The Flying Mountain

The Flying Mountain
Author Christoph Ransmayr
Original title Der fliegende Berg
Translator Simon Pare
Country Germany
Language German
Publisher S. Fischer Verlag
Publication date
 2006
Published in English
 2018
Pages 368
ISBN 978-3-10-062936-4

The Flying Mountain (German: Der fliegende Berg) is 2006 novel by the Austrian writer Christoph Ransmayr. It tells the story of two brothers who travel from Ireland to Transhimalaya to climb a yet unclimbed mountain. The text uses line breaks and is close to blank verse.

An English translation of the book by Simon Pare was published by Seagull Books in 2018.[1] The book was longlisted for The Man Booker International Prize on March 12, 2018.[2]

Reception

Ludger Lütkehaus of Die Zeit wrote that the book sometimes borders on kitsch, but "also reminds us of the fact that great literature often emerges when the border to kitsch is avoided only by a hair's breadth".[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo27416505.html
  2. ↑ "The Man Booker International Prize 2018 Longlist Announced | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  3. ↑ Lütkehaus, Ludger (2006-09-07). "Dichten bei minus 30 Grad". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-07. Ransmayrs Fliegender Berg erinnert auch daran, dass gerade große Literatur öfters dort entsteht, wo die Kitschgrenze nur haarscharf vermieden wird.


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