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Sasha Filipenko Rote Kreuze

                                 Sasha
                               Filipenko
                              red crosses
                                    Roman · Diogenes
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Daniela Krien
                                                                                              Love in Case of Emergency
»The polyphony and             »This is the one book           »This is a book which                  More than 100’000 copies of the German edition sold so far
the way in which every         that I would like to hand       engages with twenty-first
single voice is being          to everyone who wants           century debates around                       # 1 on the Spiegel Bestseller List for three weeks
                                                                                                          25 weeks in the Top Ten of the Spiegel Bestseller List
led midway between             to know something about         notions of femininity and
the protagonist and the        contemporary German             feminism, empathising               Shortlisted for the ›German Independent Booksellers’ Prize‹ 2019
narrator constitute            literature, the country and     with an array of perspec-
the special quality of         its people.«                    tives on the subject.«
this book.«                    Denis Scheck / WDR, Cologne     New Books in German, London
Burkhard Müller /
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

                                                                                                                                        Daniela Krien Die Liebe im Ernstfall
»Few intelligently enter-      »Love in Case of                »Whatever choices women
taining German novels          Emergency leaves an             make, whichever option
don’t ooze relevance yet       impression by giving            they decide for or against –
are not afraid of existen-     an account of women             none of them can avoid
tial seriousness.              who are looking for new         feeling guilty.«                                                                                                Daniela Krien
Fortunately, Krien has         ways to be happy after          Ursula März /                                                                                                     Die Liebe
written one.«                  classic relationship            Die Zeit, Hamburg              Rights sold:
                                                                                                                                                                                im Ernstfall
                               models have failed.«                                                                                                                                                                er
Rainer Moritz / NZZ, Zurich                                                                   Catalan (Bromera)                                                                                              stsell
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                                                                                                                                                                                                       # 1 Be
                               Carsten Otte /                                                 Chinese/CN
                               Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin
                                                                                                (Beijing October Literature & Art)
                                                                                              Danish (Arvids)                                                                  Love in Case of Emergency
                                                                                              Dutch (Ambo/Anthos)                                                                Novel, 288 pages, 2019

                                                                                              English/UK (MacLehose)
»With a simple style           »A novel that shows             »This is a touching and        English/US (HarperVia)                  World rights are handled by Diogenes.
that develops its own          how much power there            moving read, without           French (Albin Michel)                         Film rights are available.
poetry, Krien guides           is in the female gender.        ideological furore, but        Hebrew (Keter)
the reader through the         And that is a reason            with an incredibly exact       Italian (Garzanti)                       English sample translation available.
twists and turns of these      to be optimistic again.«        stance on everyday ex-         Lithuanian (Gelmes)
women’s biographies.«          Katja Kraft / Münchner Merkur   periences.«                    Norwegian (Forlaget Press)
Melanie Mühl /                                                 Julia Schröder /               Romanian (Humanitas)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche                                   Deutschlandfunk, Berlin
                                                                                              Slovenian (Mladinska Knjiga)
                                                                                              Spanish (Grijalbo)

                                                                                              Daniela Krien’s books have been published in 21 languages.
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FICTION

               Someday We’ll Tell Each                                                                                                                                              Daniela Krien
                 Other Everything                                                                                                                                                    Muldental

There are things that can be told straight                                                                                                           By the writer of the Spiegel bestseller
away, others have their own time for telling,                                                                                                        Love in Case of Emergency: 3 weeks at
and some are untellable.
                                                           Cover                                                                                     # 1 with over 100’000 copies sold.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Daniela Krien Muldental
                                                           Coming
The debut novel by bestselling author                                                                                                                Bestselling author Daniela Krien’s short
Daniela Krien.                                                                                                                                       story collection, including a previously
                                                                                                                                                     unpublished story and a foreword by
Summer 1990 and the border between East and
West Germany has all but disappeared. Maria
                                                           Soon                                                                                      the writer.

