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The King of China (Seagull German Library)

by Tilman Rammstedt
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780857427311
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
  • Publisher: Seagull Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Seagull
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 194
  • Original Price: INR 599.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 500 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

About the Book When Keith stapperpfennig and his family give their grandfather the trip of a lifetime all expenses paid holiday to any destination in the world—their eccentric old man arbitrarily chooses China, and he asks Keith to accompany him. But when Keith loses all the money for the journey at a casino, he goes into hiding—mostly under his desk—and his grandfather—equally uninterested in actually travelling to china—heads down the road to engage in a similar subterfuge. And it is here that the novel opens, two men in hiding, mere miles apart. But when his grandfather dies unexpectedly, Keith is left to continue the farce alone. With the aid of a guidebook, Keith writes a series of letters home to his brothers and sisters, detailing their imaginary travels and the bizarre sights they see. These start off harmlessly, but before long he starts adding invented details: non-stop dental hygiene shows on television, dog vaccinations at the post office—and the letters get longer and longer. Engaging, strange, and ultimately moving, this hilarious novel from tilman rammstedt won him the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2008 and confirmed him as one of Germany's most compelling writers. About the Author Tilman Rammstedt was born in Bielefeld in 1975 and lives in Berlin. He has published three novels and one short-story collection in German.

Derbyshire, Katy: -

Katy Derbyshire is a translator and coeditor of no man's land, an online literary magazine of contemporary German writing in English.

Rammstedt, Tilman: - Tilman Rammstedt was born in Bielefeld in 1975 and lives in Berlin. He has published three novels and one short-story collection in German.

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