Die Toten

Die Toten
First edition cover
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. 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]

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). "Der fernöstliche Diwan". 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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