“If writers anywhere have been tasked with documenting the non-existence of the places they live their lives, then it has been the writers of Central Europe.” Michael Stein introduces our feature on contemporary writing from Central Europe.
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“…after a while the pictures started climbing off the walls of the exhibition room and stretched until they had as many dimensions as they needed. Four, because they didn’t want to live for ever.” By Zsuzsa Selyem, translated from Hungarian by Erika Mihálycsa.
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“An enchanting place, these Czech lands of mine… they combine Catholicism and Communism in the most degenerate way possible.” By Jáchym Topol, translated from Czech by Marek Tomin.
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