Berit Glanz: Unter weitem Himmel
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A gripping novel about the coincidence of origins and the narrowness of national borders
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Breton fisherman Olier is cruising off the coast of Iceland with his fleet. His life changes when he meets the young Sólrun in a hospital in the East Fjords. Over 100 years later, the German geneticist Maris is researching a sheep chimera right there and comes to surprising conclusions - including for herself. Fascinatingly, "Unter weitem Himmel" interweaves layers of Icelandic history. In her atmospheric novel, Berit Glanz explores the question of how cultural exchange shapes identity and what role love plays in this.
Berit Glanz, born near Kiel in 1982, studied theater studies and Scandinavian studies in Munich, Stockholm and Reykjavík. Her debut "Pixeltänzer" (2019) was nominated for the aspekte literature prize and was awarded the Hebbel Prize 2020, the novel "Automaton" was published in 2022 and the non-fiction book "Filter - Digitale Bildkulturen" in 2023. She received the Bremen Net Residency 2020 for a project on AI. As a cultural journalist, Glanz writes about memes, digital literature and other aspects of internet culture. She is also a member of the editorial team of the digital feuilleton 54books. She lives with her family in Reykjavík.
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