Kairos: The Heart Divided |Jenny Erpenbeck & Michael Hofmann in conversation with Manasi Subramaniam

Описание: Winner of the International Booker Prize 2024, Kairos: The Heart Divided by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, explores a passionate but destructive love affair set against the backdrop of East Berlin in the 1980s. As the region crumbles, so too does the relationship, revealing the complexities of power, betrayal, and the shifting loyalties of an era in flux. In conversation with editor and publisher Manasi Subramaniam.

Jenny Erpenbeck is the author of acclaimed works including The Old Child, Visitation, and The End of Days. She won the 2024 International Booker Prize for Kairos, and her honours include the Thomas Mann Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

Michael Hofmann is an English poet, critic, and translator known for his two essay collections and six poetry volumes. He has translated notable twentieth-century German authors, including Kafka, Koeppen, Fallada, Benn, and Roth.

Manasi Subramaniam is Editor-in-Chief and Vice-President at Penguin Random House, overseeing the imprints Hamish Hamilton, Allen Lane, Viking, Penguin, and Penguin Classics. She has published some of the most exciting new voices across South Asia, including winners of the Booker, Pulitzer, and JCB Prizes. She has been invited to fellowships all over the world, including Yale, Stanford, Frankfurt Book Fair, Salon du Livre, Sydney Writers Festival, and several others.

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