Das Muschelessen. Text und Kommentar

Since the publication of her literary debut, Birgit Vanderbeke has become one of the most notable contemporary authors. Her narrative is anything but a depiction of an idyllic family meal; rather, it is a bitterly ironic anti-idyll, a dismantling of the family and the authority of the father, intricately and enjoyably linked to a shellfish dinner. The edition has since evolved into a classic of school reading lists.