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Friday 10 October 2014

The German Book Prize 2014 Winner

Hello Gentle Reader

With the hype of the Nobel Prize for Literature announcement yesterday, the German Book Prize almost went unnoticed, to those outside of Germany. Conceding with the Frankfurt Book Fair, The German Book Prize ( the equivalent of the Booker Prize) winner is announced. This year’s winner is Lutz Seiler for his novel “Kruso.” The novel is a take on the Robinson Crusoe tale; with major changes and exceptions. Where Crusoe, was a explorer stranded in the foreign lands of the Caribbean’s on an island; Lutz Seiler’s novel places his main character on the island of Hiddensee in the former East Germany. The novel is around the time, leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union; and details the pilgrimage dissidents made to the island to work seasonal jobs in hotels, restaurants and pools – and the attempts at escaping the bleak world of commusim through the Baltic sea. It’s a novel that details the past, and shows how alienated and abandoned East Germany was for a large part of the second half of the twentieth century.

Congratulations Lutz Seiler!

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