The Dead (Kracht novel)
The Dead (
The narrative is structured like a
In telling the story of cinema’s development from silent to sound film, the novel considers the issue of "performance" – both in terms of individual identity and the social norms that represent the background to the performing of this identity.
Publication
The book was published on 8 September 2016 through Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Cologne. The cover art for the original German edition features the 1926 painting Night Rain on Shinohashi Bridge by the Japanese print artist Hasui Kawase.[3]
An English translation by Daniel Bowles was published on 17 July 2018 through Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[4] American hardcover first editions feature a George Hurrell portrait of Jean Harlow on the cover. Greek, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Korean, Polish, Croatian, French, Latvian, Lithuanian and Norwegian translations have been published, while Albanian, Malayalam, Japanese and Mongolian translations are in preparation.
Reception
Accolades
The book received the 2016
See also
References
- ^ Stephan, Felix (9 September 2016). "Der fernöstliche Diwan". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Rabe, Jens-Christian (8 September 2016). "Christian Kracht zelebriert die hohe Kunst der Uneindeutigkeit". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ISBN 978-3-462-04554-3.
- Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Bucheli, Roman (13 November 2016). "Christian Kracht erhält den Schweizer Buchpreis". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Diese Autoren gehen ins Rennen um den Bayrischen Buchpreis". Buchreport (in German). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
External links
- German publicity page (in German)
- American publicity page