BOOKS FROM LIECHTENSTEINBest European Fiction 2011 (Best European Fiction)
Tags:
Set in Germany
Male author
Description:
“Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read.”—Time The launch of Dalkey’s Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal, with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online magazines such as the Believer, Bookslut, Paste, and the Huffington Post; radio interviews with editor Aleksandar Hemon on NPR stations in the US and BBC Radio 3 and 4 in the UK; and a terrific response from booksellers, who made Best European Fiction 2010 an “Indie Next” pick and created table displays and special promotions throughout the US and UK. For 2011, Aleksandar Hemon is back as editor, along with a new preface by Colum McCann, and with a whole new cast of authors and stories, including work from countries not included in Best European Fiction 2010.
Reviews:
(1 year ago) |
05 Jun, 2024
There is a story in this collection called Dust by Stefan Sprenger, translated from German by Dustin Lovett. It is the only piece of published writing by an author born in Liechtenstein that has been translated into English that I can find.
I also really liked it! 4 stars.
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(5 months ago) |
23 Apr, 2025
I picked Best European Fiction 2011 edited by Aleksandar Hemon for my Read Around the World Challenge - Europe specifically for the Liechtenstein story "Dust" by Stefan Sprenger which was translated from German by Dustin Lovett. I don't know if I was just not in the right frame of mind going in, too dumb to get or appreciate, or there's something going on with the translation that this 13 page short story honestly didn't compute for me overall. I'm not quite sure what I'm missing.
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