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Das Schwarzlicht-Terrarium

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Das Schwarzlicht-Terrarium
AuthorThor Kunkel
LanguageGerman
PublisherRowohlt Verlag
Publication date
2000
Publication placeGermany
Pages640
ISBN9783499226465

Das Schwarzlicht-Terrarium (lit.'The Black Light Terrarium') is a 2000 novel by the German writer Thor Kunkel. Set in the late 1970s in the run-down Frankfurt district of Gallus, nicknamed Kamerun, it follows a number of eccentrics and petty criminals, to a backdrop of drug research and American influence. It was Kunkel's debut novel and published by Rowohlt Verlag.[1][2]

A chapter from the book was awarded the Ernst-Willner-Preis [de] in 1999. Critics described the book as a German answer to the film Pulp Fiction.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Weidermann, Volker (25 April 2001). "Der Gentext-Virtuose". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Nur dem Sieger wedelt die Kuh". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 18 September 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ Hinz, Martina (30 April 2001). "Thor Kunkel". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2024.