Apostoloff, English edition
Winner of the Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse, Kategorie Bellestristik 2009
(Sprache: Englisch)
 \u201cGone, finito, The End, I say. A father who puts an end to it all before he wears down the whole family deserves more praise than damnation.\u201d  Two sisters travel to Sofia—in a convoy of luxury limousines arranged by a fellow...
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 \u201cGone, finito, The End, I say. A father who puts an end to it all before he wears down the whole family deserves more praise than damnation.\u201d  Two sisters travel to Sofia—in a convoy of luxury limousines arranged by a fellow Bulgarian exile—to bury their less-than-beloved father. Like tourists, they are chauffeured by the ever-charming Ruben Apostoloff—one sister in the back seat, one in the passenger seat, one sharp-tongued and aggressive, the other polite and considerate. In a caustic voice, Apostoloff shows them the treasures of his beloved country: the peacock-eye pottery (which contains poisonous dye), the Black Sea coast (which is utterly destroyed), the architecture (a twentieth-century crime). His attempts to win them over seem doomed to fail, as the sistersâ¿¿ Bulgarian heritage is a heavy burden—their father, a successful doctor and melancholy immigrant, appears in their dreams still dragging the rope with which he hanged himself.  An account of a daughterâ¿¿s bitterly funny reckoning with her father and his country, laden with linguistic wit and black humor, Apostoloff will introduce the unique voice of Sibylle Lewitscharoff to a new and eager audience.
Autoren-Porträt von Sibylle Lewitscharoff
Sibylle Lewitscharoff, 1954 in Stuttgart geboren, studierte Religionwissenschaften in Berlin, lebte jeweils ein Jahr in Buenos Aires und Paris und danach wieder in Berlin. Sie ist Autorin von Radiofeatures und Hörspielen und hat ein Grammatik-Brettspiel erfunden. 1994 veröffentlichte sie ihr erstes Buch. 2007 erhielt Sibylle Lewitscharoff den Preis der Literaturhäuser, 2010 den Berliner Literaturpreis, 2011 den Kleist-Preis und 2013 wurde sie mit dem Georg-Büchner-Preis ausgezeichnet.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sibylle Lewitscharoff
- 2013, 288 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 21,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Übersetzung: Derbyshire, Katy
- Übersetzer: Katy Derbyshire
- Verlag: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0857420887
- ISBN-13: 9780857420886
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.10.2013
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Englisch
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"Those looking to get to know Sibylle Lewitscharoff will find a little bit of von Eichendorff, a little Robert Walser and Peter Handke, and a bit of world-weary impudence and a tremendous desire for expression.... Above all, we find a well-traveled savviness that is as at ease in different surroundings as it is stubborn to not be dissuaded from the conviction that life is full of beauty." -Suddeutsche Zeitung, on the German edition"
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