The German Book Office has picked The Fabric of Night by Christoph
Peters, translated by John Cullen, which will be published in January
by Nan A. Talese/Random House ($23.95, 0385514476), as its book pick for
November. The GBO lauded "the story's haunting and universal themes.
Reaching across cultural borders and delving into the human psyche,
Christoph Peters captures the attention of his readers and explores the
darker parts of imagination."
The Fabric of Night is set in Istanbul in 1994 and features an alcoholic sculptor who swears he saw a murder; his girlfriend, with whom he is on vacation in an attempt to save their relationship; and an art student who befriends the couple. In an interview with Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Radio), Peters said: "The book is ornamentally constructed with two narrative voices running through it, rather like a carpet, in which there are simultaneously opposing perspectives, the warp and the weft, the perpendicular threads and the parallel threads, just like a carpet. The book is such that it starts at the beginning and begins at the end, in itself ornamental."
The Fabric of Night is set in Istanbul in 1994 and features an alcoholic sculptor who swears he saw a murder; his girlfriend, with whom he is on vacation in an attempt to save their relationship; and an art student who befriends the couple. In an interview with Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Radio), Peters said: "The book is ornamentally constructed with two narrative voices running through it, rather like a carpet, in which there are simultaneously opposing perspectives, the warp and the weft, the perpendicular threads and the parallel threads, just like a carpet. The book is such that it starts at the beginning and begins at the end, in itself ornamental."