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Wolfgang Herrndorf
Wolfgang Herrndorf (12 June 1965 in Hamburg – 26 August 2013 in Berlin) was a German author, painter, and illustrator. Life and career In 2002, his debut novel ''In Plüschgewittern'' was published by Zweitausendeins. Despite the protagonist's age of approximately 30 years, Herrndorf describes the novel as youth novel. Critics described the novel as popular literature, a reworked version of ''In Plüschgewittern'' was republished by Rowohlt Verlag, Rowohlt in 2008. A collection of interconnected short stories by Herrndorf was published by Eichborn Verlag under the title of ''Diesseits des Van-Allen-Gürtels'' in 2007; A fictional interview between Herrndorf and an untrustworthy Cosmonaut, which contained many elements from science-fiction, was released the same year, by SuKuLTuR-Verlag. Unreliable narrators are a recurring element in Herrndorf's fiction, which is attributed to the influence of Vladimir Nabokov. His critically and commercially biggest success was the novel ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand (Herrndorf Novel)
''Sand'' is a 2011 novel by the German writer Wolfgang Herrndorf. It won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2012. It is the last novel that Herrndorf was able to complete before his death in August 2013. See also * 2011 in literature * German literature References External links ''Sand'' at the publisher's website 2011 German novels German-language novels Rowohlt Verlag books NYRB Classics {{2010s-thriller-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
