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University of Wales Press is pleased to announce the following publication: Esther Dischereit, edited by Katharina Hall (Cardiff, UWP, 2007) ISBN: 978-0-7083-1991-8 Hardback, 181 pages £35 To order, see: http://www.uwp.co.uk/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/ Berlin-based author Esther Dischereit has played a prominent literary and cultural role in Germany since the 1980s. Through a series of academic articles in English and German this volume examines Dischereit's explorations of female Jewish-German identity in her numerous novels, poems, plays and essays, as well as how she views her own sometimes conflicted position as a Jewish-German writer in the post-Holocaust Germany of today. The volume also includes previously unpublished work by Dischereit, and an in-depth interview with the author, held during her period as writer-in-residence at the Centre for Contemporary German Literature, Swansea University, in September 2003. The volume concludes with the most comprehensive international bibliography on Dischereit's work to date. This is the first book in any language devoted to the work of Esther Dischereit. It is intended both as an introduction for the general reader and as a resource for the specialist. Keywords contemporary German literature Jewish-German literature women's writing the memory and representation of the Holocaust in post-war Germany gender and identity Contents 1. Mama, darf ich das Deutschlandlied singen? Esther Dischereit 2. Esther Dischereit: Outline Biography Katharina Hall 3. »Es geht darum, im öffentlichen Raum präsent zu sein«: Gespräch mit Esther Dischereit Katharina Hall 4. The Sounds and Spaces of Memory in Esther Dischereit's Joëmis Tisch and Mellie Karen Remmler 5. Poetics of the Monster: Esther Dischereit Rewrites Nelly Sachs, Paul Celan and the Canon of Post-war Jewish Poetry in Als mir mein Golem öffnete Cathy S. Gelbin 6. »Weil die Hände meiner Mutter zittern«: Körpergedächtnis in Joëmis Tisch und anderen Werken Esther Dischereits Jenny Warnecke 7. Kreis und Linie: Grenzüberschreitungen in Esther Dischereits Joëmis Tisch und Barbara Honigmanns Soharas Reise Brigitte Bachmann 8. 'Writing in Jewish' as an Act of Prostitution? Esther Dischereit's (Self-) Positioning as a Female Jewish Writer in Germany Annette Seidl Arpacý 9. 'Wer schreibt, wenn ich schreibe?': The Role of the Autobiographical in Esther Dischereit's Work Katharina Hall 10. Bibliography Katharina Hall The Editor Katharina Hall is lecturer in German at Swansea University, Wales, and has written widely on contemporary German literature (including articles on W.G. Sebald, Bernhard Schlink and Zafer Þenocek). Her book on Günter Grass is also published this year. Dr. Katharina Hall Department of German School of Arts Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel. 01792 205678 Ext. 4882 [log in to unmask]