"Harrowing, moody, and supremely powerful, The Hothouse, first published in 1953, stands among the finest novels written in postwar Germany. Bitterly controversial at home, largely unknown abroad, Koeppen (1906-1996) brought a volcanic, high-modernist style to German literature, a style that remains[...]

Amerikafahrt by Wolfgang Koeppen is a masterpiece of observation, analysis, and writing, based on his 1958 trip to the United States. A major twentieth-century German writer, Koeppen presents a vivid and fascinating portrait of the US in the late 1950s: its major cities, its literary culture, its tr[...]

Wer unsere Zeit verstehen will, muss ihre Wurzeln kennen: Die Menschen versuchen, sich mit den schwierigen Gegebenheiten im Nachkriegsdeutschland zu arrangieren. Die Stimmen von Ulrich Noethen, Werner Wölbern, Jens Harzer und vielen anderen lassen diese Zeit zwischen Trümmern, unverbesserlichen Na[...]