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Author: Sasha Marianna Salzmann ,
Imogen Taylor
Publisher: Other Press LLC
Imprint: Other Press LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.357kg
ISBN: 9781892746443
ISBN 10: 1892746441
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 18 February 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Fiction at its highest purpose--a debut novel that comes straight from the gates like a raging bull...Beside Myself reads like a classic and is yet refreshingly modern...[It] beautifully interweaves four generations of characters of different ages, times, places, languages and genders. --ArtsHub Beautifully written despite the darkness of its story and texture. There are hundreds of glimpses of worlds inside worlds...Beside Myself is both a cool thriller and a meditation on family. --Saturday Paper Salzmann thoughtfully and cleverly addresses the themes of memory, identity, and migration, asking if language, nationality, or gender are important for our self-definition...[an] at times quirky, at times graphic tale of lost and found. --World Literature Today
A compelling journey of discovery and change. --Booklist Salzmann thoughtfully and cleverly addresses the themes of memory, identity, and migration, asking if language, nationality, or gender are important for our self-definition...[an] at times quirky, at times graphic tale of lost and found. --World Literature Today Fiction at its highest purpose...Beside Myself reads like a classic and is yet refreshingly modern...[It] beautifully interweaves four generations of characters of different ages, times, places, languages and genders. --ArtsHub Salzmann's brisk storytelling builds into a sort of brilliant literary labyrinth, one where the sanctuary of belonging remains an elusive, transient, and constantly evolving thing. --The Age Beautifully written despite the darkness of its story and texture. There are hundreds of glimpses of worlds inside worlds...Beside Myself is both a cool thriller and a meditation on family. --Saturday Paper Expertly translated from the original German, [Beside Myself] conjures up emotions, sights, sounds, and tastes in breathtaking detail. --Adelaide Advertiser Exciting and enriching...Beside Myself is a book that requires work but it is work worth being lost in. --Lifted Brow
Author Information
Sasha Marianna Salzmann is a playwright, essayist, curator, and writer in residence of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. They are a cofounder of the culture magazine freitext and were the artistic director of Studio Я from 2013 to 2015. They also cofounded NIDS – New Institute for Drama, where they give workshops on political writing. Their work has been translated, performed, and bestowed awards in more than twenty countries. Their first novel, Beside Myself, won the Mara Cassens Prize and the Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung Prize for best debut novel, was short-listed for the 2017 German Book Prize, and has been translated into fifteen languages. Imogen Taylor studied French and German at New College, Oxford, and the Humboldt University in Berlin. She is the translator of Sascha Arango, Dirk Kurbjuweit, and Melanie Raabe, among others. In March 2016 she received the Goethe-Institut Award for New Translations.
