- International Booker Prize 2024 · Winner · for the translation by Michael Hofmann
- Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024 · Shortlist · for the translation by Michael Hofmann
Kairos
Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck (born 1967)
Translated by Michael Hofmann
English editions
In EnglishKairos
New Directions · United States · 14 May 2024 · Paperback · 304 pages
Kairos
Granta Books · United Kingdom · 1 June 2023 · Hardcover · 293 pages
Kairos
New Directions · United States · 6 June 2023 · Hardcover · 336 pages
Kairos
Granta Books · United Kingdom · 11 April 2024 · Paperback · 293 pages
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Katharina, nineteen, and Hans, a married man past fifty, meet by accident in East Berlin as the 1980s close and stay bound for years. As the GDR falls apart, their affair swings between honesty and lies, obsession and cruelty.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 379 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love, Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Germany, 1980s–1990s
- First published
- 2021 by Penguin Verlag
- Author's age
- 54 when first published
- ISBN
9783328600855 (original)
9781783786121 (Granta Books, United Kingdom)
9780811229340 (New Directions, United States)
9781783786138 (Granta Books, United Kingdom)
9780811238533 (New Directions, United States)