The Invention of Curried Sausage - Hardcover

Timm, Uwe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811212971 ISBN 13: 9780811212977

Publisher: New Directions, 1995

Synopsis

A bestseller in Germany, The Invention of Curried Sausage was tagged a "novella," in the original sense of the word, "a little piece of news." This is what author/narrator Uwe Timm uncovers about a popular German sidewalk food, curried sausage.
Timm is convinced it originated not in Berlin in the fifties as generally supposed, but much earlier in his native Hamburg. He tracks down Lena Brucker, now living in a retirement home there. And, yes, curried sausage was her invention but it's a long story, one that Timm cajoles from her during a number of tea-time visits. It all started in April, 1945, just before the war's end when she met, seduced, and held captive a young deserter. The war was over, the lover escaped, and Lena Brucker, with remarkable ingenuity, went into business. That's where the sausage comes in!

About this title

About the Author:

Uwe Timm was born in Hamburg, Germany. His first novel, Hot Summer, was published in 1974. New Directions publishes five of his novels, including the German best selling, The Invention of Curried Sausage, and the award winning, Morenga. After apprenticing as a furrier, Timm studied philosophy and philology in Paris and Munich. He is the 1989 winner of the Munich Literary Prize. He has been called an "extraordinary story teller" (The New Yorker) and "one of the best living German Writers" (Kirkus Reviews).

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0811212971
• ISBN 13: 9780811212977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 217