Saša Stanišić, Where You Come From
Tin House / Jonathan Cape, 2021
Winner of the
2019 GERMAN BOOK PRIZE
2022 SCHLEGEL-TIECK PRIZE for Translation from German
BEST 21st CENTURY GERMAN NOVELS: #1 — Katy Derbyshire
2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD longlist
A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus, and
Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month
“Inventive, funny and moving.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Wonderfully inventive and impressive.” —The Guardian
“In this astounding translation, Searls achieves the seemingly impossible: he captures the novel’s remarkable breadth of tone – from gentle humour to profound sadness and righteous anger, sometimes in the same sentence… Searls somersaults his way through this playful book. His keen sense of rhythm and celebratory approach to the translator’s task make Where You Come From as much a joy to read in English as it is in German.”
— Katy Derbyshire, judges’ statement for Schlegel-Tieck Prize
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