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The Capital
Die Hauptstadt
Robert Menasse (born 1954)
Translated by Jamie Bulloch
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The Capital
Liveright · United States · 18 June 2019 · Hardcover · 416 pages
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Quercus · United Kingdom · 2019 · 432 pages
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Fenia Xenopoulou, an official at the European Commission, is told to polish up its image, and she asks her assistant Martin Susman to come up with an idea. The idea awakens a ghost from history that causes unrest in the EU institutions. For political reasons, Inspector Brunfaut has to let a murder case drop. Alois Erhart, an emeritus professor of economics, is to speak at a think tank on the future of Europe, words that might be his last. And what is Brussels doing? Looking for a name for the pig running through its streets. A portrait of the European project, and of those who undermine it.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 458 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Belgium
- First published
- 2017 by Suhrkamp Verlag
- Author's age
- 63 when first published
- ISBN
9783518427583 (original)
9781631495717 (Liveright, United States)
9780857058621 (Quercus, United Kingdom)
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