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Introduction
Sigrid Rausing
‘Somewhere in-between is the truth. Somewhere in-between is the story, or at least the European story.’
Maly Trostinets
Joseph Leo Koerner
‘It was also mainly Viennese Jews who, between 6 May and 10 October 1942, were murdered in Maly Trostinets. Tens of thousands of Jews from elsewhere died there too, together with Soviet soldiers, Belarusian citizens, both Jewish and Christian, and partisans.’
Tom McCarthy | On Europe
Tom McCarthy
‘Like theatre itself, Europe is a contraption, a machine.’
Our Home Is Mortal Too
Katherine Angel
Katherine Angel on Stromae and Royal Museum for Central Africa in Belgium.
Refuge
Bruno Fert & Nam Le
‘This series showcases a more intimate kind of human absence.’ Nam Le introduces the photographs of Bruno Fert.
Alicja Gescinska | On Europe
Alicja Gescinska
‘Europe has proved to be at its best when it embraced unity in diversity.’
We Do Not Know Each Other
Lara Feigel
‘Is that what family is for? Helping you to understand what formed you?’
Ludmila Ulitskaya | On Europe
Ludmila Ulitskaya
‘It seems clear to me that during the past ten years, Russia has reached the apex of its estrangement from Europe.’ Translated from the Russian by Polly Gannon.
On Being French and Chinese
Tash Aw
‘We were trapped in a sort of double prison: by poverty in Europe, and by China and its expectations of us.’
Marie Darrieussecq | On Europe
Marie Darrieussecq
‘There is a Europe of life and a Europe of death, on the mass graves of which we perpetuate a dream.’ Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale.
Itinerant
Andrew Miller
‘Was this an adventure or was I in trouble? At what point did one begin to shade into the other?’
Michael Hofmann | On Europe
Michael Hofmann
‘For all its flimsiness, the cage takes itself terribly seriously, restricting access, glorying in the name of Fatherland.’
