Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišić's Where You Come From will be out from Tin House next week. Translated by Damion Searls, this autofictional work explores identity, immigration, and what it means to live between languages. In the excerpt below,
Petra Hůlová's dystopian novel The Movement, translated from Czech by Alex Zucker, is available now from World Editions. The novel follows the narrator, a prison guard at a reeducation camp for men, as she navigates a world in which a feminist organization called the
Family Rules
Anke Stelling s award-winning novel Higher Ground
, translated from German by Lucy Jones, is out tomorrow from Scribe. An examination of class, friendship, and parenthood in contemporary Berlin, the book follows the escalating conflict between Resi, a writer, and her comparatively wealthy circle of friends. In the excerpt below, Resi discovers that her most recent book has alienated her friends with severe consequences for herself and her family.
A letter came for me. It’s addressed to me and contains a neatly folded sheet of paper, which is the termination of the lease on our flat. No, that’s wrong. It’s a copy of the termination of the lease on our flat for my attention. Because our flat is really Frank’s; Frank’s name is on the contract, and he’s terminated the lease.