will soon be seventeen. She lives with Johannes                                                                                                      A country collapsed – what happens to the
on his parents’ farm, in the ›spider rooms‹ in the                                                                                                   people who once lived there?
attic. She is fragile and dreamy, preferring to curl                                                                                                 Every radical change has its victims, even a
up with The Brothers Karamazov than go to                                                                                                            peaceful revolution. Daniela Krien bears witness
school.                                                                                                                                              to the fate of a generation by telling stories of
Forty-year-old Henner lives on the neighbouring                                                                                                      people whose lives lost their equilibrium at a
farm, alone. The people from the village are wary                                                                                                    historical turning point. She writes about deep
of him; he is surrounded by an air of tragedy
to do with his past and yet he is a man whose
                                                                                                                                                     despair and loss of orientation. Yet these
                                                                                                                                                     miniature novels go beyond individual fates;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Daniela Krien
charismatic aura causes jealousy. One day a                                                                                                          they sketch out a portrait of the people of today.                               Muldental
coincidental glance, the next an unintentional                                                                                                       A book about keeping one’s head above water
touch, and Maria begins to feel a powerful and                                                                                                       despite it all, about going on despite it all, about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Diogenes
unfamiliar yearning that drives her into Henner’s                                                                                                    surviving and coping.
house and into his arms.                                                               Diogenes

                                                          First published by Graf Verlag, Munich in 2011                                                  »It’s down to the beauty and                                          First published by Graf Verlag, Munich in 2014
             Rights currently sold:                                           Novel                                                                    clarity of Krien’s language that she                                                         Stories
                                                                         240 pages, 2021                                                                 has created something in which                                                     240 pages, March 2020
              English (MacLehose)
                                                                                                                                                       many people recognize themselves.«
              French (Flammarion)
                                                         World rights are handled by Diogenes.                                                              Maren Keller / Der Spiegel, Hamburg                                 World rights are handled by Diogenes.
            Portuguese/BRA (Record)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Film rights are available.
                                                        Film adaptation in preparation, directed                                                        »This short prose packs a punch.«
                                                           by Emily Atef (3 Days in Quiberon).                                                                     Alexander Kosenina /                                                Daniela Krien’s books
                                                                                                           Photo: Maurice Haas / © Diogenes Verlag

                                                                                                                                                              Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung                                    have been published in 21 languages.

                       daniela krien, born in Neu-Kaliß, East Germany, in 1975, studied
                       communication, media, and cultural studies in Leipzig. Since 2010 she
                       has been a freelance writer. Her debut novel Someday We’ll Tell Each
                       Other Everything has been translated into 15 languages. In 2015 she was
                       awarded with the ›Nicolaus Born Debut Prize‹. Her novel Love in Case
                       of Emergency was # 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list for three weeks.
                       Daniela Krien lives in Leipzig with her two daughters.
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FICTION

                                                                                                                                                             Sasha Filipenko
»I’d like to tell you an incredible story. Not a
                                                                                                                                                               Red Crosses
story actually, more a biography of fear. I’d like
to tell you how horror grabs a person out of
                                                                                                                              One fights against forgetting, the other would
the blue and changes their whole life.«                                                                                       like nothing more than that.
»Very impressive, but perhaps some other time?«

                                                                                                                                                                                    Sasha Filipenko Rote Kreuze
                                                                                                                              A great Russian novel in only 280 pages –
»Don’t you believe me? Alright . . . You know,                                                                                from Stalin’s terror to the present day.

