Jane Kramer is een vooraanstaand Amerikaans journaliste en essayiste, bekend om haar scherpe analyses van de Europese cultuur, politiek en sociale geschiedenis. Als lange tijd medewerkster van The New Yorker sinds 1964, biedt haar veelgeprezen 'Letter from Europe'-reeks sinds 1981 een uniek perspectief. Haar essays, vaak gebundeld in boeken, duiken diep in de complexiteit van Europese identiteiten en maatschappelijke transformaties. Kramer creëert ook boeiende portretten van opmerkelijke individuen, waardoor lezers inzicht krijgen in diverse menselijke ervaringen en historische verhalen.
Jane Kramer embodies a free-spirited Irish Gemini, shaped by her Celtic heritage, which enhances her intuition and perspective. Driven by a passion for helping teenagers, she pursues a career in guidance counseling, prioritizing her heart over conventional rules. Her life reflects this same philosophy, emphasizing a personal and unconventional approach to both her profession and existence.
Portrays the lives of four families, who represent the millions of people uprooted by wars, family dissolution, or fallen colonial empires, that are now dramatically changing European society
In this illuminating, beautifully written collection of essays, the acclaimed New Yorker writer reports on the zeitgeist of reunified Germany. Jane Kramer surveys the fraught moral and political landscape of today's Germany, where the reunification of East and West has brought into conflict two vastly different memories of what it means to "be German."
The book features poignant portraits that capture the strength and hope of Holocaust survivors in Ukraine. Through powerful imagery, it serves as a haunting visual testament to their resilience, offering insight into their experiences and the enduring spirit of those who lived through unimaginable hardships.
Allen Ginsberg se stal objektem celoamerického zájmu v roce 1956, kdy se u soudu v San Francisku projednával obsah jeho „obscénní" básně „Kvílení". Ginsbergova silná představivost, politická agitace a charisma z něj udělaly symbol kulturní transformace posledních padesáti let. Kniha J. Kramerové je pronikavým a vášnivým portrétem Ginsbergova světa a lidí v něm žijících, který se přelévá napříč Amerikou od San Franciska ke školám Středozápadu, od newyorské East Village ke kalifornskému stylu „být u toho".
Das präzise Psychogramm eines Milizionärs in Whatcom County, das ein neues Licht auf die amerikanischen Verhältnisse wirft.
Sonderbare Europäer - Gesichter und Geschichten - bk1396; Eichborn Verlag; Jane Kramer; Paperback; 1993