Ludwig Must Die

Wolfgang Koeppen Prize for Literature 2016

Thomas Hettche’s acclaimed debut novel
A man who spends a weekend in the apartment of his terminally ill brother. The brother, Ludwig, who has traveled to Italy, to fall in love there. And two mysterious guests, who will seal Ludwig’s fate. With potent imagery and suggestive prose, Thomas Hettche explores the power and powerlessness of language and plumbs the limits of what can be told.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 01.08.2011
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-04423-2
  • 184 Pages
  • Author: Thomas Hettche
Ludwig Must Die
Thomas Hettche Ludwig Must Die
Joachim Gern
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Thomas Hettche

Thomas Hettche's essays and novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards, including the Premio Grinzane Cavour and the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize. His novels Heartstring ( Herzfaden ) and Peacock Island ( Pfaueninsel ) sold over 100,000 copies and were shortlisted for the German Book Prize.

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