Arno geiger grew up in the village of wolfurt near bregenz, austria. A great book which shows a new side to arno geiger, one of the most successful and versatile writers of this decade. From 1986 to 2002, he also worked as a technician at the annual bregenzer festspiele summer opera festival. He studied german studies, ancient history and comparative literature at the universities of innsbruck and vienna. The german book prize is the equivalent of the uks man booker prize, rewarding the best novel written in german every year. The old king in exile bucher hanser literaturverlage. It was a common practice in 19thcentury cities, including new york, vienna and berlin, where large numbers of people were moving to urban areas from the countryside or from abroad. This fresh, vital novel composed in arno geiger s wellcrafted prose is exquisite literary fiction from a writer at the top of his game. The books, published in germany, austria and switzerland, are nominated by their publishers, who can propose up to two. Le letture eli by geiger, arno and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Geiger grew up in the village of wolfurt near bregenz. From the remembering and forgetting of old fathers. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Will this book be read in the town of mondsee in the austrian salzkammergut. Most of the book prize winners have been translated into english. He has received the german book prize 2005, the hebel prize 2008, the holderlin prize 2011, the literature prize of the adenauer foundation 2011, the alemannic literature prize 2017, the breitbach prize 2018 and the bremen literature. Arno geiger, born 1968, lives in vienna and wolfurt. Ariadne press, 2010, katharina hackers the havenots tr. Tanja duckerss himmelskorper and arno geigers es geht uns gut. Europa editions, 2008, julia francks the blind side of the heart tr. Already in his childhood, he began studying classical history, which gave rise to doubts concerning biblical claims to divine authority. Anton geiger notgeld banknoten verlag geigerverlag. The prize recognizes germanlanguage novels, and the winner is announced just before the frankfurt book fair. German book prize announces longlist for best novel.
A wonderful, oneofakind book about a life that is still absolutely worth living. Familiar names, literary diversity in news by porter anderson august 15, 2018 with a winners purse of 25,000 riding on the jurys final decisions, the german book prize longlist of 20 is to be pared down to six shortlisted titles by september 11. Written by arno geiger, audiobook narrated by matthias brandt. C ommonly seen as germanys most prestigious literary award, the german book prize is a literary award given by the foundation of the german publishers and booksellers association. Manesse verlag has 107 entries in their overdrive catalogue overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Arno geiger ist mit seinem roman selbstportrat mit flusspferd ein kleines meisterwerk gelungen. Roman by arno geiger from amazons fiction books store.
Selbstportrat mit flusspferd audiobook by arno geiger. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. From the remembering and forgetting of old fathers oedipal. Es geht uns gut by arno geiger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Arno geiger born 22 july 1968 is an austrian novelist geiger grew up in the village of wolfurt near bregenz.
Geiger was born in frankfurt am main to an orthodox family and received a traditional religious education. Media in category arno geiger the following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. Sep 21, 2016 notable authors to have won the german book prize in the past include julia franck, arno geiger, ursula krechel, and eugen ruge. Add to your book collection on bookogs or save for later. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Arno geiger has written a book that is awash with light, full of life, and often very funny, despite the underlying tragedy. Thus, although published in austria, the book does not lend itself specifically to austrian studies, but it does provide a thorough analysis of geiger s 2005 novel, es geht uns gut, which won the deutscher buchpreis that year. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Faz arno geiger was born in 1968 and now lives in vienna and wolfurt. Kg, munchen p2015 horbuch hamburg hhv gmbh, hamburg. It is spring 1944, and having been seriously wounded in battle, veit kolbe is sent home to recuperate. Arno geiger was born in 1968 and now lives in vienna and wolfurt.
There are two general topics and one topic on each of the two books on the reading list to choose from. Manesse verlagpublisher overdrive rakuten overdrive. Selbstportrat mit flusspferd book austin public library. The titles on the longlist include works from wellknown german authors including marion poschmann, gerhard falkner, franzobel, robert. Arno geiger has 17 books on goodreads with 5946 ratings. He goes to visit his uncle, the local police commander in the austrian village of mondsee. The german book prize aims to heighten awareness of authors writing in german and functions as a seal of quality for international editors. Aug 15, 2018 german book prize 2018 longlist announced. Beneath drachenwand mountain bucher hanser literaturverlage. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The old king in his exile arno geiger, stefan tobler on. Arno geiger erzahlt, wie er nochmals freundschaft mit seinem vater schlie. A purse of 25,000 euros goes to the winner, and each of the shortlisted authors. Juli 1968 in bregenz, vorarlberg ist ein osterreichischer schriftsteller.
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