Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann
Jenny Erpenbeck and her translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize today for her novel “Kairos.” The book follows the romance between a young woman and a much older intellectual in East Germany. Erpenbeck is the first German novelist to win the award, while Hofmann is the first male translator to receive the honor. It’s a wonderful story—check it out at Bay Books.
