Meet to discuss works from contemporary German-speaking authors in our
Goethe Book Club hosted by Chris Walker. Each selection can be read in its English translation or original German; the discussion will be in English.
On Tuesday, November 9thth at 6:00 pm CDT we will meet to discuss Clemens Meyers’s
Dark Satellites (German title: “Die stillen Trabanten”, 2017, translated by Katy Derbyshire).
The book is also available in the Goethe Institut’s
eLibrary. You can borrow a free digital copy (in German only).
About the book
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International Booker-longlisted author Clemens Meyer returns with
Dark Satellites, a striking collection of stories about marginal characters in contemporary Germany. A train driver’s life is upended when he hits a laughing man on the tracks on his night shift; a lonely train cleaner makes friends with a hairdresser in the train station bar; and a young man, unable to return to his home after a break-in, wanders the city in a state of increasing unrest. From the home to places of work, Meyer transforms the territories of our everyday lives into sites of rupture and connection. Unsentimental and yet deeply moving,
Dark Satellites is a collection of stories from our time, as dark as the world, as beautiful as the brightest of hopes.
About the author
© Gaby Gerster
Clemens Meyer was born 1977 in Halle and lives in Leipzig. After high school he jobbed as a watchman, building worker, and removal man. He studied creative writing at the German Literary Institute in Leipzig and was granted a scholarship by the Saxon Ministry of Science and Arts in 2002. His first novel,
Als wir träumten, was a huge success and for his second book,
Die Nacht, die Lichter, a collection of short stories, he was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2008.
Bricks and Mortar, his latest novel, was shortlisted for the German Book Prize and was awarded the Bremer Literaturpreis 2014.
Please RSVP to access the online event. Simply send an email to
info-kansascity@goethe.de and we will send you the Zoom access code.
Summary: Courtesy of Fitzcarraldo Editions
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