Tyll (novel)

Tyll
First edition (Rowohlt, 2017)
AuthorDaniel Kehlmann
TranslatorRoss Benjamin
LanguageGerman
GenreHistorical
PublisherRowohlt Verlag
Publication date
October 2017
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
6 February 2020
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages473
ISBN978-3-498-03567-9
OCLC1006404492
833/.914
LC ClassPT2671.E32 T95 2017

Tyll is a 2017 novel, originally written in German, by the Austrian-German writer Daniel Kehlmann. The book is based, in part, on the folkloristic tales about Till Eulenspiegel, a jester who was the subject of a chapbook in 16th century Germany,[1] as well as on the history of the Thirty Years' War. The book was first published in October 2017 in the original German by Rowohlt Verlag.[2] An English translation by Ross Benjamin was published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House, New York, in February 2020.[3] Between its initial publication in 2017, and its publication in English, Tyll had sold almost 600,000 copies in Germany.[4]

  1. ^ Bote, Hermann. "Ein kurtzweilig Lesen von Dil Ulenspiegel". Zeno.org. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Tyll - Daniel Kehlmann". Rowohlt (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ Kehlmann, Daniel. "Tyll: A Novel; translated by Ross Benjamin". Penguin Random House. Pantheon Books. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ Grey, Tobias (11 February 2020). "Daniel Kehlmann Says Hello to a Cruel World". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 December 2020.