about a year ago I was standing right where you’re                                                                            She is suffering from Alzheimer’s, losing more
                                                                                                                              and more memories. But once you meet this
standing now. On 31 December. It was snowing,                                                                                 old lady, you’ll never forget her.
and the 20th century was coming to an end. Per-
                                                                                                                              Alexander is a young man whose life has been
fectly normal, no unusual events, only a few more                                                                             brutally torn in two. Tatiana Alexeyevna is
hours to go. I expected nothing at all of the end                                                                             over ninety and getting more forgetful by the
of the century, when suddenly there was a ring at                                                                             day. The old lady tells her new neighbour her
                                                                                                                              life story, encompassing the entire Russian 20th
the door. It was the postman! Imagine that!                                                                                   century and all its horrors. And she tells him:
A real-life postman! On 31 December! And he                                                                                   »God is afraid of me. There are too many                                                        Sasha
brought me the letter I’d been waiting for, the
                                                                                                                              uncomfortable questions coming His way.«                                                      Filipenko
entire second half of my life . . . «
                                                                                                                              Bit by bit, the two recognize their own broken
                                                                                                                              hearts in each other and forge an unlikely
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Rote Kreuze
                                                                                                                              friendship, a pact against forgetting.                                                          Roman · Diogenes

  »An important, necessary                       »Sasha Filipenko is one of
     book. Both for Russia,                       those young writers who
  which suffers from historic                    immediately gained a re-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Original edition published 2017 by
     amnesia, and Europe                        putation for being a serious                                                       »A tour de force. A book full of                                               Vremya, Moscow, under the title Krasny Krest
which is also running the risk                   author. If you want to get                                                      sound and fury, but also greatness                                                                  Novel
of losing its historic memory.«                 inside the head of modern,                                                               and gentleness.«                                                                  288 pages, March 2020
Dmitry Glukhovsky (Russian author)             young Russia, read Filipenko.«                                                    Astrid de Larminat / Le Figaro littéraire, Paris
                                                        Svetlana Alexievich
                                                     (›Nobel prize‹ winner 2015)
                                                                                                                                                 Rights sold:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Film rights are available.
                                                                                    Photo: Lukas Lienhard © Diogenes Verlag

                                                                                                                                          Croatian (Bozicevic)
                                                                                                                                             Czech (Pistorius)
                                                                                                                                            Dutch (Meridiaan)                                                           Sasha Filipenko’s books
           sasha filipenko, born in Minsk in 1984, is a Belorussian author                                                          English/world (Europa Editions)                                               have been published in 10 languages.
           who writes in Russian. After abandoning his classical music training                                                               French (Syrtes)
           he studied literature in St. Petersburg and worked as a journalist,                                                             Hungarian (Európa)
           screenwriter and author for a satire show. Red Crosses is the first to                                                         Italian (Edizioni E/O)
           be published in German. Sasha Filipenko is a passionate football                                                                   Polish (Agora)
           fan and lives with his family in St. Petersburg.
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FICTION

       »Simone Lappert is a stroke of luck for literature.«                                                                                                                                          Simone Lappert
                                                      Dagmar Kaindl / Buchkultur, Vienna
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Shadows Cast
               Simone Lappert Der Sprung

                                                                                                                                                                        The debut novel by the author of the best-
                                                                                                                                                                        selling novel Jump is an unusual love story

