An epic storyteller with the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature, Jenny Erpenbeck has created an unforgettably compelling masterpiece with Kairos. 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 worldthe socialist GDRmelts away.
In the opinion of her superbly gifted translator Michael Hofmann, Kairos is the great post-Unification novel.

Format: Paperback
Published: USA, 2024
Publisher: New Directions
Pages: 293
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0811238539
ISBN 13: 9780811238533