Next Big Thing: German Novelists

Interesting piece in The New York Times today. My favorite Germanophile Jay alerted me to this.

The New German Novel: Less Weighty, More Exportable

By CARTER DOUGHERTY

German authors are in the midst of a breakthrough that is propelling their work to hitherto unfound success abroad.

Check it out. There is life beyond the pages of The Tin Drum, I mean the SomethingTrummel, I mean, the MetalTrummel, wait, I remember, Die Blechtrommel.