Dorothea Nürnberg studied German and French philology in Graz and at the Sorbonne Paris, and was involved in arts management for several years. She lives in Vienna. Her works include verse anthologies (among others, Bewusstsein im Werden [Awareness in Stato Nascend, 1996; theatre plays Penelope (debut, 1998): prose, as well as numerous literary contributions for art co- projects, catalogues, exhibitions, and the Austrian radio programme, ORF 01. Her recent publications include, Auf dem Weg nach Eden [En Route to Eden), 2000, In 18 Touren um die Welt Ein literarischer Reise Verführer (Around the Globe in 18 Tours: A Literary Travel Persuader) with an introduction by Konrad Hotzer, 2001; heimgekehrt unter das kreuz des südens Impressionen aus dem Regenwald Coming Home Beneath the Southern Cross Impressions from the Rain Forest), 2002, with its Portuguese translation, Cantares da Terra, 2006; the verse-and-photograph artbook Onda-Meditationen aus Meer und Sand [Onda Meditations of Sand and Sea), 2004; Tochter der Sonne [Daughter of the Sun), 2004: Kurzweiliges und Eiliges Eine Gedankenversammlung (Amusing and Speedy: A Gathering of Thoughts) 2005; and Spiegelbilder, Erzählungen [Reflections, Short Stories] 2006. Her co-projects include Tanz Spiralen des Lebens (Dance the Helix of Life] 2002; and quellwärts brücken zwischen nord und süd [Sourceward Bridges between North and South] 2003.
Besides her literary activities, she also contributes regularly to *newspapers and journals, and is a member of the PEN-Club Writers Association. For the past several years she has also been engaged in art photography and has held exhibitions in Paraguay, Brazil, and Vienna.
The cultures of India and Europe are connected by a long tradition of mutual projections: 'fixed' ideas on both sides that do not always correspond with reality, but persist anyway. The western cultural area finds its mostly one-sided idea modified by the recent phenomenon of Indian movies being received with increasing enthusiasm in Europe.
In this anthology of short stories these two cultures meet in direct exchange, creating new fields of perception and causing illusionary ideas to fade away. Enriched by the culture of Mauritius, the identity-forming effect of the Indian film industry within the Indian Diaspora is addressed; a Viennese college lecturer getting into a complex relationship with a Bollywood actor, a Mauritian botanist in search of her identity. And an Indian author and professed Bollywood-basher working out his childhood trauma through the film version of his novel and the incidental encounters that he runs into.
Cultures and strands of action in these stories are complexly interlocked in multiple layers, weaving in rapid succession a closely meshed net of fiction and reality, in which reality gets unmasked as a reflection of subjective perception.
The author, seeking a profound relationship with India and Indian culture attempts to build bridges between the 'east' and the 'west', gathering the best of both worlds, and in the process, enriching both. This book attempts to transcend the physical barriers of time and space which prevent a meeting of the minds and illustrates the richness of events experienced from completely different perspectives.
This book will be of interest to all those people engaged, consciously or unconsciously, in unearthing links between 'east' and 'west'. It is also a comment on the position and image of woman in the eastern consciousness.
Introduction
The cultures of India and Europe are connected by a long tradition of mutual projections; 'fixed' ideas on both sides that do not always correspond with reality, but persist anyway. The western cultural area finds its mostly one-sided idea modified by the recent phenomenon of Indian movies being received with increasing enthusiasm in Europe.
In this anthology of short stories, these two cultures meet in direct exchange, creating new fields of perception and causing illusionary ideas to fade away. Enriched by the culture of Mauritius, the identity-forming effect of the Indian film industry within the Indian Diaspora is addressed; a Viennese college lecturer getting into a complex relationship with a Bollywood actor, a Mauritian botanist in search of her identity, and an Indian author and professed Bollywood-basher working out his childhood trauma through the film version of his novel and the incidental encounters that he runs into.
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