Born 1978 · Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany
Deutscher Buchpreis 2019 · Winner
Herkunft
Saša Stanišić · 41 when first published
Novel · 368 pages · Autofiction, Migration, Family
AI-generated summary:A book about the first accident of every life, being born somewhere, and what comes after: the narrator's homes in memory and invention, a childhood in Yugoslavia, flight to Germany, and a farewell to a grandmother losing her memories.
Deutscher Buchpreis 2006 · Shortlist
Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert
Saša Stanišić · 28 when first published
Novel · 277 pages · War, Migration, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:When civil war reaches Bosnia in the nineties, Aleksandar flees west to Germany with his parents. There he explores the strange new country and holds his fear at bay with wild stories of his large family and the time when everything was good.