Nadolny's masterpiece, a huge commercial and critical success across Europe, recounts the life of one of the most interesting explorers of the nineteenth century - Sir John Franklin. Not only a riveting account of a remarkable life, The Discovery of Slowness is also a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time. The result is an extraordinary reading experience that justifies the novel's reputation as one of the classics of contemporary German literature.

Author Biography

Sten Nadolny (b. 1942) was a historian and film-maker, before writing four novels and two collections of essays. The Discovery of Slowness (1983) is regarded as his masterpiece. It has been translated into all major languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide, and was nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Sten Nadolny lives in Berlin.