by Siri Hustvedt · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499241932
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«Die Leiden eines Amerikaners» is the novel by Siri Hustvedt, published in 2009 by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (411 pages, in German).
After the death of their father, psychiatrist Erik Davidsen and his sister Inga find a disturbing note among his papers; the investigation uncovers family secrets. Erik is shaken by his patients and tenants, while Inga faces a journalist who knows something about her late husband. Memory, identity and family silences are the core.
This German edition is the translation of The Sorrows of an American, a novel originally published in 2008. The subtitle of the edition is «Roman».
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and book clubs; a family story with mystery set in New York.
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), Memories of the Future (2019), and Ghost Stories (2026). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
