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RIGHTS
GUIDE
Spring
2019
FICTION
CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
ISABELLE LEHN “Highly
Commended” honor
Spring Awakening in Best Original
Fiction at the 2018
Stack Awards!
A novel about growing old, laconic, funny and unapologetic.
Isabelle Lehn writes about a woman in freefall - a woman called
Isabelle Lehn. Does she have to want everything that’s possible? A
young woman struggles and fails with her own goals, society’s
expectations and having children. What if you don’t want to seize
every opportunity? Isabelle Lehn immerses herself deeply in this
self-interrogation. Poetic, ironic, funny and wonderfully honest,
the book describes Isabelle’s life, her friends and the people she
works with – until she goes aground, reaches the point of
existential pain. And that’s when she understands: Life is good. It
doesn’t have to measure up to the way we once imagined it.
256 pp., hardcover
February 27, 2019
“No book has shaken me up like this for a long S. Fischer Verlag
time. It’s radical, unsparing, ironic, feminine, Sample translation available
devastating, bloody and damned genuine. A
novel that blows up boundaries.”
Lucy Fricke
Isabelle Lehn, born in Bonn in 1979, now lives in Leipzig and
leads a successful life, at first glance: a PhD in rhetoric, the author
of the award-winning debut novel Tie Two Birds Together, a
lecturer and research fellow at the German Institute for Literature
in Leipzig. Everything else is a matter of interpretation.
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
SARAH KUTTNER
Kurt
“The world doesn’t stop turning for one fucking second. Cover
It doesn’t even slow down.”
Lena has bought a house with her boyfriend Kurt, who brings
along his six years old son: little Kurt. It seems like her biggest
challenge will be getting used to the new family arrangement and
to rural Brandenburg now being her home. But when little Kurt
dies in a fall, he leaves behind three adults whose centre implodes
in grief.
Sarah Kuttner has written a novel about grief, about the strength
people can develop and about the fact that some questions don’t
have an answer. Kurt tells the gentle, humorous and above all
calm story of how people can find themselves again after a
terrible loss, and how to be there for someone who can’t be
consoled.
240 pp., hardcover
March 13, 2019
● Sarah Kuttner has sold over 680,000 books to date S. Fischer Verlag
● Spiegel bestseller writer Sample translation available
Rights to previous titles sold:
Mängelexemplar: ARAB
(NCT), BG (Era), CZ (Jota), IT
(Giunti), NL (Bezige Bij),
NOR (Cappelen), ROK
(Eunhaeng)
Sarah Kuttner’s first novel Mängelexemplar was published in
2009 and spent weeks on the bestseller list. Then as now, Kuttner
writes about serious, existential issues, directly and honestly, a
mix of empathy and flippancy which made her a popular TV
personality in her shows “Sarah Kuttner – Die Show” (VIVA) and
“Kuttner.” (MTV). She has presented various formats of her own
on national and regional public channels, such as “Bambule” and
“Kuttners Kleinanzeigen”. Since 2016, she has been producing
and presenting the monthly event series “Kuttners schöne
Nerdnacht” and since 2017 has co-presented the podcast “Das
kleine Fernsehballett” on Deezer. She’s also on Instagram:
@diekuttner | Twitter: @KuttnerSarah | Facebook:
@SarahKuttner.
© Katharina Hintze
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
REINHARD KAISER-MÜHLECKER
Expropriation
An existential, stirring novel about how a world in crisis Cover
alters our feelings and relationships. Reinhard
Kaiser-Mühlecker describes a time of deep uncertainty –
the time we are living in now.
After years on the road, a journalist returns to the place where he
grew up, but was never at home. He writes for the ailing local rag,
begins an affair and works for a pig farmer whose land was
repossessed. Ines, Flor and Hemma, his girlfriend, the farmer and
his wife, draw him into the conflicts of a life which is being taken
from them.
‘The way he makes literature from the mute helplessness
afflicting his characters is virtuoso.’
Christoph Schröder, Zeit Online 224 pp., Hardcover
February 27, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
‘I see it as a kind of duty to make the world as I Sample translation available
see it tangible to people who don’t know it.’ Rights to previous titles sold:
Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker Fremde Seele, dunkler Wald:
NL (Aldo Manuzio)
Kaiser-Mühlecker’s previous novel, Fremde Seele, dunkler Wald,
(Dark Forest, Foreign Soul) was shortlisted for the German Book
Prize and longlisted for the Austrian Book Prize.
Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker, was born 1982 in the Krems
Valley, Austria, and lives in Vienna. He has won many awards for
his six novels and short-story collection. “Fremde Seele, dunkler
Wald” (2016) was on the German Book Prize shortlist. Siegfried
Lenz said of his work, ‘It is wonderful, the way you write,’ and Peter
Handke, ‘After Stifter and Hamsun, you’re next.’
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
JUAN S. GUSE
Miami Punk
Over night, the Atlantic Ocean has retreated from the coast of
Florida, leaving behind a wasteland. Cruise liners are rusting in the
sand off Miami, hotels stand empty, the harbour is deserted and
even the glamorous advertising industry, once broadcasting
ceaselessly, has shut down completely. A city is searching for an
anchor in a reeling reality. Inmidst all this, we encounter a
struggling working-class family, an overly ambitious indie game
programmer, a young sociologist and an e-sports team from
Wuppertal. Funny and sad, gloomy and labyrinthine: “Miami
Punk” is a novel about the meaning of work, about authority and
power and about lonely nights in front of the computer screen.
”Juan S. Guse has captured the eerie mood of the
640 pp., Hardcover
present.“ February 27, 2019
Christoph Schröder, Deutschlandfunk radio S. Fischer Verlag
● Precarious work, existential fear and the quest for meaning
– it has been a long time since a German-language novel
has had such a deeply contemporary feeling.
● Guse’s debut “Lärm und Wälder” has won multiple awards.
