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Can I read Kairos on EtoBox?
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Kairos about?
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEBerlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, punishment and the exertion of power. And the world around them is changing too: as the GDR begins to crumble, so too do all the old certainties and the old loyalties, ushering in a new era whose great gains also involve profound loss.From a prize-winning German writer, this is the intimate and devastating story of the path of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history.
Who reads Kairos?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jenny Erpenbeck
- Publisher
- Granta Publications
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (378 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14