Lit in Translation

Martin Walser

Born 1927 · Germany

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    Deutscher Buchpreis 2006 · Shortlist

    Angstblüte

    Title translated by AI:“Fear Bloom”

    Martin Walser · 79 when first published

    Novel · 476 pages · Love, Satire

    AI-generated summary:Karl von Kahn, a financial adviser, is asked to fulfil the last wish of his dying best friend and signs a contract that sells a company. Hours later his friend is much better, and Kahn's telephone rings again with a request to finance a film of Othello.