Bücherschau des Tages

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Nicht weniger als eine neue Perspektive auf die Religionsgeschichte Europas eröffnet Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann mit seiner “Geschichte der christlichen Kabbala”, stellt die NZZ beeindruckt fest. Äußerst verdienstvoll findet die taz, dass Hermann Vinke die Nazi-Widerstandskämpferin Cato Bontjes van Beck aus der Vergessenheit befreit. Yoram Kaniuk rüttelt mit seinem Roman “1948” gehörig am Mythos der Staatsgründung Israels, staunt die SZ. Und die FR bekommt es in Elmore Leonards neuem Krimi “Raylan” mit Kidney-Nappern zu tun.

Lês fierder by PerlentaucherLês fierder

Crime and punishment: Juvenile offenders study Russian literature

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When another inmate was hassling Justice Green recently, Green didn’t hit him. Instead, he tossed him the 19th-century Russian literature story he was reading at the time and said: Come back to me in a week after you’ve read this.

Something strange is happening at Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center. Residents are so eager to get into a Russian literature class led by the University of Virginia that prison officials use it as a reward. The youths are clamoring to read weighty books such as “War and Peace” even after the class is over. And someone like Green, an 18-year-old from Northern Virginia who said he’s there “for grand theft autos,” knew he could walk away from a fight certain he had won.… Lês fierder

Brommer op zee

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Afgelopen weekend zeilde ik de Noordzee over. Niet gehinderd door enige zeilkennis of -ervaring. Maar gelukkig wisten mijn bootgenoten wat ze moesten doen. Ter voorbereiding had ik de Zeeverhalen van Biesheuvel gelezen, zodat ik niet helemáál onwetend de zee opging. Dit bleek een nuttige bezigheid,

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En altyd is der dan wear de poëzy!

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Langsamerhaan keart de rust wear en kan ik mij richte op alledaagse saken. Op skoal, op de poëzy, op ut leven. Kòrleden is der un fraaie bundel met ‘ Fryslâns moaiste fûgelpoëzy ‘ útkommen. De titel fan ut boek is ‘ Oer de wjuk ’ en de fersamelbundel is samensteld deur Eppie Dam met pentekeningen fan Lienke Boot. Ut rúm 700 Friese ‘ fûgelfersen ’ selektearde Eppie Dam de 159 moaiste fersen ( in syn optyk úteraard ! ). Onder dy 159 fersen is ok un fers fan mij:

Lês fierder by Henk van der VeerLês fierder

Besprek Anders M. Rozendal ‘Werom nei Stienwert’

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In farsk besprek fan Ids Talen (út Boazum) fan Anders M. Rozendal syn “Werom nei Stienwert”

“In skieding nei in houlik fan mear as tweintich jier docht ferhipte sear. Durk van der Meulen, in suksesfol bankman út Drachten, kin it min sette dat syn frou him foar in oar ynwiksele hat. En as dy oar ek noch de selsfoldiene Goffe Piersma is…Durk siket wegen om dy twa te treffen.

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