Bücher der Reihe Transnational Cultures

This study explores translations of Antonio Tabucchi's writing from a global perspective. The book analyses these texts as a way of revealing key issues in translation studies as well as offering fascinating new perspectives on the transnational movement of texts between and across languages.

This volume collects the voices of descendents of African American soldiers who liberated Germany from fascist rule. Black German writers here convey their experiences through life writing, interviews and literary works as well as through research essays that illuminate this almost forgotten history of US American-German relations.

This collection analyzes scholarship on global Germany since 1998, assessing its impact on German historiography and diaspora studies. It reveals that Germany's colonial presence overseas forged links to landscapes, traditions, and communities beyond Europe that continue to modify the cultural boundaries of Germanness into the present day.

Hermann Hesse once stated that his Japanese readers understood him best. This book examines his reception in Japan and of Japan in the context of a transcultural reception process. It analyses the different phases of Hesse's reception in Japan, the influence of Wilhelm Gundert as well as his epistolary exchange with his Japanese readers.