- Österreichischer Buchpreis 2022 · Shortlist
Die Erweiterung
“The Enlargement” (title translated by AI)
Robert Menasse (born 1954)
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Two men, bound as blood brothers by an oath sworn in the Polish underground struggle against the communist regime, go separate ways after its collapse. Mateusz rises to become Poland's prime minister. Adam makes a career at the European Commission in Brussels, where he is responsible for enlargement. As preparations for a Western Balkans conference in Poznań reach their peak, Adam asks Mateusz for support, but Mateusz starts to undermine Albania's application to join the EU. Their old bond turns into a feud of European proportions. Meanwhile a national relic is stolen, and an Austrian EU official falls hopelessly in love with his Albanian colleague.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 652 pages in the original
- Genres
- Politics, Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Belgium, Poland, Albania
- First published
- 2022 by Suhrkamp Verlag
- Author's age
- 68 when first published
- ISBN
9783518430804 (original)