The Berlin Wall ran ruthlessly through everything – homes, city squares and even burial grounds. One of these was the Prussian-era Invalidenfriedhof.
I positioned the toy Trabi with a piece of the Berlin Wall to pay tribute to 'Trabi – Test the Best', the famous painting of the car bursting through the Berlin Wall.
The man sings his heart out – badly – and the several hundred-strong crowd cheers. This is karaoke Berlin-style, happening every fine Sunday afternoon in a park that occupies a…
This is a translation by Volker Wolf, of SL Wong's 'Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood'. Originally titled 'Zwei Wege Trenten Sich im Herbslichen Wald', it appeared in 'Kuala Lumpur - Berlin: Kisah Dua Bandar Raya / Kuala Lumpur - Berlin: Stadtgeschichten' (2012), a book by the Goethe-Institut Malaysia and the Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books.
This is a translation by Hedy Holzwarth, of SL Wong's 'Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood'. Originally titled 'Dua Jalan Berpisah di Hutan Kuning', it appeared in 'Kuala Lumpur - Berlin: Kisah Dua Bandar Raya / Kuala Lumpur - Berlin: Stadtgeschichten' (2012), a book by the Goethe-Institut Malaysia and the Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books.
Translations of this essay in German and Bahasa Malaysia appear in 'Kuala Lumpur – Berlin: Kisah Dua Bandar Raya / Kuala Lumpur – Berlin: Stadtgeschichten' (2012), a book by the…
