- Summary
- "Diversity is one of the defining characteristics of contemporary German-language literature, not just in terms of the variety of authors writing in German today, but also in relation to theme, form, technique and style. However, common themes emerge: the Nazi past, transnationalism, globalisation, migration, religion and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and identity. This book presents the novel in German since 1990 through a set of close readings both of international bestsellers (including Daniel Kehlmann's Measuring the World and W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz) and of less familiar, but important texts (such as Yade; Kara's Selam Berlin). Each novel discussed in the volume has been chosen on account of its aesthetic quality, its impact and its representativeness; the authors featured, among them Nobel Prize winners Günter Grass, Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller demonstrate the energy and quality of contemporary writing in German"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
- Locale
- Europe, German-speaking
- Contents
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Introduction: the novel in German since 1990 / Stuart Taberner
Robert Schindel's Gebürtig (Born-Where) / Helmut Schmitz
Günter Grass's Ein weites Feld (Too Far Afield) / Rebecca Braun
Thomas Brussig's Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us) / Anna Saunders
Christa Wolf's Medea: Stimmen (Medea: A Modern Retelling) / Georgina Paul
Zafer Şenocak's Gefährliche Verwandschaft (Perilous Kinship) / Moray McGowan
Monika Maron's Endmoränen (End Moraines) / Katharina Gerstenberger
Martin Walser's Ein springender Brunnen (A Gushing Fountain) / Kathrin Schödel
Michael Kleeberg's Ein Garten im Norden (A Garden in the North) / Stephen Brockmann
Christian Kracht's Faserland (Frayed-Land) / Julian Preece
Elfriede Jelinek's Gier (Greed) / Helen Finch
Karen Duve's Dies ist kein Liebeslied (This is Not a Love-Song) / Alison Lewis
Herta Müller's Herztier (The Land of Green Plums) / Lyn Marven
W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz / Mary Cosgove
Walter Kempowski's Alles umsonst (All for Nothing) / Karina Berger
F. C. Delius's Mein Jahr als Mörder (My Year as a Murderer) / Anne Fuchs
Yadé Kara's Selam Berlin / Petra Fachinger
Daniel Kehlmann's Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World) / Stuart Taberner
Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel (Peeling the Onion) / Monika Shafi
- Other Authors/Editors
- Taberner, Stuart.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-301) and index.
Introduction: the novel in German since 1990 / Stuart Taberner -- Robert Schindel's Gebürtig (Born-Where) / Helmut Schmitz -- Günter Grass's Ein weites Feld (Too Far Afield) / Rebecca Braun -- Thomas Brussig's Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us) / Anna Saunders -- Christa Wolf's Medea: Stimmen (Medea: A Modern Retelling) / Georgina Paul -- Zafer Şenocak's Gefährliche Verwandschaft (Perilous Kinship) / Moray McGowan -- Monika Maron's Endmoränen (End Moraines) / Katharina Gerstenberger -- Martin Walser's Ein springender Brunnen (A Gushing Fountain) / Kathrin Schödel -- Michael Kleeberg's Ein Garten im Norden (A Garden in the North) / Stephen Brockmann -- Christian Kracht's Faserland (Frayed-Land) / Julian Preece -- Elfriede Jelinek's Gier (Greed) / Helen Finch -- Karen Duve's Dies ist kein Liebeslied (This is Not a Love-Song) / Alison Lewis -- Herta Müller's Herztier (The Land of Green Plums) / Lyn Marven -- W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz / Mary Cosgove -- Walter Kempowski's Alles umsonst (All for Nothing) / Karina Berger -- F. C. Delius's Mein Jahr als Mörder (My Year as a Murderer) / Anne Fuchs -- Yadé Kara's Selam Berlin / Petra Fachinger -- Daniel Kehlmann's Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World) / Stuart Taberner -- Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel (Peeling the Onion) / Monika Shafi
