Daughters by Lucy Fricke
Two women either side of 40, dealing with difficult dads on a road trip across Europe.
"In this wildly funny novel, women-on-the-edge-of-a-nervous-breakdown Betty and Martha take us on a madcap journey through Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Greece, as they try to resolve their relationships with their all-too frail and human fathersSinead Crowe's seamless translation captures the humour, self-irony, honesty and wisdom of Betty's lively narrative." Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of Olga Tokarczuk
Lucy Fricke, born in Hamburg, has been awarded several prizes for her writing. She was recently a resident at the German Academy in Rome and at Ledig House, New York. Daughters is her fourth novel, and was awarded the Bavarian Book Prize in 2018. Lucy Fricke also runs HAM.LIT, Hamburg’s first live festival for young literature and music. She lives in Berlin. Sinéad Crowe comes from Dublin. After completing a PhD in German theatre at Trinity College Dublin and working for several years as a lecturer in German Studies, she moved to Hamburg, where she began her career as a translator. Her translations include Ronen Steinke’s Fritz Bauer: The Jewish Prosecutor Who Brought Eichmann and Auschwitz to Trial and Pierre Jarawan’s The Storyteller, a co-translation with Rachel McNicholl. Sinead Crowe also teaches at the University of Hamburg’s Institute of English and American Studies. Sinéad Crowe comes from Dublin. After completing a PhD in German theatre at Trinity College Dublin and working for several years as a lecturer in German Studies, she moved to Hamburg, where she began her career as a translator. Her translations include Ronen Steinke’s Fritz Bauer: The Jewish Prosecutor Who Brought Eichmann and Auschwitz to Trial and Pierre Jarawan’s The Storyteller, a co-translation with Rachel McNicholl. Sinead Crowe also teaches at the University of Hamburg’s Institute of English and American Studies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783863912567 |
| ISBN 10 | 386391256X |
| Title | Daughters |
| Author | Lucy Fricke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | V & Q Books |
| Year published | 2020-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Winner of Bavarian Book Prize 2018 |
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