“Deeply moving, compulsively readable, Hotel Cuba chronicles the early twentieth century immigrant experience with a profound understanding and crackling urgency I’ve not previously encountered. I could not put it down and I could not stop thinking about it long after I’d reached its stunning conclusion. In short: You need to read this book. Right now.”—Joanna Rakoff, bestselling author of My Salinger Year“Thick with the humid air of a Hav...

WINNER, BRONZE MEDAL, FOREWORD REVIEWS 2019 INDIE AWARD For Best LGBTQ+ FictionFor Ari Silverman, the past has never really passed. After 20 years, the trauma from a childhood assault resurfaces as he grapples with the fate of his ex-husband, a colleague accused of sexually harassing a student. To gain perspective, Ari arranges to reconnect with his high school crush, Justin Jackson, a bold step which forces him to reflect on their relationship in the segreg...

“Deeply moving, compulsively readable, Hotel Cuba chronicles the early twentieth century immigrant experience with a profound understanding and crackling urgency I’ve not previously encountered. I could not put it down and I could not stop thinking about it long after I’d reached its stunning conclusion. In short: You need to read this book. Right now.”—Joanna Rakoff, bestselling author of My Salinger Year“Thick with the humid air of a Hav...

For Ari Silverman, the past has never really passed. After twenty years, the trauma from a childhood assault resurfaces as he grapples with the fate of his ex-husband, a colleague accused of sexually harassing a student. To gain perspective, Ari arranges to reconnect with his high school crush, Justin Jackson, a bold step which forces him to reflect on their relationship in the segregated suburbs of Detroit during the 1990s and the secrets they still share.An honest story about rec...

During World War II, a Jewish mother and her two daughters flee from Nazi-occupied Poland to Uzbekistan, in this sweeping tale of resilience and connection despite impossible odds from the acclaimed author of The View from Stalin’s Head and Hotel Cuba.At the dawn of World War II, Devora Chesnok’s husband joins the fight, leaving her to care for her two daughters and run the family pharmacy. But when Germany invades her village, Devora and her daug...

During World War II, a Jewish mother and her two daughters flee from Nazi-occupied Poland to Uzbekistan, in this sweeping tale of resilience and connection despite impossible odds from the acclaimed author of The View from Stalin’s Head and Hotel Cuba.At the dawn of World War II, Devora Chesnok’s husband joins the fight, leaving her to care for her two daughters and run the family pharmacy. But when Germany invades her village, Devora and her daug...

Als Donald Trump im Juli 2024 vor jubelnden Fans auf der Bitcoin-Konferenz in Nashville die USA zur »Bitcoin-Supermacht« erklärt, ist eine digitale Währung endgültig im Zentrum der Macht angekommen. Auch in Deutschland werben Politiker für Bitcoin-Staatsreserven, Fans beschwören die »größte Revolution aller Zeiten«. Seit der Finanzkrise von 2008 verspricht Bitcoin nichts Geringeres als monetäre Emanzipation: Freiheit von staatlicher Kontrolle, Freiheit von Banken und Finanzinstituten, Frei...

Eine zeitgemäße Sozialforschung sollte prozessual angelegt sein, argumentiert der US-amerikanische Soziologe Andrew Abbott. Damit vertritt er einen radikal anderen Blickwinkel auf die soziale Welt als in den Sozialwissenschaften üblich. Nicht die Stabilität gesellschaftlicher Verhältnisse ist der Normalfall, sondern ihr Wandel. Nicht die kontinuierliche Veränderung sozialer Strukturen und kultureller Deutungen ist erklärungsbedürftig, sondern ihre Konstanz. Nicht die Modellierung sozialer ...

Das Weltvermögen beträgt derzeit ca. 256 Billionen US-Dollar und ist damit gut 800 Mal so groß wie der Staatshaushalt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Dagegen steht der Rekordbestand von gut 152 Billionen Dollar Privatschulden. Beide, Schulden wie Vermögen, sind zunehmend ungleich verteilt. Aaron Sahr beleuchtet das Dreieck von Privatvermögen, Schulden und ökonomischer Ungleichheit und stößt dabei im "Maschinenraum des Kapitalismus" auf eine paraökonomische Quelle der Vermögensbildung: das ...