Interview with philologist Irina Lagutina Goethe is one of the most recognized writers of all time, but a living reader's interest in his heritage today is very rare. At the same time, the remains of the author of Faust have long become a kind of holy relics in Germany, the Germans are extremely popular with Goethe quotes, and fan fiction writes on the Internet based on his works.

Review of Goethe Rydiger Safranski The biography of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, written by Rucher Safransky, the historian of philosophy and the student of Theodore Adorno, continues the series of his books, already translated into Russian (they are dedicated to Schiller, Hoffmann, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Heidegger).

The complicated history of alterbookers “Gorky” continues a series of materials about near-book professions. Today we will talk about alterbooking - the practice of using books as material for creating art objects. What happens to the book in this case - transformation or damage? Drink tea from Goethe The concept of alterbooking is based on the idea of ​​transforming and modifying an object to acquire new pragmatic functions or aesthetic properties.