● “His language is artificial, precise, subtle, ironic. [...] This
is an author to keep an eye on.” Felix Stephan, Zeit Online
Juan S. Guse, born 1989, studied Literature and Sociology. His
debut Lärm und Wälder was published by S. Fischer in 2015. He
has received multiple awards for his work, most recently the
“Villa Aurora Fellowship” and the Hannover Literature Prize. He
is currently working on his PhD thesis about the sociology of work
and organisations.
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© Jörg Steinmetz
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
MARION BRASCH
Preferably Elsewhere
A moving story about guilt and coincidences, told like a Cover
light breeze.
Toni and Alex do not know each other. And yet, there is a fateful
link between them. Toni struggles to cope with the loss of her
little brother, for whose death she feels responsible. Alex is
leading a double life and is burdened by feelings of guilt for
something he has never talked about. For 24 hours, the
trajectories of these two move towards each other until, despite
some bizarre encounters and odd incidents, their paths eventually
cross.
Marion Brasch tells a tale of life and survival. Her language is
concise, rebellious and yet warm, skilfully depicting those
moments that decide whether Lady Fortune will smile or frown. 160 pp., Hardcover
February 27, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
“Marion Brasch’s style is refreshing and Rights to previous titles sold:
Ab jetzt ist Ruhe: FIN (Lurra),
amusing, entertaining without being trivial. Her Wunderlich: FIN (Lurra)
language is at times reminiscent of Erich
Kästner, or of Hans Fallada.“
Ulf Heise, MDR Figaro
Marion Brasch was born in 1961 in Berlin. After finishing high
school, she became a typesetter and worked in a printers’ shop,
then with a number of publishing houses and with the
Composers’ Association of the GDR, and later for radio
broadcasters. Her novels “Ab jetzt ist Ruhe” and “Wunderlich
fährt nach Norden” have been published by S. Fischer.
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
MARLENE STREERUWITZ
Wall of Flames.
“As a woman, she was a territory. The territory of a female Cover
nation that had to be occupied. And Gustav had occupied
her. Dominated. Ruled.“
It is March in Stockholm. It’s been a hard winter, it is still 15
below zero, and ice crunches underneath Adele’s feet. As she
returns from doing the shopping, she sees from afar how her
lover leaves the building. She follows him. The closer she gets to
him, the more he becomes invisible. Why do we keep following
the same images? What can we actually rely upon? And why does
love have to become hell? In a world where the waiting loop turns
out to be the truth, Adele is negotiating a fine line between
liberation and loss of self: “She had to resist being driven out of
herself. She had to think slowly and carefully.“ In Marlene
Streeruwitz’s dizzying novel, a treacherous love story is the 414 pp., Hardcover
vehicle for the crisis of our present time. May 22, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Nachkommen.: MACE
(Congress Service); Kreuzungen.: BG
(Gea-Libris); Partygirl.: PL
“Feminist literature, and the emphasis here is on (Czytelnik); Nachwelt.: JP
(Choeisha), RUS (Limbakh); Lisa’s
literature: yes, it does exist.“ Liebe.: ROK (Moonhwa);
Verführungen.: PL (Czytelnik);
Christine Lötscher, Tagesanzeiger Waikiki Beach. Und andere Orte.: JP
(Ronso), ROK (Sung Kyun
Kwan); Verführungen.: CZ (Ikar), JP
(Choeisha Rogosu Kikakubu), RUS
(Symposium)
Marlene Streeruwitz, born in Baden near Vienna, studied
Slavic Languages and Literature and History of Art and then
began a career as author and director for the stage and for radio.
She has received numerous awards for her novels, most recently
the Bremen Literature Prize and the Franz Nabl Prize. Her novel
“Die Schmerzmacherin.“ was shortlisted for the 2011 German
Book Prize. Her latest publications include the novel “Yseut.“ and
lectures on “Das Wundersame in der Unwirtlichkeit“.
© Rita Newman/
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
RUTH SCHWEIKERT
Days Like Dogs
In her new, very personal book, Ruth Schweikert writes Cover
about her battle with breast cancer.
“Days Like Dogs“ is a moving account of loneliness and shame, of
sickness and death. Yet at the same time, it is a cheerful,
encouraging book about friendship and love and about the
freedom of literature.
It’s a Tuesday, just a few months after her 50th birthday, when
Ruth Schweikert is diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form
of breast cancer. Foreboding and fear turn into reality. But what
kind of reality is this? What goes on inside someone who finds
herself caged in by thoughts and images, by technology and
appointments? What happens with her body? What do I think I
know about cancer? And what, actually, is it that I am waiting for,
sleepless in my bed at night or in one of the many doctors’ 208 pp., Hardcover
anterooms when the next “results“ are due? March 13, 2019
Nothing is certain in Ruth Schweikert’s new book, in which she S. Fischer Verlag
attempts to give a radically precise account of her own illness.
This book is about sleepless nights, about needles and catheters.
And it is about writing and reading and the possibilities offered
by text messages.
“And what is it I’m waiting for now?“
Ruth Schweikert, born 1965, lives in Zurich, where she works
as an author and playwright. Her widely noticed debut was a
collection of short stories, “Erdnüsse. Totschlagen“ (1994),
followed by the novels “Augen zu“ (1998), “Ohio“ (2005) and
“Wie wir älter werden“ (2015). She has received numerous
awards and prizes, such as the Bertelsmann Scholarship as a
result of the Ingeborg Bachmann competition (1994) and the
Swiss Schiller Foundation Prize (1999); she was awarded the
position of writer-in-residence Bergen-Enkheim (2015), the City
of Zurich Arts Prize (2016), and the Solothurn Literature Prize
(2016).
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© Sibylle Meier
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION
GERHARD ROTH
Hell is empty, and all the devils
are here
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Venice as you have never seen it before.
