SYP Ireland are very excited to annuonce our next book club read, Marzhan, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp, translated from the German by Jo Heinrich and recently shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.

A woman approaching the ‘invisible years’ of middle age abandons her failing writing career to retrain as a chiropodist in the East Berlin suburb of Marzahn, once the GDR’s largest prefabricated housing estate. From her intimate vantage point at the foot of the clinic chair, she observes her clients and co-workers, listening to their stories with empathy and curiosity.