[P]rovides an excellent introduction to new and interesting writers. Just as important is the authors' and editors' ability to sketch out emerging topics and approaches.
GEGENWARTSLITERATUR
[A]n interesting collection of heterogeneous essays . . . . Together they produce a constellation of emerging writers in the contemporary German literary landscape, giving us a flavour of German writing of ... Read morethe present day rather than a sense of trajectory. . . . This book will be a useful reference-point for scholars of twenty-first-century German literature.
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
Marven and Taberner have succeeded in assembling well-written essays on a wide variety of emerging authors that nevertheless connect with each other in their shared attention to subjects that are pervasive at the beginning of this new millennium. Their introduction to these authors will be welcomed by literary scholars as well as anybody else with an interest in the recent German literary scene.
MONATSHEFTE
[M]asterfully fulfills its objectives. . . . [T]he careful selection of novels will undoubtedly win new readers to exciting, innovative voices in twenty-first century German-language literature, just as their informed treatments will offer new insights to scholars already familiar with the works.
JOURNAL OF AUSTRIAN STUDIES
[A]n in-depth analysis of recently emerging authors . . . . [T]he chapters provide a neat snapshot of a decade's worth of literary productivity in Germany . . . . [Recommended] for graduate students and scholars, it should be at the top of the acquisitions list for research libraries.
GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
This engaging, readable collection is an excellent introduction to the current literary scene in Germany. Each essay looks at an individual author and provides a succinct introduction to his or her life and work, along with a close reading of one significant novel, placing it firmly within its historical, political, and cultural context. A major strength is the collection's emphasis on transnational and migrant authors, who are among the most vital literary voices writing in Germany today. . . . Essential.
CHOICE
[A] welcome addition to the critical literature that attempts to provide an analytical frame for the flourishing . . . market of contemporary fiction written in German. . . . [It also] provides a snapshot of the diversity of approaches to reading German fiction. . . .
HNET GERMAN REVIEWS
Show Less