Daniel Kehlmann, Ich und Kaminski [I and Kaminski]

Patricia Simpson (Montana State University Bozeman)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2003

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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His third novel,

Ich und Kaminksi

[

I and Kaminski

, 2003], secured Daniel Kehlmann's reputation not only as a gifted novelist with an enviable capacity to intrigue critics, but also as a popular writer with a command of the best-seller list. Some reviewers note that this novel marks a departure from his earlier, more cerebral narratives, including

Beerholms Vorstellung

[

Beerholm's Performance

, 1997] and

Mahlers Zeit

[

Mahler's Time

, 1999]. The latter novel presents the story of David Mahler, a physicist who believes he has discovered a way to refute the second principle of thermodynamics, the law of time. His crusade to prove the accuracy and enormity of his calculations to a Nobel-Prize winning physicist leads to heart attack and death. Kehlmann's work interrogates in narrative form basic…

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Citation: Simpson, Patricia. "Ich und Kaminski". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 August 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21665, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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