Tannöd
Tannöd is a novel by German author Andrea Maria Schenkel. It was first published in Germany in January 2006 and was adapted for film in 2009.
Contents
The novel narrates the story of a multiple murder at an isolated Bavarian farm called Tannöd in the 1950s. The points-of-view of the victims, the witnesses and the perpetrator are intertwined in 39 short passages. Through these largely separate testimonies, the reader gradually builds a complete picture of the events that lead a rural family, headed by a tyrannical, abusive father to all be brutally murdered.
Background
The novel is based on the unsolved murder of an entire family in 1922 on the farmstead Hinterkaifeck, Bavaria.
Adaptations
A film adaptation of the novel with the same title Tannöd was released in cinemas in Germany on 19 November 2009, directed by Bettina Oberli, (Wüste-Film West) and starring Julia Jentsch, Monica Bleibtreu and Volker Bruch.
Awards
- 2007: Deutscher Krimi Preis, Friedrich Glauser Prize
- 2008: Swedish Crime Fiction Prize.
- Audiobook: CORINE-Weltbild-Leserpreis.
Publication history
By May 2009 one million copies had been sold of the novel Tannöd.[1] The English translation of the novel was released by Quercus Publishing on 5 June 2008. The title is The Murder Farm. Quercus released a paperback edition of The Murder Farm on 26 December 2008.
Bibliography
- Andrea Maria Schenkel: Tannöd, Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89401-479-7
- Andrea Maria Schenkel: Tannöd, btb, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-73673-7
References
- ^ Information on Tannöd on Andrea Maria Schenkel's Homepage.