by Anne Michaels · Berlin Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783827009241
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«Wintergewölbe» is the novel by Anne Michaels, published by Berlin Verlag in hardcover (352 pages, in German).
Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of Jean and Avery, a Canadian couple who settle in Egypt, where he takes part in the dismantling and reconstruction of the Temple of Abu Simbel, threatened by the rising Nile and the construction of the Aswan Dam. As they live together on a boat on the Nile and share their memories, a tragedy separates them and leads Jean into the world of Lucjan, a Polish artist who evokes occupied Warsaw. The novel explores memory, loss, love and the impact of engineering on landscapes and lives.
Originally published in English as «The Winter Vault». The German edition is translated by Nora Matocza. Nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2009.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction and historical novels seeking poetic prose and a setting linked to engineering and heritage.
Anne Michaels is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Lannan Award for Fiction and the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for the Americas. She is the recipient of honorary degrees, the Guggenheim Fellowship and many other honours. She has been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, twice shortlisted for the Giller Prize and twice long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. Michaels won a 2019 Vine Award for Infinite Gradation, her first volume of non-fiction. Michaels was the poet laureate of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 2016 to 2019, and she is perhaps best known for her novel Fugitive Pieces, which was adapted for the screen in 2007. Michaels won the 2024 Giller Prize for her novel Held.
