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Georges Simenon

Le President

The President

Presented by:Dorota Walczak-Delanois

Political Corruption

Crisis

France

Ivo Brešan

Ništa Sveto

Nothing Sacred

Presented by:Andrea Milanko

Yugoslavia

Samuel Beckett

Molloy 

Molloy

Presented by:Paul Stewart

Violence

Marginalisation

Subjectification

Identity

Väinö Linna

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

Under the North Star

Presented by:Eric Bergman

History

Civil War

Communism

Anti-communism

Carmen Laforet

Nada

Presented by:Florentia Antoniou

Economic Downfall and Scarcity

Existentialism

Civil War

Bildungsroman

Deniz Ohde

Streulicht

Sky Glow

Presented by:Christoph Schaub

Migrations

Precariousness

Racism

Class

Amanda Michalopoulou

Η γυναίκα του Θεού (I gynaika tou Theou)

God's Wife

Presented by:Niki Sioki

Identity

Gender

Feminism

Female Body

Danilo Kiš

Peščanik

Hourglass

Presented by:Krystyna Pieniążek-Marković

Totalitarianism

Antisemitism

Second World War

Holocaust

Norman Manea

Plicul negru

The Black Envelope

Presented by: Brînduşa Nicolaescu

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Antisemitism

Fear

Kathrin Röggla

wir schlafen nicht

we never sleep

Presented by:Aurore Peyroles

Neoliberalism

Capitalism

Belén Gopegui

La conquista del aire

Conquering the Air

Presented by:Marta Gburzyńska

Class

Capitalism

Democracy

Georgi Gospodinov

Времеубежище (Vremeubezhishte)

Time Shelter

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Nostalgia

Socialism

Liberalism

Collective Memory

Materials

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Audio

Podcast: Periphery and banishment

By: Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles, Jospeh Ponthus, Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Article

Nenad Ivić: Is Pierre Michon’s "The Eleven" a political novel?

By: Nenad Ivić

Video

Political Novel through Migrant Info Point's Eyes – Interview with Alicja Skrzypczak and Marta Kowalczyk

By: Marta Kowalczyk, Alicja Skrzypczak

Video

Philosopher/Writer Workshop - Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams in discussion with Olivia Rutazibwa

By: Natasha Soobramanien, Luke Williams, Olivia Rutazibwa

Storytelling

CAPONEU - behind the scenes

By: Marko Vuković

Working Paper

Brînduşa Nicolaescu: “A Political Novel between the Periphery and the Center: Norman Manea’s 'Plicul negru' (1986) / 'The Black Envelope' (1995).” & Natalya Bekhta: “Response to Brînduşa Nicolaescu.”

By: Brînduşa Nicolaescu, Natalya Bekhta

Topics

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Spanish Civil War

Proletariat

Censorship

Domestic Servitude

Organised action

COVID Pandemic