{"product_id":"kairos-9780811238533","title":"Kairos","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic storyteller with the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature, Jenny Erpenbeck has created an unforgettably compelling masterpiece with \u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e. The story of a romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s: the passionate yet difficult long-running affair of Katharina and Hans hits the rocks as a whole world--the socialist GDR--melts away. As the Times Literary Supplement writes: \"The weight of history, the particular experiences of East and West, and the ways in which cultural and subjective memory shape individual identity has always been present in Erpenbeck's work. She knows that no one is all bad, no state all rotten, and she masterfully captures the existential bewilderment of his period between states and ideologies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the opinion of her superbly gifted translator Michael Hofmann, \u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e is the great post-Unification novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHofmann, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The award-winning translator \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Hofmann\u003c\/strong\u003e has also translated works by Jenny Erpenbeck, Gert Hofmann, Franz Kafka, Heinrich von Kleist, and Joseph Roth for New Directions. His translation of \u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e by Jenny Erpenbeck was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2024.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErpenbeck, Jenny:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAn epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature, \u003cstrong\u003eJenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in East Berlin in 1967. She studied theater at the Humboldt University in Berlin and directed operas in the nineties. She is also author of such books as \u003cem\u003eThe Old Child \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Words\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568717598994,"sku":"9780811238533","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c93ac38-c17d-4884-a4ba-34360ce10673.jpg?v=1770135394","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kairos-9780811238533","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}