Writing Europe: What Is European About the Literatures of Europe? : Essays from 33 European Countries

Table of Contents......Page 6
Ursula Keller, Germany: Writing Europe......Page 9
Ilma Rakusa, Switzerland: Impressions and Conversations during the Intervals......Page 29
Guðbergur Bergsson, Island: Europe Untitled
......Page 37
Andrei Bitov, Russia: The Literary Hero as Hero A Discourse in the Genre of the Intellectual Primitive......Page 43
Hans Maarten van den Brink, The Netherlands: Language and Terror Seven Remarks on the Languages of Europe......Page 55
Mircea Cărtărescu, Romania: Europe Has the Shape of My Brain......Page 65
Stefan Chwin, Poland: The Nursery School Teacher
from Tversk Street......Page 75
Aleš Debeljak, Slovenia: Concentric Circles of Identity......Page 87
Jörn Donner, Finnland: Europe from the Fringe......Page 103
Mario Fortunato, Italy: Europe?......Page 115
Eugenio Fuentes, Spain: The Western Bloc......Page 123
Jens Christian Grøndahl, Denmark: Notes of an Escapist......Page 131
Durs Grünbein, Germany: Europa's Lovers......Page 141
Daniela Hodrová, Czech Republic: Woven Into the Web......Page 151
Panos Ioannides, Cyprus: Europe in My Prose and My Theatrical Work......Page 161
Mirela Ivanova, Bulgaria: Europe — One Way of Reading It......Page 173
Lídia Jorge, Portugal: A Sort of Huge Portugal......Page 181
Dževad Karahasan, Bosnia: Europe Writes in Time......Page 191
Fatos Lubonja, Albania: Between the Local and the Universal......Page 201
Adolf Muschg, Switzerland: Europe or “Eleuthera,
City of the Mnemosyne”......Page 211
Péter Nádas, Hungary: In the Intimacy of Literary Writing......Page 219
Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Turkey: Guest Faces......Page 227
Geir Pollen, Norway: On the European Ingredient in the Text (with a Sidelong Glance at an Eel in a Bathtub)......Page 239
Jean Rouaud, France: In Memory of Ernst Wiechert......Page 251
Robert Schindel, Austria: “We’re All Right.” Europe’s Influence on My Writing......Page 259
Ivan Štrpka, Slovakia: Oh, Children Smeared with Honey and with Blood......Page 273
Richard Swartz, Sweden: The Light Falls on Me......Page 289
Nikos Themelis, Greece: Looking for a Widened Self-Awareness......Page 297
Emil Tode, Estonia: Europe, a Blot of Ink......Page 307
Colm Toíbín, Ireland: The Future of Europe......Page 317
Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgium: You Are Leaving the American Sector......Page 325
Dubravka Ugrešić, Croatia: European Literature as a Eurovision Song Contest......Page 333
Dragan Velikić, Servia: B-Europe......Page 343
Tomas Venclova, Lithuania: What Can Lithuania Give
to Present-Day Europe......Page 353
Māra Zālīte, Latvia: Unfinished Thoughts......Page 363