Angelika Klüssendorf

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• April

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  Deutscher Buchpreis 2014 · Shortlist

  April

  Angelika Klüssendorf · 56 when first published

  Novel · 218 pages · Coming of age

  AIAI-generated summary:Her childhood is over, but the girl, who now calls herself April after the Deep Purple song, has left the children's home and dropped out of her training. She tries to find her way in Leipzig in the late seventies, crossing every line she is given.

• Das Mädchen

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  Deutscher Buchpreis 2011 · Shortlist

  Das Mädchen

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Girl”

  Angelika Klüssendorf · 53 when first published

  Novel · 182 pages · Coming of age, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Her father drinks, her mother takes out her anger on the children, and her classmates avoid her. Yet something carries the girl along, and when she is caught shoplifting, the children's home she is sent to turns out to be a refuge.