Die Toten

Die Toten
Author Christian Kracht
Country Germany
Language German
Publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Publication date
 8 September 2016
Pages 224
ISBN 978-3-462-04554-3

Die Toten ("the dead") is a 2016 novel by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht, his fifth to date. It is set in the film industry at the end of the Weimar era, and tells the story of a (fictional) Swiss director, Emil Nägeli, and a Japanese government official (Masahiko Amakasu) who try to create a collaboration between German and Japanese cinema.

The narrative is structured like a Noh play with three acts. The language is inspired by the works of Thomas Mann, with many archaic words and expressions.[1][2]

Publication

The book was published on 8 September 2016 through Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Cologne. The cover art for the original German edition features the 1926 painting Night Rain on Shinohashi Bridge by the Japanese print artist Hasui Kawase.[3]

English, Greek, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Polish and French translations are in preparation.

Accolades

The book received the 2016 Swiss Book Prize and the 2016 Hermann-Hesse-Preis.[4] It was nominated for the Bavarian Book Prize.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stephan, Felix (2016-09-09). "Der fernöstliche Diwan". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ↑ Rabe, Jens-Christian (2016-09-08). "Christian Kracht zelebriert die hohe Kunst der Uneindeutigkeit". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ↑ Kracht, Christian (2016). "Impressum". Die Toten (in German). ISBN 978-3-462-04554-3.
  4. ↑ Bucheli, Roman (2016-11-13). "Christian Kracht erhält den Schweizer Buchpreis". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Diese Autoren gehen ins Rennen um den Bayrischen Buchpreis". Buchreport (in German). 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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