Finews' Summer Book Tips
Florian Wicki, editor, finews.ch
«The Capital» by Robert Menasse (originally released in German as «Die Hauptstadt» in 2017)
What it is:
A Holocaust survivor who outlives all his friends, a depressed civil servant planning an anniversary celebration for the EU in a former concentration camp, and a failed Greek-Cypriot careerist, and a professor who wants to move the center of the bloc from Brussels. The characters couldn't be more different, but their fates are entwined.
Why I recommend it:
Robert Menasse has managed to enliven the dull halls of the European Union, thanks to exhaustingly spectacular research on the institution in Brussels. He provides a glimpse of the backroom bartering at Schuman Square, where the bloc's four arms meet – and he includes a provocative thought experiment.
Richard Otsuki, chief editor, finews.asia
«Nineteen Eighty-Four» by George Orwell
What it is:
No introductions required.
Why I recommend it:
The timing is ripe to revisit the classic genius of Orwell in a historical period of change that is now. This is not just another exercise to marvel at a fellow journalist's prophetic vision on things that already are but to take the opportunity to more vigilantly observe parallels in things have yet to become.
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