in the u.s. until january. time now. now to put our reading glasses on as we introduce the writers who made the shortlist for this year's german book prize for women and two men we start with susanna and the bird got a contemporary. the story begins with a sacrilege in an isolated mountain village a bird of prey worshiped by locals is killed. the bird hunters children pay the price. vocal describes their fateful encounters with a feather a day. i