Awarded with the Wilhelm Raabe-Literaturpreis 2024.

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Saša Stanišić takes us to places where this is suddenly possible: taking the more difficult path, making an unusual choice or telling a good lie.
Just like the cleaner who decides, with a brush made of goat hair in her hand, to finally take life into her own hands. Just like the lawyer who is prepared to cheat in order to finally win against his eight-year-old son in Memory.
And just like the German-Bosnian writer who travels to Heligoland for the first time, only to realize that he has already been to Heligoland
once before. It would be best if you could experience a life on a trial basis before you actually live it.