Entertainment Literature: What the Caroline Wahl Case Says About Literary Criticism

Zeit Online

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The new novel by Caroline Wahl is not disassembled in the feuilleton, but in the reviews of disappointed Amazon customers. Has literary criticism lost its bite?

abendblatt.de

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Caroline Wahl, who reads at the Harbour Front Literature Festival in Hamburg, was celebrated up and down. Her new book now splits the fans. Suddenly allegations against the successful ones are loud.

Börsenblatt

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Some are cheering, others are hesitant. Martina Bergmann observes how the literary company reacts to Caroline Wahl and her new novel "Die Assistent" – and wonders why it is so poisonous.