DC
Published on 1. September 2024
568 pages
978-977-765-212-4 (ISBN)
Description
In his article, Minasse asked whether the European Commission was "fit to write a novel." And here he answers the question with his brilliant novel, "The Capital," which won the German Book Prize in 2017, then invaded the bestseller lists, and sparked a lively debate in the German-speaking region.
After years of investigation and research in Brussels, the writer found a form for his novel full of characters, which reminds us of the classic film "Shortcuts" by the famous director Robert Altman: instead of focusing on a main character, we encounter here - which is consistent with the European multilateral institution - a series of... "Active people who meet each other in the maze of European institutions in Brussels, either by chance or by arrangement, and make alliances, or fight and plot against each other." (Christina Made-Tsinke)
