Painstaking Research, But Not Such a Good Read – Sarah Waters The Paying Guests

London 1922. Historical crime fiction. Genteel Mrs Wray and her bored daughter Frances take in lodgers, Lilian and Leonard Barber, because they can no longer manage the upkeep of their London villa without additional financial income. Their routine is disturbed but Frances, who had an affair with a female friend […] Read more

Die erste französische Buchhandlung in Berlin: Françoise Frenkel, Rien où poser sa tête.

In her review article, Margarete Zimmermann explains the fascinating role of the first French bookshop in early-20th-century Berlin. She follows the fate of the shop’s founder, Françoise Frenkel, who had to flee Nazi persecution and whose memoirs have recently been rediscovered and published in a new edition. Die erste französische […] Read more