The Kangaroo Chronicles

The Kangaroo Chronicles is a book series by the German author, singer-songwriter and Kabarett artist Marc-Uwe Kling. The first book in the series, Die Känguru-Chroniken (en: The Kangaroo Chronicles), was published in 2009.[1] The second volume, Das Känguru-Manifest (en: The Kangaroo Manifesto), was published in 2011; the third volume followed in 2014 under the name Die Känguru-Offenbarung (en: The Kangaroo Revelations).[2][3] The fourth volume is called Die Känguru-Apokryphen (en: The Kangaroo Apocrypha) and was published in 2018.[4] In 2020, a film of the same name was released by ZDF and X Filme.[5][6]

The stories in the anthology were originally broadcast as a weekly podcast, Neues vom Känguru (en: News from the Kangaroo), on Fritz, a Berlin-based radio station.[7][8] In 2010, the podcast was awarded the German Radio Prize [de] for "Best Comedy".[9]

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  3. ^ Hintermeier, Hannes. "Hörbuch "Känguru-Offenbarung": Das Asoziale Netzwerk jagt den Pinguin". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Neues aus der Beuteltier-WG – DER SPIEGEL 6/2018". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ^ Känguru (11 December 2019). ""Die Känguru-Chroniken": Tierisch Kapital". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. ^ SPIEGEL, DER. ""Die Känguru-Chroniken": Beststeller von Marc-Uwe Kling wird verfilmt – DER SPIEGEL – Kultur". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Ullstein Buchverlage: Die Känguru-Chroniken (Die Känguru-Werke 1)".
  8. ^ "Porträt – Was geht, Genosse?". www.freitag.de (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. ^ NDR. ""Beste Comedy": "Neues vom Känguru" (Fritz – RBB)". www.deutscher-radiopreis.de (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2020.