![]() It seems an odd place for someone from Rome to be, but this is no idle outing – Cotta has a very good reason for making his epic journey: ![]() ![]() His destination is the antique city of Tomi, a rough settlement on the coast of the Black Sea, located in present-day Romania, where various folk from around the Mediterranean find themselves after leaving their homes. The Roman citizen Cotta staggers off a ship after seventeen days at sea, happy to have arrived, but still struggling to stand up. My first encounter with this writer’s work saw me taking part in an epic journey – things are no different today, but we’re going in a slightly different direction, with a clever twist to the tale.Īustrian writer Christoph Ransmayr’s Die letzte Welt ( The Last World) begins with the end of a journey. That’s certainly the case with my first review of the month. I’ll hopefully be introducing a few writers I’ve never tried before, but I expect that the bulk of my reading will be returning to authors whose work I’ve previously enjoyed. It’s November, and that can mean only one thing – it’s time for German Literature Month! While there may be the odd intruder this month, I’ll be doing my best to get to a number of books originally written in German, with reviews of works both old and new. ![]()
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