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Writer in Serbo-Croatian whose mix of stringency and wit, although ignored in her own country, led to her being talked of as a possible Nobel laureate

12 Holocaust lessons that are searingly relevant in today's era of surging antisemitism, denial, and, yes, genocide

The regime’s mimicry of Pakistan in rewriting India’s history

When governments do not want, communal riots do not happen. This is the ugly reality of our democracy; human lives are dispensable in the relentless search for power and more power.

In the world of geopolitics, great powers make, break and play by their own rules. Smaller states largely have to make do with adjusting to the world as determined by others. Which is why the decision by Finland — a country of just 5.5 million people, noted for decades as

The author avoids many pitfalls that plague debut novels, offering fully fleshed-out characters and careful plot progression

The legendary novelist has given his massive collection of author copies in scores of languages to a new library in his hometown of Brno, Czech Republic

Through the years of the Cold War, Finland adopted a model of neutrality and accommodation in order to coexist with Russia. That way of dealing with a nearby neighbouring great power was known as...

Most East German novels are grimly serious – but The Short End of the Sonnenallee, now translated into English, gloriously bucks that trend

Czech writer Milan Kundera, who relocated to France, donates his library to his Czech home town.