End of days by jenny erpenbeck

The novel charts richards progression from a disengaged and oblivious academic to a committed. Born in east berlin, erpenbeck is the daughter of the physicist, philosopher and writer john erpenbeck and the arabic translator doris kilias. Each section or book details the path her life could have taken, had history and fate not intervened. Feb 08, 2016 winner of the independent foreign fiction prize for the best translated novel of 2014, now a new directions paperback winner of the independent foreign fiction prize and the hans fallada prize, the end of days, by the acclaimed german writer jenny erpenbeck, consists essentially of five books, each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. Aller tage abend the end of days by jenny erpenbeck. Sep 15, 2014 the end of days allows for a similar interpenetration of its narrative world by a world of the dead, enlivening the past with a host of potential presents. The end of days quotes showing 14 of 4 the lord gave, and the lord took away, her grandmother said to her at the edge of the grave. Jenny erpenbecks the end of days is a beautiful meditation on the different possible lives of one woman, born a jewish child in the hapsburg empire. In this way erpenbeck reengages with one of the themes of her 2012 bestseller the end of days. German writer jenny erpenbeck cant shake that idea that there are lives not lived because events transpired in a certain way. What if one choice, one event goes differently, and. Writers speak jenny erpenbeck in conversation with. Exploring themes of time, memory, loss, and fate, the end of days builds on jenny erpenbecks already impressive body of work. This is the humanising lens through which jenny erpenbeck, europes outstanding literary seer, views our world.

Buy the end of days by jenny erpenbeck from amazons fiction books store. The end of days prises open the troubled box that is 20thcentury european history and entrenches erpenbeck s position as the most brilliant european writer of my generation neel mukherjee, book of the year, irish times. The end of days won the prestigious hans fallada prize and the international foreign fiction prize. Jenny erpenbeck, author of the end of days german author jenny erpenbeck s new novel grapples with the classic question. Her latest novel is called the end of days, and its just been. Jenny erpenbeck, who in november 1989 was a theatre student at humboldt university in east berlin, answers the question in an autobiographical essay entitled. Go, went, gone by jenny erpenbeck translated by susan bernofsky 286 pp. In allowing possibility and chance to share a reality with certitude, whether that of death or of the 20th centurys upheaval, erpenbeck creates the possibility of a kind of creative.

Sep 23, 2017 this is the humanising lens through which jenny erpenbeck, europes outstanding literary seer, views our world. In celebrated german novelist jenny erpenbecks latest work, the end of days, we see fate and chance conspire in equal measure to push lives along their unpredictable but inevitably entropic journeys towards oblivion. The end of days jenny erpenbeck, susan bernofsky isbn. Go, went, gone by jenny erpenbeck world literature today. A rare american appearance by the highly acclaimed german novelist whose novels include visitation 2010, the end of days 2014, and go, went, gone 2017. Exploring themes of time, memory, loss, and fate, the end of days builds on jenny erpenbeck s already impressive body of work. A bleak, beautiful novel on the fragility of life and the resilience of the human spirit. Jan 02, 2015 the end of days, by jenny erpenbeck, translated by susan bernofsky, portobello, rrp. The end of days jenny erpenbeck translated by susan. The end of days is a compelling reminder that worrying about the unknowable will do nothing to delay the inevitable financial times a genuine european masterpiece tls books of the year the style of jenny erpenbeck has often been described as incantatory, and the end of days has the same dizzying emotional reach as her previous work. New directions what if the infinite possibilities held in each moment could be explored if we could walk down the different paths opened up by every choice, every stroke of fate.

