{"product_id":"hinterland-arno-geiger","title":"Hinterland (Arno Geiger)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Both a great anti-war novel and a love story, full of tenderness - as around it the world shatters.' - \u003ci\u003eDer Spiegel\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Novel of the Year'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1944 and Veit Kolbe, a young German soldier, injured fighting in Russia, is recovering at Mondsee, a village and a lake below Drachenwand mountain, close to Salzburg in Austria. Here he meets Margot and Margarete, two young women who share his hope that sometime, sooner or later, life will begin again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe war is lost but how long will it take before it finally comes to its end? In \u003ci\u003eHinterland\u003c\/i\u003e, Arno Geiger tells of Veit's nightmares and the strangely normal life of the small village, of the Brazilian who dreams of returning to Rio de Janeiro, of the landlady and her rallying calls, of Margarete the teacher with whom Veit falls in love, but who doesn't return his affection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Veit's wounds are healed his next call-up orders arrive. The military outlook for Germany and Austria looks increasingly grim and Veit's luck has run out . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eArno Geiger grew up in the Austrian Alps, in a village overlooking Lake Constance. His grandparents were farmers, his father was the local government clerk and his mother a primary school teacher. He studied German and comparative literature at university and his debut novel appeared in 1997. In 2005, he was awarded the inaugural German Book Prize, and his writing has won numerous other prizes. His autobiographical novel \u003ci\u003eThe Old King in His Exile\u003c\/i\u003e was translated into twenty-eight languages and won several literary prizes. He is married and lives in Vienna.\nJamie Bulloch has translated almost fifty books from German, including works by Timur Vermes, Robert Menasse, Sebastian Fitzek and Daniela Krien. His translation of Birgit Vanderbeke's \u003ci\u003eThe Mussel Feast\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2014 Schlegel-Tieck Prize, an award for which he has been runner-up on two further occasions. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eKarl Renner: Austria\u003c\/i\u003e. Jamie lives in London with his wife and three daughters.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade Paperback, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65866708123997,"sku":"K095915263","price":16.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9591526300001A.jpg?v=1788928811","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/hinterland-arno-geiger","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}