The Mussel Feast

About the Author and the Translator

AUTHOR

Birgit Vanderbeke, born in 1956, is one of Germany’s most successful literary authors. She has written twelve novels. The Mussel Feast was her first publication and won the most prestigious German-language literature award, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. The book was published in 1990 and has not been out of print since. It has been translated into all major European languages, including French, Spanish and Italian.

TRANSLATOR

Jamie Bulloch has worked as a professional translator from German since 2001. His works include books by Paulus Hochgatterer and Alissa Walser. Jamie has also translated Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman by FC Delius (Peirene No. 3) and Sea of Ink by Richard Weihe (Peirene No. 9).