Locations of events.

Good literature can create new mental images in your mind and connect things that you have never seen in connection before. Imagine this, for instance: Money is like language. And language is like money. Intrigued? Then read on…

Can we really ever start over in life? Invent ourselves anew? Or will our past, our mistakes, our failure always be with us? These are the questions Max Frisch asks in „I’m Not Stiller”- a novel that will make him world famous.

Many factors play a role in choosing a partner: looks, status, education, money. Of course ideally your other half has it all. But what if you have to choose? This novel zooms in on the family and marriage politics of the bourgeoisie in Berlin around 1900.

Flaubert’s novel tells the story of common folks, just like you and me, and their common struggles: unhappy marriage, extramarital affair, shopping addiction. Nothing that would shock readers – at least not readers in the 21st century, that is.

„Diamonds are a girl’s best friends,” Marilyn Monroe sang in 1949, but the idea that women want to be impressed by money is much older. The tragic story of Jay Gatsby, which glitters with real and fake gold, shows that this strategy doesn’t always succeed.