Clemens Meyer
Author of While We Were Dreaming
About the Author
Image credit: Clemens Meyer auf der Leipziger Buchmesse 2010 By Amrei-Marie at de.wikipedia - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15555487
Works by Clemens Meyer
Die Projektoren: Roman | Ausgezeichnet mit dem Bayerischen Buchpreis 2024 (2024) 22 copies, 3 reviews
Erzaehlungen 1 copy
Natten Lysene Volden 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1977-08-20
- Gender
- male
- Education
- German Literature Institute
- Occupations
- construction worker
forklift driver
security guard - Awards and honors
- Klopstock-Literaturpreis (2020)
Mainzer Stadtschreiber (2016)
Bremer Literaturpreis (2014)
Lessing-Preis des Freistaates Sachsen - Förderpreis (2007) - Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Halle an der Saale, Germany
- Places of residence
- Leipzig, Germany
- Associated Place (for map)
- Germany
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A big read in many ways, tackling modern life post-German-unification through a non-judgemental focus on the sex industry, in many pages with many viewpoints and many voices. I'm writing this a couple of months after finishing the book, but I still have a strong impression of letting the language wash over me and being swept through the book.
The subject may be queasy for some (and in my innocence I learnt a few bits of interesting terminology) but there is lots of energy and life in all its show more ups and downs which has wider purpose exploring a sudden onset of capitalism, legalisation of prostitution, and broader picture of European interactions. There's a lot of humour too -- the sex industry being as subject to the seediness of accountancy, taxes, and property prices as any other business.
In all its richness, translator Katy Derbyshire has done a grand job of bringing it to English readership, and as usual it is a small independent publisher bring us new daring writing, in this case the incomparable Fitzcarraldo Editions. Fans of great boundary-pushing writing should read this and explore the publisher's other books. show less
The subject may be queasy for some (and in my innocence I learnt a few bits of interesting terminology) but there is lots of energy and life in all its show more ups and downs which has wider purpose exploring a sudden onset of capitalism, legalisation of prostitution, and broader picture of European interactions. There's a lot of humour too -- the sex industry being as subject to the seediness of accountancy, taxes, and property prices as any other business.
In all its richness, translator Katy Derbyshire has done a grand job of bringing it to English readership, and as usual it is a small independent publisher bring us new daring writing, in this case the incomparable Fitzcarraldo Editions. Fans of great boundary-pushing writing should read this and explore the publisher's other books. show less
Another Fitzcarraldo book I missed out on at the time of its publication, this is an impressive short story collection that explores the lives of ordinary and often marginalised people in the former East Germany. Many of these stories are impressionistic and a little elliptical, and all are to some extent haunted by the past.
Bloomin’ marvellous!
Full review at:
https://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/dark-satellites-clemens-meyer-fitzc...
Full review at:
https://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/dark-satellites-clemens-meyer-fitzc...
Aus Sicht des Jungen Danie erzählt der Roman vom Aufwachsen in Leipzig in der Wendezeit. Gewalt, Drogen, Alkohol sind an der Tagesordnung, aber auch der Zusammenhalt mit den Freunden. Der Roman spiegelt eine tiefe Verlorenheit. Als Coming of Age-Geschichte zeigt er Jugendliche, die nicht in der Gesellschaft ankommen, sondern deren Werte von vornherein in der Gesellschaft nicht akzeptiert werden. Die Melancholie der Sprache drückt eine große Sehnsucht aus, den titelgebenden Traum, dessen show more Ziel den Jungen unklar ist. Erreicht ist er am ehesten im „Eastside“, einem illegalen Techno-Club, den die Jungen aufziehen (mein Lieblingskapitel). Ich bewundere die Jungen für ihre Energie und ihre Freundschaft und ich bin dennoch verstört, denn die Lektüre lässt mich ratlos zurück. Ich war vor kurzem in Leipzig und zwar auch ganz konkret in Grünau an der Schule und frage mich auch 30 Jahre nach den Geschehnissen dieses Buches, was dort gut täte.
Die Sprache des Buches gefiel mir sehr, das Unmittelbare, Unverstellte und Traurige, die geschickte Montage. Aber es ist echt schwere Kost! show less
Die Sprache des Buches gefiel mir sehr, das Unmittelbare, Unverstellte und Traurige, die geschickte Montage. Aber es ist echt schwere Kost! show less
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