An Evening with International Bestselling Author Daniel Kehlmann
The Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street| San Francisco, CA
Daniel Kehlmann’s 2005 novel, Measuring the World, was translated into more than forty languages en route to selling 1.5 million copies worldwide. The New York Times compared it to Neal Stephenson and Thomas Pynchon, calling it “elegant and measured in design and expression” and labeling Kehlmann “something of a prodigy.” On September 25, Kehlmann will read from his newest novel, Fame.
Already an instant best-seller in Germany, Fame has received glowing reviews. As Jonathan Franzen says, “Who would have thought contemporary Central European literature could be so fun and so funny?” Find out on September 25th at The Booksmith.
Daniel Kehlmann is a bestselling German-language author and member of the German Academy of Language who completed his first novel while still a university student. He has published six novels and three collections of essays, as well as novellas, screenplays and plays. His novel Measuring the World (translated by Carol Brown Janeway) was the best selling novel in German since Patrick Süskind’s 1985 book Perfume and has been translated into more than 40 languages. He has been awarded several literary prizes, including the Kleist Prize and the Thomas-Mann Prize. Kehlmann’s novels are heavily influenced by magical realism.