Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-viii

Introduction: New German-Language Writing since the Turn of the Millennium

pp 1-16

1 - Ulrike Draesner, Mitgift: On Bodies and Beauty

pp 17-31

2 - Vladimir Vertlib, Das besondere Gedächtnis der Rosa Masur: Performing Jewishness in the New Germany

pp 32-45

3 - Terézia Mora, Alle Tage: Transnational Traumas

pp 46-61

4 - Juli Zeh, Spieltrieb: Contemporary Nihilism

pp 62-74

5 - Daniel Kehlmann, Die Vermessung der Welt: Measuring Celebrity through the Ages

pp 75-88

6 - Clemens Meyer, Als wir träumten: Fighting “Like a Man” in Leipzig’s East

pp 89-104

7 - Saša Stanišić, Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert: Reinscribing Bosnia, or: Sad Things, Positively

pp 105-118

8 - Ilija Trojanow, Der Weltensammler: Separate Bodies, or: An Account of Intercultural Failure

pp 119-132

9 - Sibylle Berg, Die Fahrt: Literature, Germanness, and Globalization

pp 133-147

10 - Julia Franck, Die Mittagsfrau: Historia Matria and Matrilineal Narrative

pp 148-161

11 - Alina Bronsky, Scherbenpark: Global Ghetto Girl

pp 162-178

12 - Karen Duve, Taxi: Of Alpha Males, Apes, Altenberg, and Driving in the City

pp 179-194

13 - Yadé Kara, Cafe Cyprus: New Territory?

pp 195-213

14 - Sven Regener, Der kleine Bruder: Reinventing Kreuzberg

pp 214-227

15 - Kathrin Schmidt, Du stirbst nicht: A Woman’s Quest for Agency

pp 228-242

Appendices - Samples of Contemporary German-Language Novels in Translation

pp 243-244

A - Vladimir Vertlib, Das besondere Gedächtnis der Rosa Masur: Chapter 16

pp 245-254

B - Clemens Meyer, Als wir träumten: Little Racer

pp 255-260

Notes on the Contributors

pp 261-264

Index

pp 265-274