Tag Archives: Jenny Erpenbeck

East and West- Reading for #GermanLitMonth 2023

Posted on December 1, 2023 by mandywight

The real conversation in Berlin is about East and West. I was intrigued to hear this comment from American writer Lorrie Moore on the podcast Literary Friction in July. She was recommending Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos, and her words have … Continue reading →

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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck,(translation Michael Hofmann).

Posted on November 3, 2023 by mandywight

I’m a great fan of German writer Jenny Erpenbeck. With novels like The End of Days and Go, Went, Gone, and her non-fiction collection Not a Novel, she’s acquired for me the status of public intellectual, a sort of German … Continue reading →

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Kein Roman- Not a Novel- by Jenny Erpenbeck

Posted on February 13, 2022 by mandywight

As a reader, I’ve wanted to try the essay form for some time now, so on a recent trip to Germany, I bought a copy of Kein Roman, by German writer Jenny Erpenbeck. It’s not officially a collection of essays, … Continue reading →

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Gehen, ging, gegangen- Go, went, went by Jenny Erpenbeck.

Posted on October 10, 2017 by mandywight

Jenny Erpenbeck’s latest novel, now available in English translation by Susan Bernofsky, explores the plight of refugees in Germany today. Told from the point of view of Richard, a retired academic, who befriends a group of refugees, the novel relates … Continue reading →

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The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky

Posted on September 18, 2014 by mandywight

Actually the version I read was the original German, Aller Tage Abend,  and I shall refer to the German,but I’m flagging up here the English translation so that as many people as possible read this at times harrowing, but fantastically … Continue reading →

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