The other week i was asked to take part in the blog tour for Peter Stephan Jungk new book in english the inheritance ,I ask to ask Peter some questions here are his answer my review will follow next week .1. Why did you choose to set inheritance in south America ,had you visited the places mention in the book ?
2. the themes in the book seem tireless greed and deceit ,was this intend ,as the book could have been set at any point in the last 500 years ?
3 .Your father was a famous writer how has this effected or influenced your own writing ?
4. I know your a fan of the writer Franz Werfel and wrote his biography is he a big influence and can you tell us briefly about him as he is not so well known in U.K ?
5 .the character of Konrad Krishman seemed to have another story to tell about his escape from Germany may you return to him at some point ?
6. How closely did you work with Michael Hofmann on the translation ?
7 Is there Plans for any more of your wonderful books to be translated ?
– shabbat – a rite of passage in jerusalem, times books, new york, 1983
– franz werfel, a life torn by history, weidenfeld & nicolson, 1991
– the snowflake constant, faber and faber, 2002
– the perfect american, other press, 2004, will be adapted as an opera by philip glass in 2013
the rest of blog tour dates
The Truth About Lies http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/ 14th June
Wormauld: a Life in Books and Music http://wormauld-alifeinbooksandmusic.blogspot.com/16th June
Winstonsdads Blog https://winstonsdad.wordpress.com/ 17th June
A Common Reader http://www.acommonreader.org 18th June
Jun 18, 2010 @ 07:36:46
I thought it was pretty good – the convoluted journey Daniel had to take got quite exciting as time went on, and I liked the way he changed from being an innocent to being cunning and grasping like everyone else.
Jun 18, 2010 @ 20:50:18
yes ,wonderful themes tom and great setttings ,all the best sti
Jun 13, 2015 @ 16:44:00
I see he didn’t mention Pale Blue Ink in a Lady’s hand. I think it’s a novel that fell though the cracks.