by Arnon Grunberg · Diogenes · tapa dura · ISBN 9783257061987
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«Statisten» is the novel by Arnon Grunberg, published by Diogenes in hardback (461 pages).
The novel follows Ewald and Broccoli, who pursue dreams such as being different, becoming actors and winning over Elvira, a woman who starred in a single film in Argentina and who possesses a dangerous talent: she makes everything she does seem the most normal thing in the world.
German translation from Dutch by Rainer Kersten; original title «Figuranten». Nominated for the Libris Literatuurprijs in 1998.
Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been translated into 30 languages. In 2022 he received the PC Hooftprijs, a Dutch literary lifetime achievement award. His most acclaimed and successful novels are Blue Mondays and Tirza. The New York Times called the latter 'grimly comic and unflinching (…) while not always enjoyable, it is never less than enthralling'. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described him as 'the Dutch Philip Roth'.