The translator Emil Lanz, who lives all alone in a house on the
Lido, decides to put an end to his dull life. Scouting for a good
place to die, he gets drunk and falls asleep. When he wakes again,
he witnesses a murder. But did what he saw really happen? Or
was his suicide attempt successful and he is now moving in a
different dimension? However, as the only witness to this
murder, Lanz is now in grave danger. The man who had just
resolved to die now badly wants to survive and sees the world
through different eyes. What part does the mysterious
photographer Julia Ellis play, or the dead refugee girl on the
beach? Is reality truly only that which we observe? Lanz takes on
a formidable opponent – the invisible. 368 pp., Hardcover
April 24, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
“In Venice, the mystery of the invisible was Rights to previous titles sold to
(selection): Winterreise: F (Laffont), I
revealed to me.“ Gerhard Roth (Lubrina), SVN (Sou), UK/USA
(Continuum); Der große Horizont: F
(Actes Sud); Der Wille zur Krankheit:
UK/USA (Burning Deck); Der stille
“Discoveries that you will not find in a travel Ozean: RUS (Symposium), USA/
Canada (Ariadne); Am Abgrund: TR
guide.“ (Iletisim), UK/USA (Atlas Press); Der
See: GR (Livani), I (Marcos),
Frankfurter Rundschau, on “Die Irrfahrt des USA/Canada (Ariadne); Das Labyrinth:
UK/USA (Ariadne); Die Autobiographie
Michael Aldrian“. des Albert Einstein: UK/USA (Atlas
Press)
Gerhard Roth was born in Graz in 1942, has published
numerous novels, short stories, essays, and plays. Gerhard Roth’s
oeuvre has been awarded many literature prizes, including the
Grand Austrian State Prize in 2016. After “Die Irrfahrt des
Michael Aldrian“, “Hell Is Empty, the Devils Are All Here“ is his
second novel set in Venice – a city with which Roth has had a
decade-long love affair.
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MONIKA RINCK
Champagne for the Horses
A Reader
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The first comprehensive selection from Monika Rinck’s
overall oeuvre
In a passage in “Risiko und Idiotie“, her acclaimed pamphlet,
Monika Rinck writes about Marilyn Monroe: how the famous diva
only ever drank champagne from freshly opened bottles, and only
ever the first glass, so that there was always champagne for
everyone. And now even the horses should benefit from that.
Together with her publisher Daniela Seel, Monika Rinck has
compiled a voluminous reader, a veritable cornucopia: over 20
years’ worth of poems, essays and short stories. They deal with
jokes and literature, love and friendship, swimming and sleeping,
happiness and exhaustion. They are about collecting and
throwing away, about poetry and psychoanalysis, prefixes and
528 pp., Hardcover
post scriptums and the ecstasy of repetition. An opulent, wild
March 13, 2019
book, a foray into Monika Rinck’s oeuvre and a celebration of
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poetry.
“One of the most prominent protagonists of
contemporary poetry.“
Christian Metz, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Monika Rinck’s writing moves along, and it
moves us along on a rollercoaster ride through
time and language.“
Heinrich Detering, Kleist Prize laudation 2015
Monika Rinck, born 1969, lives and writes in Berlin. Monika
Rinck has received many awards, including the Ernst Meister
Prize 2008, the Georg K. Glaser Prize 2010, the Peter Huchel
Prize 2013, the Kleist Prize 2015 and the Ernst Jandl Prize 2017.
© Gene Glover / Agentur Focus
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DIETER FORTE
Before Heaven Had a Name
“Our words make our reality.“ Cover
A poetic history of humanity
A writer walks through an old library. He wants to know more
about the beginnings of humanity, about how humans entered the
world and time. What path led them from early cave paintings to
the first written characters? When did stories first appear, when
did they become memories, and those memories become past?
What did the first cities look like, such as 5,000-year-old Uruk
where there were libraries of clay tablets?
Dieter Forte’s book is the endpoint of a long journey of thinking
about humans. Where do they come from? What is their essence?
What can they truly know about the world? This is a moving
invocation of language, our greatest achievement. When we lose
language, we lose the world. 96 pp., Hardcover
February 27, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights to previous titles sold:
Das Muster: PL (Ksiaznica)
RUS (Azbooka); Der Junge
mit den blutigen Schuhen: F
(Albin)
Dieter Forte, born 1935 in Düsseldorf, lives in Basel. His highly acclaimed novels “Das Muster“,
“Tagundnachtgleiche“ (initially “Der Junge mit den blutigen Schuhen“), “In der Erinnerung“ und
“Auf der anderen Seite der Welt“ together make up the “Tetralogie der Erinnerung“. As a
playwright, Forte achieved worldwide success with “Luther, Munzer and the Bookkeepers of the
Reformation“; this was followed by further plays, successes on television and award-winning
radio plays. His most recent publication is “Das Labyrinth der Welt. Ein Buch.“ Information about
his oeuvre can be found in the compendium “Es ist schon ein eigenartiges Schreiben...“, published
by Jürgen Hosemann.
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WULF KIRSTEN
Gravity
Poems
Cover
oh, I am pretty much in the pink, nothing to complain about,
believe me, truly splendiferous
Wulf Kirsten’s poems defy any trends; like the River Elbe, they
flow through the mountains and find their way into the reader’s
feelings, tell of yearning, evoke childhood days long gone, are
earthy and yet have names for emptiness, for silence, for those
landscapes where nothing but memories dwell and nature takes
over.
96 pp., Hardcover
May 22, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights to previous titles sold:
fliehende ansicht: F
(Dagona); Erdlebenbilder: F
(Belin)
Wulf Kirsten, born in 1934 in Klippach near Meißen,
studied Pedagogy and briefly worked as a teacher; from
1965 to 1987 he was an editor at the Aufbau publishing
house. He has been living and writing in Weimar since
then. His literary oeuvre was awarded the Peter Huchel
Prize, the Joseph Breitenbach Prize, and more.
© Jürgen Bauerr
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DIETER KÜHN
Clara Schumann, Piano
The life story of Clara Schumann has become a legend. A
childhood dominated by deprivation, an enormous talent as a
pianist and composer, the early romance – pursued against her
father’s will – with Robert Schumann and the fact that she raised
seven children are the stuff of mythology. In his biography of
Clara Schumann, Dieter Kühn traces her life’s journey and,
calling upon fact and imagination, creates the portrait of a highly
sensitive, confident woman whose life reflects most of the 19th
century.