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                                                                                     Shortlisted for the                                                                that proudly stands up to fear.
                                                                                   ›Swiss Book Prize‹ 2019
                                                                                       Featured in                                                                      Ada is a talented young actress but her life is
                                                                                   New Books in German                                                                  ruled by anxieties. So much so that she can
                                                  Simone                                                                                                                only find peace through complex rituals and
                                                  Lappert
                                                 Der Sprung                                                                                                             barely leaves her flat.
                                                                           eller                                                                                        Owing months of rent, her landlord springs
                                                                      Bests
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                                                                                                                                                                        his grandson Juri on her as a flatmate. For
                                                     Jump
                                                                                                                                                                        Ada, the young man is an imposition, an
                                                   Novel, 2019                                                                                                          invasion – or is he perhaps the best thing that
                                                                                                                                                                        could happen to her?                                               Simone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Lappert
»In this dance of the wounded, Lappert
    is in keeping with the times and
                                                                                      »Jump stands out for its richly
                                                                                       evocative writing, its gentle,                                                                                                                    Wurfschatten
gets up close and personal with current                                              sensuous style and its unusually
          social developments.«                                                            gripping storyline.«                                                                »A small literary sensation.
                                                                                                                                                                               Simone Lappert writes with
   Carsten Schrader / Kulturnews, Hamburg                                                  New Books in German, London
                                                                                                                                                                                unparalleled sensuality.«
                                                                                                                                                                             Annette König / Swiss radio SRF 1, Zurich                          Roman · Diogenes
 »Lappert creates scenes in which                                                   »Simone Lappert is a gifted narrator:
  the dialogue gives rise to subtly                                                    there is no question about it.«
   humorous situational comedy,                                                              Rainer Moritz / NZZ, Zurich
                                                                                                                                                                                 »A very enjoyable debut.
 giving these rather tragic figures                                                                                                                                          Simone Lappert has something
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  First published by Metrolit Verlag, Berlin in 2014
          a hint of levity.«                                                            »A carefully constructed plot,                                                           she absolutely has to say,                                            Novel
        BuchMarkt, Meerbusch                                                                  told with verve.«                                                           and she can say it in such a way that                                 256 pages, April 2020
                                                                                                                                                                            it grabs you and holds you tight.«
                                                                                       Anne-Sophie Scholl / Die Zeit, Hamburg
                                                                                                                                                                               Martin Ebel / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich

                                                                                                                                                                         Shortlisted for the 2014 ›aspekte Prize‹                 World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Film rights are available.
                                                                                                                                Photo: Ayse Yavas / © Diogenes Verlag

                                           simone lappert, born in Aarau, Switzerland, in 1985, studied at
                                           the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel. Her debut novel Shadows Cast
                                           made it onto the shortlist for the ›aspekte Prize‹. She was awarded
                                           the ›Wartholz Prize‹ as best newcomer and she is the president of the                                                                                                                      Application for assistance with
                                           Basel International Poetry Festival, as well as the Swiss curator for
                                           the poetry project Babelsprech.International. She lives and works in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        translation costs possible.
                                           Basel and Zurich. Her most recent novel Jump is on the shortlist for
                                           the ›Swiss Book Prize‹ 2019.
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FICTION

       »Martina Borger portrays emotional confusion with
lightness of touch, which doesn’t rule out psychological insights.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Martina Borger
                             Claudia von Dehn / Hessische Allgemeine, Kassel                                                                                                                             We’ll Catch up on It Later

                                                                                                                                                                                            The new novel by best-selling author
                                                                                                                                                                                            Martina Borger.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Martina Borger Wir holen alles nach
                                                                                                                                                                                            When happiness, and catastrophe come
                                                   Martina Borger                                                                                                                           dangerously close.
                                                    Lieber Luca
                                                                                                                                                                                            A child and a job – lots of love, not much
                                                                                                                                                                                            time. A novel drawn straight from real life.
                                                       Roman · Diogenes

                                                       Dear Luca                                                                                                                            A job, a life, and a young son – single mother
                                                       Novel, 2007
                                                                                                                                                                                            Sina has been juggling for years, but now her
                                                                                                                                                                                            new partner Torsten is supporting her in the
                                                                                                                                                                                            act. Plus, they have Ellen, an environmental
                                                                                                               Borger & Straub
                                                                                                                  Sommer
                                                                                                                                                                                            campaigner in her late sixties who has exactly
                                                                                                                                                                                            what Sina’s son Elvis wants so much: time,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Martina Borger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Wir holen
                                                                          Borger & Straub
                                                                           Im Gehege                             mit Emma
                Borger & Straub        Borger & Straub                                                                                                                                      patience – and a dog. But then something bad
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       alles nach
                   Katzen-                Kleine
                                         Schwester
                   zungen
                                                                                               Bestse
                                                                                                     ller
                                                                                                                                     Bestse
                                                                                                                                           ller
                                                                                                                                                                                            happens to the sensitive boy. He keeps his
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                                                                                                                                                                                            secret bottled up and a fatal web of rumours
               Cats’ Tongues           Little Sister                      In the Ring                       Summer with Emma                                                                spreads around the patchwork family.
                Novel, 2001            Novel, 2002                        Novel, 2004                          Novel, 2009
                TV Adaptation                                             TV Adaptation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Roman · Diogenes

