About the Author — http://www.arnongrunberg.com/
Arnon Yasha Yves (Arnon) Grünberg (born February 22, 1971 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch Jewish writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt.
Grünberg made his literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays), which won the Dutch prize for the best debut novel that year. In 2000, under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt, he won the best debut prize again for his novel De geschiedenis van mijn kaalheid (The Story of My Baldness).
Recent Press
Arnon Grunberg has been very busy (as always), and we wanted to share some highlights of his recent press with you.
Bookslut: “Arnon Grunberg is a great literary talent. . .”
http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2008_02_012381.php
The Los Angeles Times: “Grunberg is a master of stealthy wit, land mine-like understatement, whiplash dialogue and lacerating social commentary.”
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-seaman20jan20,0,4036879.story?coll=la-books-center
Publishers Weekly: Arnon spoke with PW not long ago. Here’s the full interview –
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6522902.html?q=arnon+gr
So far The Jewish Messiah has sold in Italy, Hungary, Spain, France, Germany, and Portugal.