![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In his essay, "Der Europäische Landbote," published in 2012, Menasse questioned whether the European Commission "wasn’t the stuff of a novel." He answered the question with the brilliant novel, "Die Hauptstadt" which won the German Book Prize in 2017, topped the bestseller lists, and was the subject of lively debates in the German-speaking worldĪfter years of doing research in Brussels, the author found a form of representation reminiscent of Robert Altman's classic episodic film, "Short Cuts:" rather than concentrating on a single protagonist, he mirrors the multi-headed institution by focusing on a number of ‘players’ in Brussels’ labyrinthic organization, who meet by chance or plan, forge alliances, battle one another and engage in intrigues. He has repeatedly defended the European Union in his polemical writing, while also expressing concern that the stability of the alliance is being endangered by the return of nationalism, competitive thinking, power struggles, petty bureaucracy and isolationism. 1954, Vienna) is one of Austria's most eminent contemporary authors and a passionate European. ![]()
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