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How stories begin and the past takes on a new form | Wie Erzählungen beginnen und Vergangenes neu Gestalt annimmt

In Tan Twan Eng's third novel, memory is closely linked to literature, colonial history to inner longing: his work ‘The House of Doors’ takes a seemingly inconspicuous wife in British Malaya in 1921 as its starting point — and congenially broadens its view to include power, language and silence...
https://literatur.review/en/reviews/fiction/how-stories-begin-and-past-takes-new-form (Abre numa nova janela)
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German and Spanish)
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Im dritten Roman von Tan Twan Eng verbindet sich Erinnerung mit Literatur, Kolonialgeschichte mit innerer Sehnsucht: Sein Werk „Das Haus der Türen“ nimmt eine scheinbar unscheinbare Ehefrau im britischen Malaya von 1921 als Ausgangspunkt — und weitet den Blick kongenial auf Macht, Sprache und Schweigen aus...
(Verfügbar auf Arabisch, Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch und Spanisch)
https://literatur.review/de/rezensionen/belletristik/wie-erzaehlungen-beginnen-und-vergangenes-neu-gestalt-annimmt (Abre numa nova janela)

In Tan Twan Eng's third novel, memory is closely linked to literature, colonial history to inner longing: his work ‘The House of Doors’ takes a seemingly inconspicuous wife in British Malaya in 1921 as its starting point — and congenially broadens its view to include power, language and silence... (Abre numa nova janela)
Tan Twan Eng

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