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Star 111

Translated from the German
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ABOUT
THE BOOK

November 1989. The Berlin Wall has just fallen when the East German couple Inge und Walter set out for life in the West. Their son Carl heads to Berlin where he discovers anarchy, love and poetry. Musical and incantatory, Seiler’s novel Star 111 tells of the search for authentic existence and also of a family which must find its way back together.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Lutz
Seiler

Poet, novelist and essayist Lutz Seiler was born in Gera, Thuringia, in 1963 and today lives in Wilhelmshorst, near Berlin, and in Stockholm. His writing has won many prizes, include the Ingeborg Bachmann and the German Book Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages.

Poet, novelist and essayist Lutz Seiler was born in Gera, Thuringia, in 1963 and today lives in Wilhelmshorst, near Berlin, and in Stockholm. His writing has won many prizes, include the Ingeborg Bachmann and the German Book Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Tess
Lewis

Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translation of Lutz Seiler’s debut novel Kruso was the runner-up in the 2018 Schlegel-Tieck Prize. The Economist found that, ‘beautifully phrased and paced, Tess Lewis’s translation delights on every page as she conveys “the contagious sense of liberation” that blows through Mr. Seiler’s mesmeric novel.’

Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translation of Lutz Seiler’s debut novel Kruso was the runner-up in the 2018 Schlegel-Tieck Prize. The Economist found that, ‘beautifully phrased and paced, Tess Lewis’s translation delights on every page as she conveys “the contagious sense of liberation” that blows through Mr. Seiler’s mesmeric novel.’

NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

In Lutz Seiler’s “Stern 111” Carl Bischoff, the main character, is left to navigate post-Wall Berlin alone after his parents abruptly disappear. Immersed in the city’s underground scene, Carl seeks belonging among bohemians and artists while uncovering family secrets. The novel captures the quest for identity and freedom in a transforming Germany. (Stadtbibliothek Bremen) After Kruso, Star 111 opens up an atmospheric panorama of the German post-reunification period in a touching and exciting way. The novel depicts the attempts of a son and his parents to find their new fortune in Berlin and the West. Anarchy and chaos characterise the big story and the individual fates of the family members of two generations from East Germany. (Zentralbibliothek Zürich)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
06/09/2023
Country
Germany
Original Language
German
Author
Publisher
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Translator
Tess Lewis
Translation
Translated from the German
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