WThe Aesthetic Dimension: Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics is a 1977 book on aesthetics by the philosopher Herbert Marcuse, in which the author provides an account of modern art's political implications and relationship with society at large.
WImmer derselbe Schnee und immer derselbe Onkel is a book of essays by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller. The book was first published in Germany on March 7, 2011 through Carl Hanser Verlag.
WLiving Glimmering Lying is a 1994 book by the German writer Botho Strauß. It consists of literary vignettes about alienated people in post-reunification Berlin. The book was published in English in 1999, translated by Roslyn Theobald.
WNichts von euch auf Erden is a 2013 novel by the German writer Reinhard Jirgl. It is set in the 25th century and tells the story of how human settlers on Mars return to Earth in an aggressive manner.
WNight Train to Lisbon is a philosophical novel by Swiss writer Pascal Mercier. It recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during António de Oliveira Salazar's right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. Prado is a serious thinker whose active mind becomes evident in a series of his notes collected and read by Gregorius.
WOn the Natural History of Destruction is a 1999 book by the German writer W. G. Sebald. Its original German title is Luftkrieg und Literatur, which means "Air war and literature". It consists of essays about literature and writers, through which Sebald discusses the German processing of World War II.
WOniritti Höhlenbilder is a 2016 book by the German writer Botho Strauß. It consists of fragmentary scenes and dreamlike imagery, with a focus on problems related to a lack of privacy and imagination in the digital age. "Oniritti" is a combination of the Greek word "oneiros", meaning "dream", and "graffiti".
WThe Passport is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller, published in German in 1986. The German title refers to a saying in Romania. The novel, one of several for which the author was known when winning the Nobel in 2009, tells the story of a village miller in a German-speaking village in the Banat in Romania, who applies for permission to emigrate to West Germany. The novel was published in English by Serpent's Tail in 1989, the first of Müller's novels to be offered in direct translation.