                                       Praise for Dear Luca:
       »Dear Luca is a touching,                                                   »A sensitively drawn                                                                                                                                                                                          Novel
         well-rounded, tender                                                scenario of love and disappointed                                                                                                                                                                            304 pages, April 2020
           and unbelievably                                                           expectations.«
          captivating book.«                                                                   Nordkurier, Neubrandenburg
     AP – Associated Press GmbH, Frankfurt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Film rights are available.
                                                                                                                                                  Photo: Maurice Haas / © Diogenes Verlag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Martina Borger’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 have been published in 4 languages.
                    martina borger, born in Bavaria in 1956, worked as a journalist,
                    script editor and film critic, before turning to screenwriting. She
                    has worked as a storyliner and head writer on several tv series. In
                    collaboration with Maria Elisabeth Straub she published her first
                    novel, Cats’ Tongues, in 2001, followed by Little Sister (2002),
                    In the Ring (2004) and Summer with Emma (2009). She is the sole
                    author of her 2007 novel Dear Luca. Martina Borger lives in Munich.
FICTION

  »The fragile elegance of his style is unmatched
           in contemporary literature.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Hartmut Lange
    Hartmut Lange Die Waldsteinsonate
                                                               Werner Fuld / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung                                                                                                                                                            The Courtyard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           On existential states of mind, in uniquely
                                                                                                    Hartmut
                                                                                                     Lange                                                                                                                                 condensed form.
                                           Hartmut Lange                                          Der Wanderer                                                               Hartmut

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hartmut Lange Der Lichthof
                                                                           Hartmut                                                                                            Lange
                                                                            Lange
                                           Die Waldstein-
                                               sonate
                                               Fünf Novellen
                                                                         Leptis Magna                                                                                          Der
                                                                                                                                                                            Therapeut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           One of the last great masters of the novella
                                                                           Zwei Novellen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           writes about the magical power of gathering
                                                                                                                                                                              Drei Novellen

                                                Diogenes                     Diogenes               Novelle · Diogenes                                                          Diogenes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           shadows.
                                          The ›Waldstein‹              Leptis Magna             The Wanderer                 The Therapist
                                              Sonata                 Two Novellas, 2003         Novella, 2005             Three Novellas, 2007                                                                                             With an autobiographical text on deeply
                                        Five Novellas, 1984
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           formative childhood experiences.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           »Love is not an opportunity for freedom; it

                                                                                                                          Hartmut Lange An der Prorer Wiek und anderswo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           happens out of necessity,« thinks a woman
                                                                                                                                                                           Hartmut Lange
                                                                                                                                                                          An der Prorer Wiek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           who realizes her husband has left her.
                                            Hartmut Lange
                                                                          Hartmut
                                                                           Lange                    Hartmut
                                                                                                                                                                            und anderswo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Darkly luminous yet crystal clear sentences
                                             Der Abgrund                 Im Museum                   Lange
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           like this one have made Hartmut Lange’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Hartmut
                                            des Endlichen                                        Das Haus in der
                                               Drei Novellen                                     Dorotheenstraße

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           prose famous.
                                                                                                                                                                             Novellen · Diogenes
                                                 Diogenes                    Diogenes               Novellen ⋅ Diogenes

