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German Book Prize 2018: 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:

Book prize logoNachtleuchten by María Cecilia Barbetta (S. Fischer)

Sechs Koffer by Maxim Biller (Kiepenheuer & Witsch)

Die Katze und der General by Nino Haratischwili (Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt)

Archipel by Inger-Maria Mahlke (Rowohlt)

Der Vogelgott by Susanne Röckel (Jung und Jung)

Gott der Barbaren by Stephan Thome (Suhrkamp)

 

Click here for videos of the shortlisted books – in English and German.

Click here for a printable list with full information.

 

Barbetta cover  Biller cover  Haratischwili cover  Mahlke cover  Roeckel cover  Thome cover

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