An intellectually stimulating yet accessible collection of short
vignettes on Russia and Germany by Alexander Kluge. Not just in
light of a contested pipeline during the war in Ukraine but also
after centuries of both exchange and rejection, Russia and Germany
were and are as far away from each other as they are intrinsically
linked. The geopolitical present seems critical, the signs pointing
towards conflict and polarity. In this hot climate, German author
Alexander Kluge makes Russia the exclusive subject of his latest
book, offering multiple perspectives: from that of the historical
German patriots of the Napoleonic Wars of Liberation to the
narrative point of view of Franz Kafka and Heiner Muller; from
messianic yearning and utopian expectations of the twentieth
century to the full-blown or near-miss catastrophes in the atomic
age. Composed in Kluge's characteristic short-prose vignette style,
interspersed with numerous images and often humorous asides, Russia
Container is yet another brilliant and thought-provoking work from
one of Europe's most prolific and deeply intellectual literary
genius. The volume includes a preface specially written to engage
with the current events in Ukraine, making Kluge's narratives even
more timely and topical.
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