In her novel »Relocation« Ayelet Gundar-Goshen describes the insecurities of a mother: Lilach Schuster feels at ease in America, far from the everyday danger in her native Israel. But then a classmate of her son Adam dies at a party. The more she learns about the circumstances of the death,
Magical realism from the highlands of Oaxaca: in his poetic narratives, Zapotec poet Pergentino José modernizes mythologies to illuminate the historical struggles of Mexico›s indigenous communities. Claustrophobic interiors and ants and worms crawling under the skin suggest that the threats they faced have not disappeared today. The densely written, often
Marco Carrera is a hummingbird ― constantly on the move, even when seemingly stationary. With psychological finesse, this novel, which won the 2020 Premio Strega, recounts his life and that of his family. »›The Hummingbird‹ is combative and amusing, is both comedy and tragedy, with one laughing eye and one
Ito — a character strongly based on the author — lives in California with her husband and three daughters. She regularly flies to Japan to visit her parents, who are in need of care. She finds distance from her hectic everyday life at night. The novel, which was published in
In his second novel, the awardwinning playwright tells the tragicomic story of a postal worker on Lanzarote who, since the invention of the Internet, no longer sorts letters but only junk mail. When his son leaves for Barcelona and loneliness overtakes him, the title character forges a bold plan together
On a walk, Vesta Guhl, the widow of a professor, finds a note that includes some lines about the murder of a woman named Magda. Vesta tries to investigate. The novel takes us deeper and deeper into the mental edifice that Vesta creates around the crime, until she herself ultimately
A terrorist attack on a comic book store in central Gothenburg sets the stage for poet, writer, and playwright Anyuru’s dystopian novel, for which he won the prestigious August Prize and the Per-Olov-Enquist-Award. Later, the perspective shifts to a Gothenburg of the future, where all Muslims must sign a special
Hans and Katharina meet by chance in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s. He is a writer, 50 years old, married. She is 19, an apprentice. An affair begins that will develop its own dynamic over the years. With great directness, Jenny Erpenbeck tells of the internal worlds
Hilmar Klute, editor of »Streiflicht« in the »Süddeutsche Zeitung« and author of various novels, studies, essays, and the Ringelnatz biography »War einmal ein Bumerang« [tr: Once Upon A Boomerang], talks about the art of writing. His debut novel »Was dann nachher so schön fliegt« [tr: What Then Flies so Beautifully
A 70-year-old writer suffering from cancer leaves his wife and Switzerland to write a new book in Berlin. In it, he wants to give new life to a character he let die in his previous novel. In his new novel, author Adolf Muschg, who was awarded the Swiss Grand Prix
Two Mexican youths from different milieus: Franco, son of a wealthy family, lives in the luxurious housing estate Páradais. Polo, far less privileged, works there as a gardener. At night, the two outsiders meet, drink, and hatch sinister plans. A novel about machismo and violence, about the effects of economic
Awumey’s latest novel accompanies a young playwright from West Africa as he tries to tell the story of his rebellious youth in the face of death. It is about repression and protest, about the traces left by the horror of political captivity, and about friendship, love, and the indomitable power
