Books by Jenny Erpenbeck (6)
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Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
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An unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, “one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation” (The Millions). The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation... continue
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Jenny Erpenbeck's much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporates
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East Berlin, 1986. One day in November, nineteen-year-old Katharina meets Hans on a bus, a writer in his fifties, married with a teenage son. They begin a complex and not necessarily idyllic love relationship. Meanwhile, the communist bloc begins to falter, and the GDR will eventually collapse, with the iconic image of the fall of the Wall. A time of hope opens, but also uncertainty. A time of anxiety and confusion, which each of the characters will experience in a very different way due to the difference in age that separates them. Running away from archetypes and clichés, Jenny Erpenbeck bui... continue
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The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
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Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for the best translated novel of 2014, now a New Directions paperback
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Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
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A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside of Berlin lies at the heart of this novel. This novel offers us the stories of twelve individuals who make their homes here.
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Yo voy, tú vas, él va by Jenny Erpenbeck ES
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A Richard, profesor universitario alemán con una exitosa carrera profesional a sus espaldas, le ha llegado el momento de la jubilación. Desde el escritorio de su casa, mientras contempla el lago tras la ventana, se pregunta cómo llenar todo el tiempo libre del que dispondrá. Se entera entonces de la existencia de un campamento de refugiados en Berlín y decide echar una mano. Allí escuchará historias desgarradoras y esperanzadas de jóvenes llegados desde países lejanos, que vienen huyendo de la guerra y la miseria. Pero la comunicación no siempre es fácil, y en más de una ocasión se producen ma... continue