday skirt was one layer closer to her person, while the one that had basked in the warmth of her…
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Günter Grass – Prosa
Prose
Utdrag ur Blecktrumman Swedish Illustration by Günter Grass © Günter Grass & DTV Nu var det emellertid måndagseftermiddag och min mormor satt vid potatiselden. Söndagskjolen hade kommit henne ett steg närmare in på livet medan det plagg som på söndagen hade njutit hennes kroppsvärme nu hängde helt söckent ytterst över hennes höfter. Hon visslade lite,…
moreGünter Grass – Prose
Prose
Auszug aus dem Roman Die Blechtrommel German Illustration by Günter Grass © Günter Grass & DTV Nun war es aber ein Montagnachmittag, an dem meine Großmutter hinter dem Kartoffelfeuer saß. Der Sonntagsrock kam ihr montags eins näher, während ihr jenes Stück, das es sonntags hautwarm gehabt hatte, montags recht montäglich trüb oberhalb von den Hüften…
moreSeamus Heaney – Poetry
Poetry
Mossbawn For Mary Heaney I. Sunlight There was a sunlit absence. The helmeted pump in the yard heated its iron, water honeyed in the slung bucket and the sun stood like a griddle cooling against the wall of each long afternoon. So, her hands scuffled over the bakeboard, the reddening stove sent its plaque of…
moreSeamus Heaney – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Seamus Heaney’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1995 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today’s ceremonies and tonight’s banquet have been mighty and memorable events. Nobody who has shared in them will ever forget them, but for the laureates these celebrations have had a unique importance. Each of us has participated…
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