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Wednesday, 9 October 2013

The German Book Prize Winner

Hello Gentle Reader

Terézia Mora’s novel “Das Ungeheuer,” translated as “The Monster,” or “Monster,” has won this year’s German Book Prize. The novel tells the story of a husband distraught over his wife’s recent suicide. After her death, he discovers from her journals, her abject loneliness, despair, and battles with illness and depression. What follows is a spiritual road novel, of Darius Kopp, to find a home for his wife’s ashes, and a place where his despair belongs.

Congratulations to Terézia Mora on wining the German Book Prize! May we look forward to her translation into English.

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