                                The Abyss                             In the Museum              The House on                                                      On the Prorer Wiek                                                                                                                                          Lange
                               of the Finite
                           Three Novellas, 2009
                                                                    Weird Episodes, 2011       Dorothea Street
                                                                                              Five Novellas, 2013
                                                                                                                                                                    and Elsewhere
                                                                                                                                                                    Novellas, 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Four novellas, complemented by an autobio-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           graphical piece, with which Hartmut Lange
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Der Lichthof
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           tells us about the formative experiences for
  »A minimalist with                                                                          »Hartmut Lange has a talent                                                                                                                  his life and his writing: Christmas 1944 in                                               Diogenes

 far-reaching effect.«                                                                          for inventing characters in                                                                                                                Naßwerder, the horrors of forced evacuation,
   Hans-Christian Kosler /                                                                 brief sketches, building atmosphere                                                                                                             the death of his father and later his brother.
   Neue Zürcher Zeitung                                                                    and tension and suggesting a hidden
                                                                                               secret beneath what is told.«                                                                                                                                                                                                          Novellas
 »One feels reminded of                                                                           Michael Lentz (German author)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                96 pages, March 2020
the plays by Maeterlinck                                                                                                                                                                                                                      »It was an inkling of how our lives
    and Wedekind.«                                                                                                                                                                                                                                would lack presuppositions,
                                                                                           »The master of linguistic stringency.«                                                                                                              once we could no longer cite the
Alain Bosquet / Le Figaro, Paris                                                                      Kristina Maidt-Zinke /                                                                                                                      protective hand above us.«                                           World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                   Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hartmut Lange                                                      Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             »His novellas are master narratives                                             Hartmut Lange’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Photo: © Hans-Christian Plambeck/laif

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             about the magical force of shadows                                        have been published in 9 languages.
                                               hartmut lange, born in Berlin in 1937, studied theatrical production.                                                                                                                              creeping up unnoticed.«
                                               In 1960, he became the theatre producer at the Deutsches Theater                                                                                                                                Hans-Dieter Schütt (German journalist)
                                               in East Berlin. After a trip to former Yugoslavia he did not return to
                                               the former German Democratic Republic. He settled in West Berlin
                                               where he worked as theatre producer and director at renowned stages.
                                               Hartmut Lange has been honoured with several awards for his plays,
                                               essays and prose. He lives and writes in Berlin.
FICTION

                               »Ingrid Noll is one of the best German storytellers.«                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Ingrid Noll
                                                                                         Angela Gatterburg / Der Spiegel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   These unforgettable stories grant insights
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   into an impressive life, a writer’s work and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   aging, showing a very personal side of the
                                                                            Ingrid Noll                                                                                Ingrid Noll

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ingrid Noll In Liebe
                                Ingrid Noll                                 Die Häupter                                  Ingrid Noll                                                                                           Ingrid Noll
                                                                                                                             Die                                        Kalt ist der
                                 Der Hahn                                     meiner                                                                                   Abendhauch                                                Röslein
                                                                                                                         Apothekerin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ›Grande Dame‹ of German crime fiction –
                                   ist tot                                    Lieben                                                                                                                                               rot
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                                 Roman · Diogenes                            Roman · Diogenes                              Roman · Diogenes                                                                                     Roman · Diogenes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   funny, affectionate, wicked.
                                Hell Hath                                  Head Count                                  The Pharmacist                                   Cold is the                                            Red Rose
                                 No Fury                                   Novel, 1993                                   Novel, 1994                                 Evening's Breeze                                         Novel, 1998
                               Novel, 1991                                Movie Adaptation                              Movie Adaptation                               Novel, 1996
                               TV Adaptation                                                                                                                          Movie Adaptation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The entire Ingrid Noll gamut in short-story
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   form: her criminal wit, her warm-hearted life
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   experience, her down-to-earth gift of obser-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   vation. In this book, there’s a cherry on top:
                                                                            Ingrid Noll
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   autobiographical writing, resonant and
                                                                                                                                                                        Ingrid Noll
                                Ingrid Noll
                                                                           Rabenbrüder
                                                                                                                          Ingrid Noll
                                                                                                                                                                         Ladylike                                              Ingrid Noll
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Kuckucks-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   impressive. A letter to her deceased mother,
                                  Selige                                                                                    Falsche                                                                                               kind
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the role of her father. How she fell in love
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ingrid Noll
                                  Witwen                                                                                    Zungen
                                 Roman · Diogenes                            Roman · Diogenes                                 Diogenes                                   Roman · Diogenes                                       Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   with her first grandchild. The first years of
                                Blissfully                                Rabenbrüder                                  False Tongues                                    Ladylike                                             Cuckoo’s Child
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   her life in China. How she would like her                                       In Liebe
                                Widowed
                               Novel, 2001
                                                                          Novel, 2003                                  Stories, 2004                                  Novel, 2006
                                                                                                                                                                      TV Adaptation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Novel, 2008                                                                                          last 24 hours to play out. What annoys her
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   about getting old.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ingrid Noll Goldschatz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Diogenes

