German Book Prize Shortlist

Hello Gentle Reader

Along with the announcement of the Booker Prize shortlist, the German Book Prize shortlist has also been announced.

This year’s German Book Prize’s concurrent theme is: displacement.  The jury spokesperson for the award, has called this years shortlisted books a: “illuminating mirror,” of society. The themes of each book deal with contemporary issues, from intercontinental refugee’s (fitting for the current refugee crisis), ideological differences and subsequent fights, the struggles of power, and of course gender politics and relations.

The shortlist is as follows:

Jenny Erpenbeck – “Gerhen, Ging, Gegangen,” – (Go, Going, Gone)

Rolf Lappert – “Über den Winter,” – (Through the Winter)

Inger-Maria Mahkle – “Wie Ihr Wollt,” – (As You Wish)

Ulrich Peltzer – “Das bessere Leben,” – (The Better life)

Monique Schwitter – “Eins im Andern,” – (One in the Other)

Frank Witzel – “Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969.” – (The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic-Depressive Teenager in the summer of 1969)

There you have it Gentle Reader, tales of refugee’s, family discord, of political and ideological battles. The works go beyond the parochial and provincial and into the global world, asking questions that are as relevant today more than ever.

To see more about the German Book Prize shortlist, please following the link below:

http://www.deutscher-buchpreis.de/en/nominated/#section-shortlist 

Good luck to all of the writers!

Thank-you For Reading Gentle Reader

Take Care

And As Always

Stay Well Read

M. Mary