Hooray! Here's the shortlist for this year's German Book Prize.
Mirko Bonné: Nie mehr Nacht
Reinhard Jirgl: Nichts von euch auf Erden
Clemens Meyer: Im Stein (hooray hooray hooray)
Terézia Mora: Das Ungeheuer
Marion Poschmann: Die Sonnenposition
Monika Zeiner: Die Ordnung der Sterne über Como
Wow, four for six, pretty sharp picking on your part (although I understand that you were choosing your own favorites, NOT predicting what would get selected). It appears based on what you've written that the Zeiner novel is the surprise and outlier here?
ReplyDeleteYes. I'd say Jirgl is just too weird but the other four are all serious contenders.
ReplyDeleteJust started "Im Stein" after it took Amazon two weeks (!) to ship it to the US.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I really hope you like it.
ReplyDelete...especially after all that wait.
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