{"product_id":"kairos-9780811238533","title":"Kairos by Erpenbeck, Jenny","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic storyteller with the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature, Jenny Erpenbeck has created an unforgettably compelling masterpiece with \u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e. The story of a romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s: the passionate yet difficult long-running affair of Katharina and Hans hits the rocks as a whole world--the socialist GDR--melts away. As the Times Literary Supplement writes: \"The weight of history, the particular experiences of East and West, and the ways in which cultural and subjective memory shape individual identity has always been present in Erpenbeck's work. She knows that no one is all bad, no state all rotten, and she masterfully captures the existential bewilderment of his period between states and ideologies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the opinion of her superbly gifted translator Michael Hofmann, \u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e is the great post-Unification novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenny Erpenbeck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811238533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44473064882329,"sku":"9780811238533","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_9d946ea2-8a80-48c1-a051-254a3bbda585.jpg?v=1724800479","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/kairos-9780811238533","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}