768 pp., Paperback
August 28, 2019
● In celebration of Clara Schumann’s 200th birthday on S. Fischer Verlag
September 13, 2019
● The novel of Clara Schumann’s life – and a panoramic view
of the entire 19th century
Dieter Kühn, born 1935 in Cologne, died in Brühl in 2015. His
biographies, novels, stories, audio plays and critically acclaimed
translations from Middle High German (the Medieval Quartet) earned
him many awards, including the Herman Hesse Prize, the High
Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Arts, and most recently the
Carl Zuckmayer Medal. His works range from vast biographies (of Clara
Schumann, Maria Sibylla Merian, Gertrud Kolmar, and perhaps most
famously Oswald von Wolkenstein) and novels (Geheimagent
Marlowe) to historical-biographical studies (Schillers Schreibtisch in
Buchenwald) and volumes of stories (Ich war Hitlers Schutzengel). He
most recently published two autobiographical volumes, Das magische
Auge and Die siebte Woge.
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HEINRICH MANN
Eugénie
Preface by Holger Pils
Cover
Heinrich Mann’s great novel about marriage and society
It’s the summer of 1873. Gabriele West, bored, starts a flirt with
her neighbour – the same man her husband, Consul Jürgen West,
has engaged with for some dubious stock exchanges. When the
neighbour is arrested for fraudulent speculation, it seems the
Consul is ruined and his marriage in tatters...
Heinrich Mann tells this tale of a crisis with a superbly light touch
while offering a view of the beginnings of the German
“Gründerzeit“, or “founders’ period“. First published in 1928, this
social novel recalls the values of the bourgeoisie as well as Mann’s
own childhood in Lübeck. 480 pp., Hardcover
September 25, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
Heinrich Mann was born in Lübeck in 1871. After dropping out
of school, he trained briefly in the publishing trade, and
subsequently wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays. In
1933, he emigrated to France and later to the US. He was
appointed head of the newly formed Academy of the Arts in East
Berlin in 1949, but died in Santa Monica, California in 1950
before he could take up the position.
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THOMAS MANN
The Blood of the Walsungs
Thomas Mann’s “Wälsungenblut“ (“The Blood of the
Walsungs“) in a special edition (Schmuckausgabe), with
illustrations from the first edition by Th. Th. Heine.
Thomas Mann’s “Wälsungenblut“ is a parody on Wagner’s opera
“The Valkyrie“, a sparkling gem with a mercurial backstory. The
novella was written in 1905, but due to personal reasons and the
suspicion of anti-Semitism it was published only in 1921, and only
in a private edition. Our edition contains the magnificent
illustrations by Thomas Theodor Heine, created specifically for
the first edition.
80 pp., Hardcover
March 27, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
Thomas Mann (1875 – 1955) is one of the 20th century’s most
significant writers. He is credited with bringing the German novel
to the international stage, and his multifaceted works have
received a worldwide positive reception which has rarely been
equalled. From 1933 onwards, he lived in exile, first in
Switzerland, then in the US. Only in 1952 did Mann return to
Europe, where he died 1955 in Zurich.
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COMMERCIAL FICTION | HUMOR
TOMMY JAUD
The Lion Woars
You can’t run away from your problem - at least not
when your mom’s along
Nick Snod doesn’t understand the world anymore. Why is Cover
everyone around him constantly getting dumber? Why is his wife
Mia suddenly sinking into a meditative state not into the Netflix
sofa with him and a glass of wine? And since his father died, why
does his mother need to announce exactly what she’s cooking and
how she cleans every day?
Nick is soon so stressed that he grinds through a new retainer
weekly. Even the robovac flees across the open-plan office when
he gets near it. When Nick chucks a cup at his company’s CFO,
his boss sends him on a compulsory vacation: Either Nick gets it
together, or he’s out of a job. And he has to prove it by producing
the password on his fitness tracker.
After initially hesitating, Nick seizes the opportunity to prove it to
himself and the world. In just one week of vacation he plans to
catch up everything he can’t get done at home: exercise, sleeping, 320 pp., Trade paperback
healthy eating and drinking less. When Mia refuses to go with April 30, 2019
him, a defiant Nick simply takes his lonesome mother instead. Scherz Verlag
Relaxing and do something nice for mom at the same time can’t Sample translation available
be that hard. But Nick’s mother has her own ideas about how “her Rights to previous titles sold
baby” ought to unwind. (selection): Vollidiot: Belgium
(Dutch), Brazil, Bulgaria,
China, Czech Rep., Denmark,
The book for everyone who’s ever been on holiday with their
Estonia, Hungary, Israel,
parents. Italy, Korea, Lithuania,
Poland, Russia, Slovakia,
More than 5 million books sold and numerous No. 1 positions Slovenia, Taiwan, Turkey;
on the bestseller lists Einen Scheiß muss ich: RUS
● Hummeldumm sold more than a million copies. Tommy (Eksmo), Chinese (Nutopia), F
Jaud’s last book, Einen Scheiß muss ich!, sold more than (Favre)
800,000
Tommy Jaud has already written two bestsellers about
spontaneous vacations and peculiar travelling companions:
following Resturlaub and Hummeldumm, Der Löwe büllt (The
Lion Woars) is perfect holiday reading for anyone who’s ever
taken a trip with their parents – and for anyone who’s always
asking themselves why they can’t relax.
© Friedemann Meyer
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LISA KEIL
Why Don’t You Stay Where I Am
Happiness has an address in the countryside Cover
Kaya, a true country bumpkin, feels very much at home in
Neuberg, a serene place too big to be called a village, too small to
be called a city. The new teacher in town, however, can’t wait to
get back to the Big City. Between school and bookshop, vet’s
practice and horses’ stables, Kaya and Lasse get to know each
other better. Together they experience the highlights of life in the
countryside: a barn party, a bonfire at Easter, a book club run by
the catholic women’s group. Everything could be perfect – until
suddenly there’s a big bang.
