Olga Martynova took last year's Bachmannpreis -- that German-language read-aloud-and-be-immediately judged prize -- and now the novel from which her winning entry was taken has been published, as Mörikes Schlüsselbein.
Publisher Droschl describe 'Moerike's collarbone' as: "A tale of generations unlike others: in a tender, perspicacious and humorous manner" and suggest: "the fascination of literature has rarely been related with as much ingenuity, wit, intelligence and, yes, wisdom".
The early German reviews put it slightly less awkwardly -- but no less enthusiastically: check out reviews in the Falter and Frankfurter Rundschau, for example.
This sounds really, really good -- I'm very eager to see it; meanwhile, get your copy at Amazon.de.
Publisher Droschl describe 'Moerike's collarbone' as: "A tale of generations unlike others: in a tender, perspicacious and humorous manner" and suggest: "the fascination of literature has rarely been related with as much ingenuity, wit, intelligence and, yes, wisdom".
The early German reviews put it slightly less awkwardly -- but no less enthusiastically: check out reviews in the Falter and Frankfurter Rundschau, for example.
This sounds really, really good -- I'm very eager to see it; meanwhile, get your copy at Amazon.de.