Lit in Translation

Terézia Mora

Born 1971 · Germany, Hungary

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Deutscher Buchpreis 2023 · Shortlist

    Muna oder Die Hälfte des Lebens

    Title translated by AI:“Muna, or Half of Life”

    Terézia Mora · 52 when first published

    Novel · 440 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Summer 1989: Muna, about to finish school in East Germany, spends one night with Magnus, an older teacher and photographer, who then disappears. Seven years later they meet again by chance in Berlin and become a couple.

  • No English yet

    Deutscher Buchpreis 2013 · Winner

    Das Ungeheuer

    Title translated by AI:“The Monster”

    Terézia Mora · 42 when first published

    Novel · 681 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:After losing his job and then his wife to suicide, Darius Kopp spends months in his flat in apathy. He decides to read his wife's diary, written in Hungarian, and to find a place to bury her urn, and sets out on a long journey.