Daniel Kehlmann was born in Munich and now lives in Vienna. He has received major awards for his work, most recently the 2005 Candide Award. He was the writer-in-residence at New York University's Deutsches Haus in 2006.
“Display[s] a pyrotechnic ability to skewer not just journalists,
but also the entire art world, from artists and critics to gallery
owners and patrons. . . . Wonderful.” –The Washington Times
“A piercing look into the art world. . . . Kehlmann’s critique of
celebrity, of fame and of the ugliness of self-promotion holds
strong.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“Zollner [is], in spite of everything, an endearing character who
is both comic and sympathetic. . . . Can be absorbed and thoroughly
enjoyed in one sitting.” –Rocky Mountain News
“Funny and surprisingly thoughtful. . . . Zollner touches on art
and aging, truth and illusion–and the stories we tell ourselves so
we can keep going when the going’s hard.” –St. Petersburg Times
“[Zollner] is . . . amusingly distasteful, utterly unreliable,
[and] recognizable to readers of Nabokov and his present-day
disciples like Amis and Banville. . . . Philosophically and
psychologically provocative.” –Bookforum
“Sebastian Zollner and Manuel Kaminski are quite a pair. . . .
Laugh-out-loud funny.” –Las Vegas Review-Journal
“A singular book, barbed and compassionate, uproarious and
touching.” –The Anniston Star
“Witty, shrewd and smartly translated.” –The Guardian (London)
“A bitingly funny meditation on memory, aging and death.” –The Free
Lance-Star
“[Me and Kaminski] will leave you breathless, caught between
laughter and tears, pondering the Great Questions such as ‘What is
Art?’” –The Putnam County Courier
“Kehlmann has a sure eye for the pretensions of artists and
critics. . . . [A] sparkling and consistently amusing comedy, by
turns broad and sophisticated.” –The Telegraph (London)
“Fun, fast, and thoroughly enjoyable.” –New Statesman
“[A] novel with brain and a heart–[Kehlmann’s] real masterpiece.”
–Granta
“By turns rollicking, witty and touching. . . . A real treat.” –The
Howard County Times
“A gleeful massacre of media presumptions and art-world
pretensions.” –The Independent (London)
“Zollner’s probing of Kaminski’s life culminates in whimsical and
often laugh-out-loud circumstances. . . . A satire of all sorts of
people in creative professions.” –Sacramento Book Review
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