Born 1975 · Germany
Deutscher Buchpreis 2025 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“House of the Sun”
Thomas Melle · 50 when first published
Novel · 315 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:Welcome to the House of the Sun, a state-funded clinic where people weary of life or terminally ill have every wish fulfilled before they quietly die. But does someone who no longer wants to live really want to die?
Deutscher Buchpreis 2016 · Shortlist
Die Welt im Rücken
Thomas Melle · 41 when first published
Nonfiction · 347 pages
AI-generated summary:A writer who has lived with bipolar disorder for many years tells of his manic episodes, personal dramas and slow recovery, and of what goes on inside a person who is ill.
Deutscher Buchpreis 2014 · Shortlist
Thomas Melle · 39 when first published
Novel · 202 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:Denise works at a discount supermarket, is often overwhelmed by her little daughter, and waits for her pay from a porn shoot. Anton, a debt-ridden former law student who sleeps in a hostel, keeps turning up at her till.