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Mark’s house, that is. A new John Banville Q&A is live and sparkling at The Elegant Variation, including:
The Elegant Variation: What is it about the German thinkers that has always seemed to resonate with you so profoundly? And how do you think they reach us today?
John Banville: German literature, including philosophy, has been an abiding interest with me since I was a teenager. I find it exciting and challenging and, I suppose, a fascination since, having been born in 1945, I grew up in the long, ashen shadow of the concentration camps. How could such a culture end in such catastrophe? I’m still reading, still trying to find out.
