German Book Prize 2017: The Shortlist

Six novels have been selected for the shortlist of this year’s German Book Prize. Click on the titles to read synopses and author biographies in English:

 

• Romeo oder Julia by Gerhard Falkner (Berlin Verlag)

• Das Floss der Medusa by Franzobel (Paul Zsolnay)

• Schlafende Sonne by Thomas Lehr (Carl Hanser)

• Die Hauptstadt by Robert Menasse (Suhrkamp)

• Die Kieferninseln by Marion Poschmann (Suhrkamp)

• Ausser sich by Sasha Marianna Salzmann (Suhrkamp)

 

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