Literary reviews feature new works by Sabrina Janesch and Jutta Nymphius

Recent literary reviews highlight two distinct new works. Sabrina Janesch’s novel, ‘Territorium’, explores the 1893 coup against Queen Lili’uokalani of Hawaii. The narrative focuses on the political tensions involving American and European business interests and the Queen’s attempts to implement reforms, such as women's suffrage, amidst the displacement of native Hawaiians.

In contemporary fiction, Jutta Nymphius’s ‘Schafe schubsen’ follows a teenage girl named Tilda and her grandmother, Renate, on a road trip to Scotland. The story uses alternating perspectives and flashbacks to the 1960s to examine themes of suppressed emotions, family conflict, and the evolution of personal secrets between generations.