Gorgeous Galleys

For the impatient among us, Words Without Borders and Open Letter Books have made the galleys of their forthcoming title The Wall in My Head available online for a limited period.

I doubt this move will backfire: the book looks so absolutely gorgeous that I for one can't wait to hold it in my feverishly shivering hands.

Featuring older and newer German writing on - you guessed it - the Iron Curtain and its fall from Wladimir Kaminer, Uwe Tellkamp, Peter Schneider, Annett Gröschner, Durs Grünbein and Stefan Heym, along with "a stellar line-up of authors from across Europe", it really is a treat.