With Jenny Erpenbeck, but without Clemens J. Setz:. Published on Wednesday shortlisted for the German Book Prize has a few surprises
Erpenbeck high current new novel (“Go left, gone”), in which they can meet a Berlin professor to six African refugees, had been expected in the final. On October 12, is to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair named among the six finalists of the best German-language novel of the year.
Put (“The hour between women and guitar”), who was still on the comprehensive 20 title longlist , was rejected by the jury. It has the word acrobat from Graz, often apostrophized as a literary prodigy, managed twice shortlisted in previous years. Ulrich Peltzer (“A better life”), also highly traded, has reached the final against. In his philosophical applied novel by the example of three managers describing the Berlin author everyday life of global Salesman
Even Rolf Lappert (“Over the winter”) made it -. For the second time after 2008 – shortlisted , The Swiss has written a family novel example of a New York-based artist who gets into a crisis. Also from Switzerland comes Monique Schwitter. The now lives in Hamburg, author and actress has presented a novel (“one in being”), in which the protagonist recounts her personal love life by the example of twelve men.
Although Schwitter for their history partly anthemic meetings received, it is likely to be only outsider in the final. This applies even more for Inger-Marie Mahlke novel “As you wish”, in the English Tudor period is the late 16th century by the story of a diminutive nobles.
Historical novels have the German Book Prize difficult – and certainly if they play in England. Much closer to the German reality is Frank Witzel 800-page novel “The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a manic-depressive teenager in the summer of 1969″. This is not only the funniest titles on the shortlist. Reviewers have almost falling over while reading the novel of Offenbacher author who describes the identification of a mentally unstable adolescents with the RAF, also with superlatives.
It is clear that this time will win unlike in previous years no Roman who plays in the German Democratic Republic, or at times the turn. 2014 Lutz Seiler had received the prize for his novel are rooted on Hiddensee dropouts “kruso”.
Otherwise, the shortlist balanced gender as standard with three women and three men. There is a lack of this year but authors from Austria and from immigrant backgrounds. The most prominent “victim” is Feridun Zaimoglu in his Istanbul-novel “Seven Towers district”, who was still on the longlist
Even Germany’s literary showpiece house Suhrkamp can be found on the shortlist with no title. Publisher Author Put fell through, the also headquartered at Suhrkamp Ralf Rothmann wanted (“die in the spring”) not even submit personal reasons his successful novel. The German Book Prize, first awarded in 2005, is the most important award in the sector. The winner will next EUR 25 000 is usually also a place on the bestseller list.
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