Its time for the reading public to know who she is too. In jenny erpenbecks latest novel, the end of days, words and stories and memory are the vehicle by which the reader moves, intoxicatingly and fearlessly, through a dizzying but. It also taps into some of the key motifs of our postmodern. A novelists powerful response to the refugee crisis the. Winner of the independent foreign fiction prize and the hans fallada prize, the end of days, by the acclaimed german writer jenny erpenbeck, consists essentially of five books, each. Her grandparents are the authors fritz erpenbeck and hedda zinner. Apr, 2015 this year the females have a lone work on the shortlist, and it is the end of days by jenny erpenbeck she was longlisted for her book the book of words in 2008 and made the shortlist in 2011 with visitation, all of her works on the lists being translated by susan bernofsky. We start off in galicia, now the polandukraine border region, but at that time part of the austrohungarian empire, where a couple are mourning the death of their young daughter. The end of days, by jenny erpenbeck, translated by susan bernofsky, portobello, rrp. The end of days by jenny erpenbeck the boston globe. Nov 15, 2014 exploring themes of time, memory, loss, and fate, the end of days builds on jenny erpenbecks already impressive body of work. The end of days paperback february 8, 2016 by jenny erpenbeck author.

Aug 04, 2014 jenny erpenbeck s aller tage abend the end of days is an excellent novel spanning the majority of the twentieth century. The end of days is composed of five shorter books of roughly fifty pages each, separated by brief intermezzos in which the omniscient narrator interjects to show how actions taken or not taken lead to the same protagonist meeting a different end, and how the personal coincides with the political and historical. Winner of the independent foreign fiction prize and the hans fallada prize, the end of days, by the acclaimed german writer jenny erpenbeck, consists essentially of five books, each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female prot. The end of days, erpenbecks most recent novel, widens the canvas but retains the angle of vision. Winner of the independent foreign fiction prize 2015, a chilling. A novel of incredible breadth and amazing concision, the end of days offers a unique overview of the twentieth century. One needs courage to emerge from a jenny erpenbeck novel merely stirred. Jenny erpenbeck on the end of days the awardwinning german novelist is beloved by other acclaimed authors. The end of days is a compelling reminder that worrying about the unknowable will do nothing to delay the inevitable. Erpenbecks previous book, the end of days 2014, again recounted twentiethcentury history, this time through the long life of a woman who could have inhabited most of its tormented. In jenny erpenbeck s latest novel, the end of days, words and stories and memory are the vehicle by which the reader moves, intoxicatingly and fearlessly, through a dizzying but magnificent. In jenny erpenbeck s latest novel, the end of days, words and stories and memory are the vehicle by which the reader moves, intoxicatingly and fearlessly, through a dizzying but. Feb 08, 2016 jenny erpenbeck s novel the end of days, recently published in english, begins with a story at the grave site of a baby girl, and, while the grandmother accepts this death without questioning the why.

Winner of the independent foreign fiction prize 2015, a chilling and profound tapestry woven through the agonies of 20th. The end of days by jenny erpenbeck bookforum magazine. The end of days erpenbeck, jenny, bernofsky, susan isbn. Jenny erpenbeck born 1967 is a german writer and opera director, recipient of the independent foreign fiction prize. The end of days, erpenbeck s most recent novel, widens the canvas but retains the angle of vision. She is the author of several works of fiction, including the book of words 2007 and visitation 2010, both translated by susan bernofsky and published by new directions. The end of days by jenny erpenbeck translated from the german by susan bernofsky winner of the independent foreign fiction prize and the hans fallada prize, the end of days, by the acclaimed german writer jenny erpenbeck, consists essentially of five books, each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist.

In this flawlessly intricate, powerful, deeply moving book, jenny erpenbeck does exactly that, telling the story of a family. But that wasnt right, because the lord had taken away much more than had been there to start with, and everything her child might have become was now lying there at the bottom of the pit, waiting to be covered. The end of days, by jenny erpenbeck financial times. Susan bernofskys translation of aller tage abend had been published in 2014 by new directions, had won major literary awards, and had received a plethora of accolades from critics across the globe. Jenny erpenbecks the end of days wins independent foreign. Winner of the independent foreign fiction prize for the best translated novel of 2014, now a new directions paperback. The end of days by jenny erpenbeck, published by portobello, has won the independent foreign fiction prize erpenbeck, described by michel faber as one of the finest, most exciting authors. The end of days international dublin literary award. An essay by boyd tonkin on jenny erpenbecks the end of days. The end of days npr coverage of the end of days by jenny erpenbeck, translated by susan bernofsky. The end of days winner of the independent foreign fiction prize and the hans fallada prize, the end of days, by the acclaimed german writer jenny erpenbeck, consists essentially of five books, each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist.