The contributions contained in this volume focus on the topic of a changing society from different research perspectives. The authors refer to the phenomena, trends and contexts of current processes of transition (cultures of remembrance, migration, family), as well as the new ways of their literary realisation. Literary and cultural reflection, based on the paradigm shifts and special narrative forms, shape the analyses of contemporary German novels by such authors as Lilly Axster, Sibylle Berg, Maxima Billera, Christiane Feher, Karen-Susan Fersel, Inger-Maria Mahlke, Anna Mitgutsch, Martin Pollack, Julya Rabinowich, Ilse Sarecka, Norbert Scheuer, Bettina Spoerri, Wolfgang Sreter, Otto F. Walter and Natascha Wodin. The volume also includes the Polish issues represented by the texts on Szczepan Twardoch and Tomasz Lychowski.