10 novels in translation you should know

5. "Visitation," by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky)

From the Weimar Republic to present-day Germany, "Visitation" tells the story of a house on a lake outside Berlin and the 12 people who live in it, even as they move through a rapidly changing century of German history. “Erpenbeck will get under your skin,” promises a Washington Post critic.

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