—Leipzig Book Fair Prize Jury “A book like few others. Politically well-versed and stylistically a work of art.” —Die Zeit “Highly entertaining and full of chutzpah.” —Die Welt “Switching among styles with a dancing virtuosity, Staniši knits a dozen characters into a multi-stranded tissue of gossip, myth,and memory . . . In English, Staniši makes a dream team with Anthea Bell, who translates with a pitch-perfect ear for every twist and frisk of his German.” —The Independent “Episodic, impressionistic and whimsical. . . clever and funny.” —TIBOR FISCHER, The Guardian PRAISE FOR How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone “I love this book. It’s funny and it’s heartfelt and it’s brazen andit’s true. Find some space on your shelf beside Aleksandar Hemon,Jonathan Safran Foer, William Vollmann, and David Foster Wallace.” —COLUM McCANN, author of Let the Great World Spin, winner of the National Book Award “Staniši is an exceptionally talented, impish and caring writer who has walked the edge of the abyss.
