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Biller is a ‘controversial‘ Jewish writer who lives in Germany. Der gebrauchte Jude is part essay part memoir. Biller relives his student years in the 1980s in Munich, describes Jewish life and friendships with other Jews in Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin or Hamburg, encounters with the literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki and renders clear how difficult and complex it is to be a Jewish author writing in German in the country of the perpetrators.
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader It sounds very interesting. I should try and find it in French or in English... Unfortunately, my German is not good enough anymore to read... 2y
Anna40 @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader I‘m not sure it has been translated. Maybe into French but not English. It is definitely worth reading and his sentences aren‘t long and convoluted because he wants to distance himself from German authors such as Thomas Mann. 2y