It all goes to prove that even out in the countryside, love is
wonderfully complicated and yet very straightforward.
352 pp., Paperback
March 27, 2019
FTV
● A wonderfully complicated and yet straightforward love
story set between bookshop and horses’ stables
● Lisa Keil, the vet who fell in love with writing and lives the
life of a city chick in the country
Initially, Lisa Keil wrote “Why Don’t You Stay Where I Am“ just
for her girl-friends as she was already working in her dream job:
in a veterinarian’s practice in the countryside, treating large and
small animals. She lives in North-Rhine Westphalia, somewhere
between the Sauerland and the Soest Boerde, together with her
husband, two children and two horses. Her first novel draws upon
her experiences both as a vet and as a city girl in the countryside.
© Stefan Gelberg
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PATRICIA KOELLE
The Whisper of the Tides
The marvellous finale of the North Sea trilogy! Cover
Amrum, 1932. Young Skem Rasmussen loves the tidal flats. When
his father dies, he has to work hard to keep himself and his
mother going. As he does, he makes a discovery in the tidelands
that changes his life.
Cut to: present-day Berlin. Art student Valerie is hit hard by the
news that the man she thought was her father actually is not.
Researching her roots, she goes to Amrum.
There she encounters old Skem, who is guarding a secret. Can
Valerie help him lift the veil and make peace with the past? And
can she find her real father?
Help appears from an unexpected corner ... and she meets
someone who wins her heart. 480 pp., Paperback
April 24, 2019
FTV
“A wonderful book, worth reading to the very last word.“
ReiseTravel on “Wenn die Wellen leuchten“
● “Wo die Dünen schimmern“: Top 10 of the Spiegel Online
bestseller list
● Total print run of Patricia Koelle’s books: 400,000 copies
Patricia Koelle lives in Berlin but has a passion for the sea – and for writing. Her books give
expression to her never-ending amazement about life, humans and our marvellous, improbable
planet. The Baltic Sea trilogy “Das Meer in deinem Namen“, “Das Licht in deiner Stimme“ and “Der
Horizont in deinen Augen“ are available from FISCHER paperback, as is the stand-alone novel “Die
eine, große Geschichte“. Her North Sea trilogy is comprised of the novels “Wenn die Wellen
leuchten“, “Wo die Dünen schimmern“ and “Was die Gezeiten flüstern“. She has also written a
collection of Christmas stories, “Ein Engel vor dem Fenster“, and the Christmas-themed novel “Der
Himmel zu unseren Füßen“.
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MIA WILLIAMS
Pure Desire – Close to You
Hazel has been in love with Jake ever since she can remember.
Cover
But he’s never seen more in her than a good friend. Now, after
five years, he finally returns to Lake Tahoe, but his time abroad
with an aid organisation has changed him profoundly. He refuses
to talk about his experiences and lets nobody get close to him.
Except for Hazel. The more time they spend together, the more
Hazel feels the spark between them intensify. But the images of
the past five years won’t leave Jake alone. In order to give him
space, Hazel makes a risky offer: just sex, no obligations. But her
heart might throw a spanner in the works...
“Hot stuff!“
Inside 300 pp., Paperback
May 22, 2019
FTV
● Heated passion, true love and a stunningly beautiful
landscape – exactly what the female readers want
● For all fans of Audrey Carlan and Marie Force
When Mia Williams first came to Lake Tahoe, it immediately cast a spell over her with its deep blue coves,
craggy rock faces, golden beaches and romantic timber huts. When she’s not there, she dreams her way
back there and takes her readers on a sizzling and romantic journey.
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WIEBKE LORENZ
Someone’s Going to Die
One morning, out of the blue, it’s just parked there. The black car.
In the quiet street in a well-off residential area. Inside, a man and Cover
a woman, just sitting, not moving. For hours, for days. This silent
provocation makes the neighbours increasingly nervous. Above
all Stella Johannsen, who keeps asking herself: what do these two
know? About the horrible night six years ago when Stella and her
husband Paul had a serious accident. An accident that left one
person dead.
Is that why they are here? What are they going to do? And how
much time does Stella have?
“I lost myself completely in this story – at some point I
didn’t know any more what was up and what was
352 pp., Trade Paperback
down. Superbly thrilling. A must-read!“
February 27, 2019
Melanie Raabe, bestselling author of “The Trap”
Scherz Verlag
“If you like Sebastian Fitzek’s psychological journeys to
hell and back, you will devour Wiebke Lorenz’ thriller.“
Express
A short news item gave Wiebke Lorenz the idea for her
psychological thriller “Someone’s Going To Die“: for over a week, a
couple sat in a car parked in a quiet street without ever getting out.
And nobody understood why. Fascinated, Wiebke Lorenz
immediately began to spin her story. What if these two knew
something that must be kept secret? This is how the novel’s
protagonist Stella feels, and together with her, the reader experiences
days filled with fear, never knowing what new ambiguities the story
will present. This, precisely, is what fans love about Wiebke Lorenz;
reviews have compared her psychological journeys to hell and back
with those of Sebastian Fitzek. She is a bestselling author and her
novels have been translated in over twenty countries.
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FabriciusCRIME FICTION
MARK RODERICK
Post Mortem
Hearts Made of Ire
Kyril Owalischenko is one of the most influential men in the
entire Baltic region. He delivers everything and anything the East
has to offer: vodka, sable, caviar, drugs, and girls. When a female
undercover agent sends word to Emilia that this man is holding
several women captive in his hide-out, she sets out for the Baltic
states. However, Avram Kuyper also has an interest in this crime
boss, since he is responsible for his escape from prison. But why
did he want him on the outside? When Avram and Emilia
discover the hide-out, there is a deadly show-down.
