Marion Poschmann

Books on prize lists

• Die Kieferninseln

  In English

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  International Booker 2019 · Shortlist

  The Pine Islands

  Die Kieferninseln

  Marion Poschmann · 48 when first published

  Novel · 192 pages

  Translated by Jen Calleja

  AIAI-generated summary:After dreaming that his wife is cheating on him, a lecturer who studies beards leaves her and takes the first plane to Japan. Inspired by the poet Bashō, he sets out to see the moon over the Pine Islands, and meets a student carrying a manual of suicide.

  Also: Deutscher Buchpreis 2017 shortlist

• Die Sonnenposition

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  Deutscher Buchpreis 2013 · Shortlist

  Die Sonnenposition

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Position of the Sun”

  Marion Poschmann · 44 when first published

  Novel · 337 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:After reunification, Altfried Janich takes a job at a psychiatric hospital housed in a run-down baroque palace. When his friend Odilo dies in a mysterious car accident, he slides onto the night side of things.