My Century

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 280. Burgundy paper-covered boards, lettered in ecru to spine; sky-blue endpapers. Jacket illustration by Günter Grass.

Translated from the German by Michael Henry Heim.

Published simultaneously around the world, a collection of 100 interlinked stories marking the passing of the 20th century. Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in literature. "Comprising 100 monologues, each named after a year of the century and spoken by characters who represent a broad spectrum of German society, the work becomes the literary equivalent of a choral symphony." –Publishers Weekly