Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for 'Kairos'

The novel, which explores a complex love story set against the backdrop of East Germany's final years, emerged victorious among a shortlist of five other works, selected from a pool of 149 submitted novels. The prize, which comes with a 50,000-pound ($64,000) award split between the author and translator, recognizes outstanding translated fiction published in the UK or Ireland.