Against The World

Join us to celebrate the English-language launch of Jan Brandt's weighty 882-page novel AGAINST THE WORLD, translated by Katy Derbyshire.
 
Heavy metal and church choirs, soap operas and sun cream, Nazis and aliens abound in this story of a north German village in the 80s and 90s. Secret codes, crop circles, invisible paint, political and sexual conspiracies, plus innovative writing and typographical features add up to a novel compared to Dostoyevsky and Thomas Mann on its original German publication in 2011.
 
The Guardian's Philip Oltermann will be talking to author and translator about the book and how they worked on it. Followed by traditional chitchat over drinks (cash bar) in the ACUD Studio. Feel free to dress appropriately - the best Heavy Metal outfit wins a free copy.
 
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JAN BRANDT was born in East Frisia. AGAINST THE WORLD was his debut novel, shortlisted for the German Book Prize in 2011. He lives in Berlin and has since written two more books and many more articles.
 
KATY DERBYSHIRE was born in London and translates contemporary German writers, having lived in Berlin for many years. ACUD fans may know her from the bimonthly Dead Ladies Show.
 
PHILIP OLTERMANN was born in northern Germany and moved to London as a teenager. He's the author of KEEPING UP WITH THE GERMANS: A HISTORY OF ANGLO-GERMAN ENCOUNTERS and is now the Guardian's Berlin bureau chief.
 
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For more details on the book, click here!
 
Published by Seagull Books // Homepage
 
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Mi 9.11 // 20H // FREE
ACUD STUDIO // BOOK LAUNCH + TALK
AGAINST THE WORLD
english-language launch of jan brandt's weighty 882-page novel, translated by katy derbyshire
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