 The Invention of Curried Sausage author Uwe Timm in 2013 | |
| Author | Uwe Timm |
|---|---|
| Translator | Leila Vennewitz |
| Language | English (translated from German by Leila Vennewitz) |
| Published | 1995 (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) (German,1993) |
| ISBN | 978-0-8112-1368-4 |
The Invention of Curried Sausage is a novella by German author Uwe Timm detailing the fictionalized invention of currywurst, a popular dish of sausage in curry ketchup in Germany, as well as describing life in Hamburg in the last days of the Second World War.[1] The story follows an unnamed journalist seeking to track down the recipe of the currywurst he had when he was a child. The journalist believes that this particular currywurst recipe was the original recipe and that its creator, Lena Brücker, was the inventor of currywurst . His search leads him to the nursing home where Lena Brücker now lived. Lena's agreement to tell the journalist the story of how she came to invent currywurst serves as the major plot throughout the novel.
Originally published in German in 1993 as Die Entdeckung der Currywurst, the book was translated into English by Leila Vennewitz in 1995.[1] In 2008, the book was adapted to a film by the same name, directed by Ulla Wagner.[2]
- ^ a b Timm, Uwe (1995). The Invention of Curried Sausage. New York: New Directions.
- ^ Wagner, Ulla (2008-09-11), The Invention of the Curried Sausage, Barbara Sukowa, Alexander Khuon, Wolfgang Böck, retrieved 2017-12-04