“High speed, a thrilling plot and sympathetic
protagonists.“ 500 pp., Paperback
Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung March 27, 2019
FTV
● Volume 5 of the Post Mortem series with professional
hitman Avram Kuyper and Interpol agent Emilia Ness
● Over 150,00 copies sold in the series
Mark Roderick is a pseudonym. His gripping thrillers originate in the early hours of the
morning, when nothing and no one can disturb his writing. Mark Roderick lives near
Stuttgart with his family
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NIKOS MILONÁS
Cretan Feud
DI Charisteas’ First Case
Curtain up for Detective Inspector Michalis Charisteas – Cover
proud Cretan, dogged investigator, in love with a
German woman and trying to solve a bloody feud
When DI Michalis Christeas looks out his window in the morning
and takes in the picturesque harbour of his hometown Chania, he
cannot imagine living anywhere else in the world. From the
mountains, the breeze carries the aroma of blossoming olive trees
and from the sea, the scent of salt and shells. Everything would be
perfect – if only his girl-friend Hannah could be with him at this
moment. But Hannah is German and only comes to Crete every
few months, which is always a major occasion for Michalis and
his extended family. As it is this day at the end of April. But
before Hannah arrives, Michalis is thrown into a new case: the 400 pp., Trade Paperback
mayor of a neighbouring town has gone missing and is soon April 17, 2019
discovered dead, in a car wreck along the rocky coast. A tragic Scherz Verlag
accident, it turns out. But Michalis, contrary to his colleagues,
won’t accept this easy explanation. His investigations – not
always quite official – lead him to discover old feuds that are
bound to claim further victims...
● Every year, Crete proves to be a highly popular holiday
destination
● For readers who enjoy Jean-Luc Bannalec, Gil Ribeiro and
Alexander Oetker
Nikos Milonás a.k.a. Frank D. Müller fell in love with Crete at the age of 17, on his first journey to
the Mediterranean island. Coming from a cool summer in northern Germany, he found himself
overwhelmed by the view of the coast from the ship and the intense scent of wild thyme drifting across
the water. Ever since then, he’s been spending as much time on Crete as possible, and both the island
and the people have found a permanent place in his heart. Born in Hamburg, he now lives in Munich
when in Germany and works as assistant director and documentary filmmaker. He has also
co-authored several television series (e.g. “München 7“). “Cretan Feuds“ is his first crime novel and DI
Michalis Charisteas’ first case.
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KLAUS-PETER WOLF
Deadly Game In The Harbour
Sommerfeldt to the Rescue
He’s charming. He’s intelligent. And he can kill. Cover
The third volume with Dr. Bernhard Sommerfeldt from
number-1 bestseller author Klaus-Peter Wolf.
Only those who give up are lost. You can fell damn far in life. But
you can also get up again and start playing the game again. As
Johannes Theissen I was a victim. Unhappy. A sad figure. As Dr.
Bernhard Sommerfeldt, I grew to become a respected, beloved
man in East Frisia. Now that Ann Kathrin Klaasen has arrested
me, I’ll choose another way to get out of this prison: I’m getting
sick.
As Dr. Bernhard Sommerfeldt, with good knowledge of the
human body, it’s not hard for me to simulate an illness. I still
have a couple scores to settle… 400 pp., Paperback
June 26, 2019
“Sometimes Sommerfeldt frightens me, but then I’d like to be FTV
friends with him again, and would even be willing to hide him.
He’s the typical anti-hero of our age, likable, well-read, a Rights to previous titles sold
connoisseur, but quite dangerous. That’s exactly why so many (selection):
people like reading about him.” Klaus-Peter Wolf WEL (Manilla), EST (Atlex), F
(Piranha), NL (Sybesma), NL
(Stortebeeker), P (Medina
● Number 1 in the thriller category: over 6 million copies Rodzina), TR (Yurt Kitap)
sold
● From zero to the top of the Spiegel Online bestseller list for
the seventh time in a row
● Sympathetic, intelligent and highly dangerous: Dr
Bernhard Sommerfeldt is admired and feared
Klaus-Peter Wolf lives and writes in the East Frisian town of Norden, the same place where Dr
Bernhard Sommerfeldt runs his medical practice as a GP. After years spent in the Ruhr region, in the
Westerwald and in Cologne he moved to the East Frisian coast. Klaus-Peter Wolf’s books have been
awarded numerous prizes, and many of his screenplays were filmed as part of the “Tatort“ and
“Polizeiruf 110“ television series. Both the East Frisian crime stories with Ann Kathrin Klaasen and the
novels with Dr Bernhard Sommerfeldt regularly occupy number 1 of the Spiegel Online bestseller list.
Currently, several of his books are being filmed for the German public broadcaster ZDF.
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JÖRG MAURER
Drop Dead Dangerous
A Crime Story Set in the Alps
DI Jennerwein’s most perplexing case -– Volume 12 of
the “Alpenkrimi“ series by No 1-bestselling author Jörg
Maurer
The old fire wheel was a marvellous piece of decoration for the
house of the Rusches in the idyllic Bavarian spa town. But now
Alina Rusche lies dead in her garden, slain by the falling wheel.
DI Jennerwein is convinced that this was no accident but murder.
But why did the cleaning woman have to die? Did she discover
dangerous secrets on the job? Jennerwein interviews peeved
dignitaries and talkative shop owners. When the director of the
local Bank admits that Alina was cleaning for him, the trace leads
directly to the vault, a room that is famously impenetrable. Here,
hidden and locked away, are secrets aplenty that would make
murder pay. Jennerwein follows every single clue, and the entire
spa town is in turmoil. The only thing the DI does not anticipate 384 pp., Trade Paperback
is who will drop dead next... May 22, 2019
Scherz Verlag
● Over 2 millions books sold
● Maliciously funny, criminally fast: with this case, Maurer
surprises even the most experienced crime readers
Jörg Maurer is a number 1 bestselling writer who has received numerous awards both as author of
eleven crime novels and as a cabaret artist, including the Cabaret Award of the City of Munich, the
Agatha Christie Crime Award, the MIMI Crime Award (awarded by readers) and the Radio Bremen
Crime Award. Jörg Maurer is a native of Garmisch-Partenkirchen; after studying German Literature
and Drama he worked as a teacher, then as a cabaret artist until turning his talents to writing.
