Nelio Biedermann's Lázár: Is this 22-Year Old the Next Thomas Mann?

Nelio Biedermann, the 22-year-old Swiss wunderkind whose debut novel, Lázár, was just released in English, has been compared to every author under the sun, from ⁠Márquez to Mann⁠. Does his output really measure up, or are Biedermann's publicists just banking on American readers not knowing who Thomas Mann is? Find out in this week's podcast, featuring a spirited debate between the editors of The Meow Library.

The English translation of Lázár is available through ⁠Simon and Schuster⁠.

This podcast is sustained by sales of the internationally bestselling ⁠Meow: A Novel⁠, which has been favorably compared to Ulysses.

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