Sand

Informationen zum Autor orn in 1965! Wolfgang Herrndorf originally worked as a painter and illustrator before starting to write novels. He had his literary breakthrough in 2010 with Tschick! which has sold more than a million copies in Germany. By this point he was already suffering from an incurable brain tumour. He continued to write for the next few years! completing Sand! which won the 2012 Leipzig Book Fair prize. He also documented his experiences of fighting his illness on a blog! Arbeit and Struktur! which was later published in book form. In 2013 he took his own life. Klappentext Trade paperback. A literary thriller set during the Cold War! this is a story of murder! memory loss and nuclear secrets. From a German author! it won the 2012 Leipzig Book Fair Prize! and was written while he was suffering from a brain tumour. Herrndorf took his own life in 2013. A sophisticated literary thriller set during the cold war - an ambitious and brilliantly crafted story of murder, memory loss and nuclear secrets... Zusammenfassung A sophisticated literary thriller set during the cold war - an ambitious and brilliantly crafted story of murder, memory loss and nuclear secrets...

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Herrndorf, Herrndorf Wolfgang
• Assisted by: Mohr Tim (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781782271284
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-128-4
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 218 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage & spy thriller, Espionage and spy thriller