for already so i found most of the pictures i got to see either unsightly or meaningless. sometimes both at the same time. these are some of the narrates as opening words, and it cuts nikolai novel spits vague. they turn out to be misleading because the book does in fact celebrate art painting and the also to gives the book it's title thick. if it's vague, has been one of the greatest discoveries of painting for me. there's so much to explore in these works. and because i've always wanted to be a bit of a detective, i discovered a lot more in these paintings than is immediately visible as of the above link to the emma quirky bachelor's book worms. the novel features carried to stray house of the spits. vague universe is all begins with a self portrait made an art class of students about to graduate from high school. what follows an insult, an alt highest, and a plan for revenge. complete with a show down in the museum, a cat's nichols characters go on a scavenger hunt in which art becomes a source of inspiration,

a mirror of the soul and the teacher. and continent truly soggy. of course, one could say that the book is about what art can be for people and, and how art can also help people master their lives. so from comes i'm leaving because aren't always remind you that life is also full of beauty, full issue and, and i think that's one of the great potentials of art. put ins, yadda. the clue spits thee is the coming of age story. a novel about school and friendship bus above all it champions ops ability to guide a person through life. ready ready ready ready ready oh gosh. ready ready ready the story takes place out in the countryside, in a village on the keel canal, with lots of greenery and a view of container ships heading out to sea. and in the nearby town,

there are many empty business. lots. there's room for something new here. think julia and osgood the main characters and christina bill caused novel, ne, been on or next door julia in her late thirties is racked by self doubt. pride of the question of whether you feel safe or secure somewhere doesn't depend on places but on relationships. julia is trying to have a child in vain as if to punish herself. she spends hours looking at instagram accounts of super moms or those who aspire to be here, the world is still intact. alice here, everything here is driven by longing for a well without ruptures. but no one here will fulfill her longing, say, to have her on the contrary, these longings are a commodity traded and exploited. um but i got her longings, i like raw material which sustains. others watched, but she only she will find nothing here that lost his and that's pushed on pat.

asked with is a doctor going on 60 and considers herself happy. her husband is retired and her children are grown up. but when she's confronted with a suspicious death during a night time house call, herself image is shaken to its core, established as her understanding of people have been deep and critical and not mine as, as that she's actually always been a very self assured woman tags. and that all sorts of full of possibilities. how do we live and with whom? and what's actually going on with the neighboring family that disappears out of the blue osmond and julia. each of them has her own thoughts, but their encounter remains bleeding. the novel tells us that home can be a fragile place and that it doesn't matter where. but how we live and this is book prize goes to, oh, kimball is on an award for steering debut novel and a strong gesture of solidarity with the protest movement of women in the wrong self

determination or for one's own body. it received a standing ovation. what happens if a person doesn't feel at home in their own body? how do you find a language for a body that feels neither male nor female gimme lobbies all spent more than 10 years writing this haunting debut novel thought the d m. i wanted to tell you about my constant fear of my own body that did what it's like to share the blanket in my bed with the most terrifying monster. only it's not a blanket kinda, it's my skin than mine, a heart. oh, the book of blood tells of the childhood spent and fear in a middle class, family and swiss suburbia. the non binary narration named kim has left all of that behind when their grandmother developed dementia, kim questions? the family history?

what traumas did their mother and grandmother experienced and white the silence. yeah, home with the why are so many things to suppressed in our culture v to because it's painful to name the thing that we have only partially processed or not processed at all. so been, then, i think it's very much about pain for men in general. want about being able to feel, you said feeling for cannon. kimberly's all weaves many narrative lay is around the family story, giving each its own language. the mothers, callousness, outrageous sex states. contemplation of nature and criticism of the patriarchy, writing becomes an almost magical process. the scribe is sliding, is really like, life itself, leaves the terrible and beautiful and everything in between. and that's vision, it's an opportunity to heal all. but it can also open the fresh wounds highland

about will. so we have to think care really about which sentence has water on, and which ones we keep inside, which via, via nene mean. and another award this year, the peace prize of the german book trade goes to a country that has been living in the russian war progression for months. ah, he never stops ukrainian writer said he shot on with his scar punk bands shot uneasily. blackie, washington and the dogs, currently on tour in germany. they've been playing together for nearly 15 years, but never before the states been so hi, dr. with this, with this group go to the ability to take part in cultural life to have it be present is something that keeps us connected to life before the war jump. that way you can

hang on to things that are important to richard culture as a lifeline. back to normality at a time when russian president vladimir putin seeks to snuff out the very existence of ukraine, it's fundamental for a people's identity. but that's not all. with them, our concerts are also charity events. we collect donations to buy things that are urgently needed in the city. those things range from food, medicine, clothing and personal hygiene products for citizens to cars, military outfitting and even drones for the ukrainian troops. xannon is one of ukraine's most popular and radical voices after russia's invasion of ukraine. he stepped up his own efforts, posting regularly on social media. when he's not touring, he's helping wherever he can, and his besieged home city of hearty. often boosting morale with a bit of poetry or a song like here in the hockey, metro, born in ukraine,

eastern low hunt, creegan, dot, unstudied in, hark, even has lived there ever since. a city only 40 kilometers from the russian border . and now a target for russian bombs moved shaw nipples of short of 2 days ago, we performed at a festival in berlin. and a theatre group from keith was also there. and they had an air raid siren as part of their performance was probably annoyed when we heard it. it triggered something in a solution, and we immediately felt like we were thrown back into the current reality of ukrainian cells. a pull up, i said i live in harkey next to one of the loudspeakers where those siren sounds put up and for 7 months now. that's the soundtrack that i hear day and night. and you see me says you've done one of the king of for seen his own throughout the key . yeah, true. you, daniel, not you. that animates his writing praise for its poetic quality and for his unsparing reflections on the war and its impact on human minds. his works have been

translated into more than 20 languages and his when many prizes, his most recent in 2020 to the prestigious peace prize of the german book trade. the jury recognized his outstanding artistic work as well as his unequivocal humanitarian stance. it's an honor, he says is far more than just a literary accolade and settlement on the mild summer, but quickly garcia, i don't feel it's a recognition for me personally as an author requires and i don't even want to see it in the context of my own ambitions, i just wasn't there, but rather as a gesture of support for ukrainian literature quickly, political, one of them was so that everything that happens right now opened every prize, every accolade across it, every publication or translation. but it is an expression of people's solidarity with ukraine's of age. looks was musical. mcwhorter still green as to the effect his writing can have? he's acutely aware that russian narrative still dominate western thinking his 2017 novel. the orphanage is a close up account. the war in don bass,

an account that western leaders could have taken more seriously. oh, nice will, spinster, western societies still look at everything that happens in eastern europe through a russian lands overseas contributors. i was glad if we changed perspective and look at ukraine. lithuania, lot via estonia and georgia as sovereign states that can act independently. the picture is completely different, missouri doesn't, and i hope these events will make the world and make europe change. it's thinking how much you will. so the current geopolitical picture can be seen differently up. they may yet cross kuala some surgery moment. his newest book, sky over hot, achieve chronicles the 1st 6 months of the war via his social media posts with a rousing refrain. to morrow we wake up another day, closer to our victory so fiercely as but when a society has the capability to carry on with its cultural line,

just as can reach that shows, it has enough power. bait of an conviction sloop out on the studio. the new piece prize winners that he shot on, radiate that power and helps the people of ukraine to defy the violence around them . and believe in a life of peace. freedom and self determination thought to results. 21 with courageous voices until next time. with

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