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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2005
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • The Old Child & Other Stories introduces in English one of Germany’s most original and brilliant young authors, Jenny Erpenbeck.

    Written in spare, highly concentrated language, "a sustained feat of verbal economy" (Die Zeit), the one novella...



  • A searing novella about coming of age in a land of tyranny, by one of Germany's most brilliant young authors. In The Book of Words, Jenny Erpenbeck captures with amazing virtuosity the inner life of a young girl who survives the totalitarian regime o...



  • A bestseller in Germany, Visitation has established Jenny Erpenbeck as one of Europe’s most significant contemporary authors. A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside Berlin lies at the heart of this darkly sensual, elegiac novel. Encompas...



  • Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for the best translated novel of 2014, now a New Directions paperbackWinner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, The End of Days, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erp...



  • New York Times Notable Book 2018; Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2018; Lois Roth Award WinnerAn unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone...



  • Jenny Erpenbeck’s much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporatesJenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyte...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jenny Erpenbeck has published 6 books.

Jenny Erpenbeck does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Kairos, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Jenny Erpenbeck, The Old Child & Other Stories, was published in October 2005.

No. Jenny Erpenbeck does not write books in series.