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PIERRE LAGRANGE
Shadows In Provence
A New Case for Albin Leclerc
The past casts dark shadows across the Provence
Commissaire Albin Leclerc just doesn’t get to enjoy his
well-deserved retirement. A truck carrying very valuable pieces of
art is ambushed, right outside Carpentras. The heist fails; the
police discover an unknown painting by Cézanne and a Van Gogh
in the robber’s hide-out. Everything points to their provenance
from a depot where the Nazis had secreted away stolen art. Much
to the chagrin of policemen Theroux and Castel, Albin –
accompanied by his pug Tyson – joins the investigation, always
one step ahead of them. Then a murder occurs, and now the
perpetrators are aware of Albin. Suddenly it is a question of life
and death for him...
448 pp., Trade Paperback
April 24, 2019
● The fourth case in the successful Spiegel Online bestseller Scherz Verlag
series with Commissaire Albin Leclerc
● Over 150,000 copies sold in the series
Pierre Lagrange is the alias for a well-known German author
who has already published numerous crime novels and thrillers.
His mother used to run a small hotel, famous for its Provencal
cuisine, in an old country estate near Avignon. Following “Tod in
der Provence“, “Blutrote Provence“ and “Mörderische Provence“,
“Shadows In Provence“ is the fourth volume in the successful
series about the loveable Commissaire Leclerc and his pug Tyson.
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JENNY MAI-NUYEN
The Daughters of Ilian
Four magical artefacts determine the fate of the world Cover
A goblet for preserving the past. A flute for speaking to animals. A
mirror for recognising oneself. A star disk for seeing the future.
But the knowledge of the magical artefacts seems lost. The Wise
Women have fled to the forests, and warlords rule humans,
dwarves and elves. Until the daughters of two tribes go on a
journey to reawaken the magic and return hope to the world.
“Jenny-Mai Nuyen has her place in the top
league of German fantasy authors.“ 656 pp., Trade Paperback
Bild am Sonntag March 13, 2019
FISCHER TOR
● For readers who enjoy Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula K.
Le Guin, Leigh Bardugo and Tomi Adeyemi
● Like her readership, the author of “Nijura – Das Erbe der
Elfenkrone“ has grown up and now offers her first fantasy
novel in ten years.
● 400,000 copies of her books sold in Germany so far
● Highly topical themes of “power and gender“: women
determine the fate of the world
Jenny-Mai Nuyen was born in 1988 in Munich to
German-Vietnamese parents. She has been writing since the age of
five; at ten, she wrote her first screenplay and at thirteen her first
novel. Her literary debut “Nijura – Das Erbe der Elfenkrone“ put her
on the map as one of Germany’s great fantasy authors. Having
studied film at New York University, Jenny-Mai Nuyen now makes
her home in Berlin where she studies Philosophy and writes.
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KAI MEYER
Star Crown – The Machine
Gods
Volume 3 of the magical space adventure Cover
The grand finale of the epic space fantasy
The galaxy is in flames. The Machine Gods have awakened and
have plunged the star empire into a cosmic war.
Amidst the chaos, Iniza Talantis is fighting to keep her family
safe. On board the “Nightwards“, she chases through space,
pursued by the henchmen of the Order of the Witches. The
reason: the witches think Iniza’s daughter Tanys holds the key to
victory.
Her journey takes her to the forbidden moon of the Weapons
Masters, through dried-up oceans, to contaminated jungle worlds
and to the slums of the Targantum Drift. But it is on Tiamande
that her fate awaits – the realm of the Goddess-Empress.
384 pp., Trade Paperback
February 27, 2019
FISCHER TOR
“The master of mythology!“
Rights to previous adult fiction titles
Buchjournal sold to: Die Alchimistin: E (Bóveda), F
(Du Rocher), HR (Mozaik), RUS (Family
Leisure Club); Dschinnland (Sturmkönige I):
F (L’Atalante), JP (Tokyo Sogensha),
TR (Elf ); Wunschkrieg (Sturmkönige II):
● Over two million books sold worldwide F (L’Atalante), JP (Tokyo Sogensha),
TR (Elf ); Glutsand (Sturmkönige III): F
● “Pulls out all the stops of classic space opera – reminiscent (L’Atalante), JP (Tokyo Sogensha), TR
(Elf ); Herrin der Lüge: RO (Editura
of modern masters such as Iain M. Banks.“ Das Science Universitaria); Buch von Eden: CZ (Alpress),
E (Roca), GR (Konidaris), I (Mondadori),
Fiction Jahr PL (Sonia Draga), SR (Laguna); Die
Vatikanverschwörung: E (Algaida), HR
(Mozaik), I (Armenia), LT (Alma Littera), SR
(Laguna), SV (Ikar); Göttin der Wüste: HR
(Mozaik), RUS (Family Leisure Club); Die
Krone der Sterne: RUS (AST)
Since his youth Kai Meyer, born 1969, has been dreaming of
writing a space opera. He is one of Germany’s most important
fantasy authors and has published 60 novels; translations have
been published in thirty languages. His books have been adapted
for films, radio plays and graphic novels and have been awarded
prizes in Germany and abroad.
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ANDREAS ESCHBACH
Perry Rhodan – The Biggest
Adventure
Cover
Perry Rhodan – how it all began
Cape Kennedy, 1971: After the catastrophic failure of the Apollo
missions, the Americans undertake one last, desperate attempt to
win the race to the moon. The name of the space ship: Stardust.
The name of the commanding officer: Perry Rhodan.
This was the kick-off event for the “Perry Rhodan” Sci-Fi series,
which became the most successful serialised story worldwide.
