Allegro Pastel

  • Winner of the Mörike Prize 2021
  • Shortlisted for the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize 2020
  • Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2020
  • Nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2020
  • Shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature 2020
  • Recommended for translation by Litrix (Summer 2020)
  • Recommended for translation by New Books in German (Spring 2020)
  • SPIEGEL bestseller – highest position #7
  • Over 70,000 copies sold
  • Complete English translation available

Tanja and Jerome are navigating a long-distance relationship in a world of constant communication and emotional hyper-reflection. Whether they're texting one another trip updates from midday raves or debating the best trainers in the own-brand aisle of Decathlon, every gesture is controlled and self-aware. This is love in the therapeutic age. 

Written with crackling insight, dry humour, and deep emotional intelligence, Allegro Pastel proclaims Leif Randt as the premiere German stylist of his generation.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 05.03.2020
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-05358-6
  • 288 Pages
  • Author: Leif Randt
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Leif Randt

Leif Randt  was born in Frankfurt in 1983. His books include the utopian  Planet Magnon  (2015),  Schimmernder Dunst über Coby County  (2011) and the international bestseller  Allegro Pastel (2020) which was nominated for the German Book Prize and was awarded the Mörike Prize. Allegro Pastel was translated into 12 languages . Randt received numerous awards for his work, including the Erich Fried Prize and most recently the Hölderlin Prize as well as residencies in Japan and Ireland.  

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