school for instance the time of humiliation nobody ever believed in her as it was i didn't want to read a pamphlet against school or against toxic family relations. so i wanted to depict how these relations and the situation in which the narrator found herself affected her in her life in that so. that situation is a society which talks about equality but does not offer any opportunities to a working class girl her parents are no help either and would prefer their daughter to stay where she came from pretty close to the bottom of the narrator follows a lonely path but there is no anger quietly resolutely she manages to graduate from university but her novel is not about criticising the education system or giving instructions on how to improve it had a reason that it would be a socialist understanding of literature where the reader expects some kind of utopia where the possibility of a future. but i don't think that i can do that and maybe literature can't do that

either through my artwork hires. oil h.d. is a painful book of memories a book about billy a nation and about a woman who creates a new life for herself. it is a work of intensive imagery which remains with the reader. and now we take a 2nd time reach to south and gemini. both yeah it's not always so great to be a man and he's son take a journey into the painful past the desperate child. who has a score to settle with his own father i'm not seek to drink it it's a kind of excess isn't. such a must to for. something like that would give this character has sunk so low that it can't get any lower. and then. he tries to climb his way out.

he goes in search of his missing father one whose great grandfather grandfather and father who committed suicide in the ocean on land. the family suicides would have been used to have this the protagonist is a problem is that his father took his own life early on and in this way he turned away from his son in a way that is so radical it can't really be surpassed because it's your own. tradition stop here the boy would not be without a father and he would not have a son who had no father and his son would not have a son without a father. the book's title serpentines shows how the characterised thrown back and forth to suffer each painful twist of life again the journey takes him back to southwestern germany depression travels alone as does his fear of ending up like his father he said there's

a damn anger of the damn fathers directed against me themselves and every one of the children had to suffer for the childhood of their fathers and i was also a damn father. healing is prevented by the half truths the family legends the told proudly over and over again. that is the. problem is that a story might not even be half a truth. but by repetition because it seems ever truer and then it simply taken for fact. ok so the serpentine journey becomes an attempted salvation from one's own family from one's country's history. disease to say the least. number 6 on the short list is the fairy tale of. thomas hedges new book. or heartstring. in the

novel a young woman called to you is the estimated by the magical world of mary and it's based on a true story. you grew up around puppets 70 years ago her father started the legendary. the marionette theater known for its productions of fairy tales and children's stories is a household name in germany. now thomas mucha tells another tale that of the theater itself and its beginning soon after world war 2. the ruins of war the historical context for this remarkable story of a puppet chest that. easily transportable and included everything you needed this project rose out of those ruins. first. was initially a makeshift solution the hope sendings idea of post-war german society were reflected in figures like that. or the little prince but thomas has himself

delved into the realm of fairy tales in this new book. i'm interested in the magic of puppets and the magic of fairy tales that's why i wanted to tell a fairy tale myself with puppets i think pulling the strings and bringing them to life is what makes the magical when you stop pulling the strings a puppet lying on the ground is really just a dead piece of wood. brings together past and present childhood in adulthood puppet and human and shows how they're all tied to each other by invisible strings . and it's puppets document decades of german history. lets us embark on a journey to explore the legendary marionette theater and to rediscover the magical worlds of our imagination. 6 strong contenders for the gemini prize the winner is announced on the 12th that's

one day before the frankfurt book fest outs in the form of a virtual experiment everyone hopes out won't be necessary next year hope and optimism that the watch. this year is enormous signals of hope of what signals do you want to send. the fact the frankfurt book fair is even taking place sends out a signal of hope that cultural life is continuing and we want to keep on listening to one another and meeting each other off the many 1000 publishers and hopefully huge audience that are also a sign that life goes on albeit in a different way that's the most important message we need new ideas and exchanging ideas with others that's what's important what's the worst that could still have. written off list for. we ready for most everything this year has forced us to rethink things every 2 weeks but the worst for us all would be if the pandemic continues not so much for the book fair but for the whole world if we're still

secluded can't touch one another not be there for one another that'd be the absolute worst many things. let's hope that all goes well. the coronavirus has opened a new chapter for the literary world. a reading during the pandemic. polish writer older tokar chuck was the star guest at this literature festival. the number of participants was limited. these are uncertain times as the writer herself. but she also feels that it's not all bad. for the conclusion that you are one of. the sugars richo possible you are view of the pandemic has reestablished the natural rhythm of life. when you know it's allowed many people to spend a few months with their families. i have been hearing that often. at the

same time the pandemic reminds us of the fragility of our bodies we are all mortal nothing lasts forever. the nobel laureate has published 17 books she was a therapist before she began writing she says she gave it up because she realized she's too neurotic for that line of work. often steeped in gentle irony her writing is lyrical mystical she captures the expansiveness of nature and the lure of travel exploring borders that shift psychologically and geographically. the books of jacobo due out in english and 2021 is considered her masterpiece in it to a car chick delves into the forgotten story of yakob frank leader of a heretical jewish splinter group who 1st converted to islam and then to christianity it's the story of an era of multiculturalism but also of violence and

injustice when the book was 1st published in poland tokar took called on the country to face up to the dark chapters of its history. she encountered a barrage of hatred and criticism from right wing nationalists and even received death threats poland is deeply politically divided up she met more hostility when she called the ruling law and justice parties anti l.g.b. t. policies. makes a point of discussing politics not as a writer but as a private citizen. all the more pointedly since she was awarded the nobel prize for literature. but clearly the current state of the world is a major factor in her writing she says. this. to me beside you in everything i've written there is an echo of what i see happening around me. i believe the task of artists

is to leave the marketplace of fixed opinions and find new ideas is the. goal that's how i see my job as a writer that. was about. but old also feels that the global coronavirus pandemic has had an impact on all writing not just her own. i feel that the pandemic ties us to the past a few years ago i was only looking to the future demanding that we develop utopian ideas that we create a utopia but now i'm much more interested in ties to the past the ebb and flow of experience and the importance of not cutting ourselves off from the past or. how we deal with crises in

a time of corona changes our perceptions on life and the world surrounding us and it's changing literature to. that so from out 21 this way. thanks for watching and take.

a country at peace and yet on the front line. germany during the cold war. on for decades this is way instant must mean stuff against. the ordinary germans experience the common. good and the cold war. 15 minutes on d w. and

you hear me now. yes yes we can you can have last year's german sauce i want to bring you i'm going to mad cause i didn't never have before surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves up and want. to talk to people who followed her along the way admirers and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaping public if they join us from eccles last stop. this is so no story a stubborn rice farmer from thailand. his problem. his credo no chemicals. and his plan was. the studios are. just don't stand

a chance. train in success. tucker cademy starts october 15th doubling. every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world. for good thing we don't have time to think i didn't go to university to kill people. paying. people feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of course who stay behind it's a. battle my husband went to peru because of the crisis that i wondered if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger and i want to down. just starts oct 16th to dump.

this is do you have any news line from berlin cease fire in the caucuses up to fighting lanes hundreds dead and as a vision a great hope for conflict over the disputed region if you are going to care about about each side is already accusing the other of breaking the armistice also coming up early closing in very late in bombs and clubs in the german capital now have to shut their doors at 11 pm authorities are hoping to avoid a new lockdown despite rising coronavirus effect. and is it rough play or revenge.