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Title:

The novel in German since 1990 / edited by Stuart Taberner.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 309 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

German fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
German fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
German fiction--Europe, German-speaking--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General

Other Authors:

Taberner, Stuart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-301) and index.

Contents:

Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel (Peeling the Onion) / Monika Shafi 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

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.

ISBN:

0521192374 (hardback)
9780521192378 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)716069525

LCCN:

2011015313

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)