Yet it is only now that the numerous fans are told how it all
began: Perry Rhodan’s youth, his political escapades, his
adventures as a test pilot and the secret story of manned space
travel – a fantastic story of origins. 848 pp., Hard Cover
Andreas Eschbach tells the story of how Perry Rhodan became February 27, 2019
the legendary figure that led humanity to the stars. Fischer TOR
● Anniversary: in February, Perry Rhodan issue no. 3,000
will be published
● A spectacular media event: 50 years ago, man landed on
the moon (July 20, 1969)
● Major cooperation between the Fischer and Pabel Moewig
publishing houses
Andreas Eschbach has been a massive Perry Rhodan fan ever since his youth and so far has
guest-authored six novels about the “Heir of the Universe”. He studied aerospace engineering, worked
in IT and since 2003 has been living and writing in the Bretagne. His breakthrough was “Das Jesus
Video”; since then, his novels (“One Trillion Dollars”, “Ausgebrannt”, “Lord of All Things”) have all
made the bestseller lists. His oeuvre has been translated into numerous languages and has won prizes
in Germany and abroad.
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BIOGRAPHY | ART
JULIA VOSS
“To astonish humanity”:
Hilma af Klint
A radical force, ahead of her time – Hilma af Klint,
pioneer of abstract painting
She created more than 1,000 paintings, drawings, and
water-colors, revolutionizing art. A forerunner to Kandinsky and
Mondrian, the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint created abstract
works with deeply striking forms and colors. She was a fiercely
independent and determined woman who refused to bow to the
rules of the male-dominated art world. Klint knew she was ahead
of her time: at the age of seventy, she decreed that her works
should only be exhibited 20 years after her death. The rediscovery
of her work has caused a sensation in the art world over the past
years. In this deeply researched account of Klint’s life, Julia Voss
recounts the unconventional life of this exceptional artist, 368 pp. with color illustrations
destroying clichés and myths while painting a portrait of an era in Hardcover
which art, as well as politics, was set into turmoil. September 25, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
Sample translation available
● The very first biography of Hilma af Klint
Rights sold: WEL (Chicago UP),
● Portrays the unconventional life of an exceptional artist S (Bonniers)
akin to Frida Kahlo or Camille Claudel
● A major rediscovery in art history, with current exhibitions
at the Guggenheim and Lenbachhaus, Munich
Julia Voss encountered Hilma af Klint’s work ten years ago in
Stockholm. Since then, she has visited many archives in Europe to
conduct research on Klint and has carefully analyzed the artist’s 125
notebooks. Her research has taken Voss to Stockholm, Amsterdam,
Florence, London, and Switzerland. Julia Voss was an editor in chief
at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In 2005, she received a PhD in
art history. She is the recipient of multiple writing awards, including
the Sigmund Freud Prize for academic prose awarded by the Deutsche
Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. She currently holds an honorary
professorship at Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg and writes an art
column titled “Ask Julia Voss” for the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Sonntagszeitung.
© Isolde Ohlbaum
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CAROLIN EMCKE
Yes means yes and ...
In the wake of #MeToo, how should we think and talk
about desire and power, exploitation and racism?
The #MeToo debates have launched a conversation on sexuality
and exploitation that is only just beginning. They have raised
urgent questions: which pictures and notions shape our ideas of
desire and revulsion? How can we uncover and prevent violence?
How are structures and norms created into which men, and
women, and everyone else must fit? Who is silenced, who remains
powerless? How can desire and sexuality be expressed fully –
without sacrificing their ambiguity?
In a searching exploration of her own experiences, social habits,
music, and literature, Carolin Emcke reveals how tangled and
complicated the relationship between sexuality and truth can be.
ca. 96 pages, Hardcover
S. Fischer Verlag
“In her writings, Emcke explores how people’s Available on May 22, 2019
voices are drowned out and silenced, while Sample translation available
others exercise their power with impunity.” Rights sold: F (Seuil), I (Teseo)
Elisabeth von Thadden, Die Zeit Rights to previous titles sold:
“Gegen den Hass”:
WEL (Polity), BLR (PWUP), BR
(Ayiné), E (Taurus/PRH), F
(Seuil), FIN (Vastapaino), GR
● The recipient of the German Peace Prize weighs in on
(Polis), I (Teseo), J (Misuzu),
#MeToo KOR (Dasan), NL (De Geus),
● Political, personal, topical PRC (SSAP), (Rye Field), SLW
(Mladinska)
Carolin Emcke, a recent recipient of the Peace Prize of the German Book
Trade, studied philosophy in London, Frankfurt/Main, and Harvard. She
has reported from regions in crisis around the globe as a journalist and
freelance writer. Her books explore questions of violence, witnessing, and
the terms of open, free democracy. “Yes means yes and …” arose out of a
Lecture Performance held for the Schaubühne Berlin.
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JAGODA MARINIĆ
Sheroes
We Need New Heroes –
Men and Women
Post #MeToo: we must push on!
Now we finally have the opportunity to talk openly about men
and women, about power and role assumptions. #MeToo was an
offer to start a public conversation – let’s do it! Let us not see this
fail in times when election campaigns try to ensnare voters with
slogans like “Bikini, not Burka“. Let us give the discussion in
Germany a proper, specific direction. As women, let us seize the
opportunity and define ourselves. Let us invent new (s)hero
models – and get the men on board, because in this fight against
the abuse of power, we must all pull together. This is what this
book aims to set in motion, it wants to show new perspectives. A
call to arms for those who already know this is necessary. And
even more so for the others.
128 pp., Hardcover
March 6, 2019
S. Fischer Verlag
● Topical subject, important contribution to the current public
debate
● A new, young voice, an author with a socio-political agenda
● Demanding, provocative, different: for men and women!
Jagoda Marinić is a staff writer for the “Süddeutsche Zeitung“, the
“taz“ and the radio broadcaster “Deutsche Welle“. She regularly
manages to nudge people into debates and to provoke a multitude of
reactions. She first made a name for herself as a writer of novels, short
stories, essays and plays, for which she received numerous awards
even at the start of her career. After studying Politics, German and
English Language and Literature, she spent a lot of time working
abroad, in Croatia, the USA, Canada and Romania.
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