Star 111 (New York Review Classics) (Advance Uncorrected Proof)

New York: New York Review Books, 2024. Advance uncorrected proof. Paperback. As new. A tight, clean, unread copy with no faults. Octavo. Translated from the German by Tess Lewis. "STAR 111" (the name of a popular East German transistor radio) is Lutz Seiler's panoramic and picaresque novel set in the months following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It follows Carl Bischoff, a young bricklayer-turned-student who, abandoned by his parents as they flee to the West, drives to Berlin and joins a band of squatters led by a shepherd with a goat. Originally a bestseller in Germany and winner of the prestigious Leipzig Prize, the novel was selected as a New York Times Best Historical Fiction Book of 2024. Seiler (b. 1963) is an acclaimed German poet and novelist; his earlier novel "Kruso" (2014) won the German Book Prize and was translated into English in 2017, earning international acclaim for its lyrical depiction of East Germany’s final years.