           Ingrid Noll
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    »I am made of two different dreams.«
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Goldschatz                                                                     Ingrid Noll
                                                      Ingrid Noll                                                                             Mittagstisch
                                                       Über Bord                                  Hab und Gier
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 320 pages, February 2020
        Word of Honour                               Overboard                                     Till Greed                                 Lunchtime                                                  Tally-Ho                                                  Good as Gold
         Novel, 2010                                 Novel, 2012                                  Do Us Part                                  Novel, 2015                                               Novel, 2017                                                 Novel, 2019
                                                                                                  Novel, 2014

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ingrid Noll’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         have been published in 28 languages.

                                                       ingrid noll, born in Shanghai in 1935, studied German philology and
                                                       art history in Bonn. She has three children and four grandchildren.
                                                       After her children left home, she began writing crime stories, which all
                                                       became instant bestsellers. In 1994 she received the ›Glauser Prize‹ for
                                                       Head Count and in 2005 the ›Glauser Prize of Honour‹ for her oeuvre.
FICTION

                                                                                                      Luca Ventura
                                                                                                 In the Middle of August
The Circumvesuviana was already on the station
platform. She got into the last carriage and sat down                           Murder on the most beautiful island in
in the back, by the window. The departure signal                                the world.

                                                                                                                              Luca Ventura Mitten im August
sounded; the train pulled out.                                                  The Gulf of Naples is a test laboratory in
                                                                                times of climate change – and the setting
She looked out into the dusk, saw lights flickering                             of this highly topical crime novel.
on, streetlamps and car headlights creeping alongside                           Tense thrills in front of a beautiful
the train. She leaned her head against the glass.                               backdrop: young policeman Enrico Rizzi
She saw his face. She could see him on the other side                           investigates in the new Capri series.

of the window. He had his hair in a bun and there                               Enrico Rizzi, a policeman on the island of
was a graze on his stubbly chin as though he’d been                             Capri, usually deals with minor crimes. His
fighting. He looked at her earnestly.                                           quiet job means he can help his father in his
                                                                                fruit and vegetable garden above the Gulf
»Jack,« she whispered. »What happened?«                                         of Naples. Until, in the middle of August, a                                        Luca Ventura
He didn’t answer. He didn’t smile. He looked at her                             rowing boat washes up on the rocky beach,                                              Mitten
as if to say: You know what happened. And he was                                containing a dead man – Jack Milani, an                                              im August
                                                                                oceanography student and the son of a major                                                Der Capri-Krimi
right. She did know what had happened.                                          industrialist family. It’s the first murder case
»Why didn’t you say anything?« she whispered, laying                            for Rizzi, a case where the very future of the                                           Roman · Diogenes

her hand on the glass at the place where his cheek was.                         seven seas is at stake.
»I’m sorry. I wish I could have protected you.«
She lowered her eyes to halt her tears, and by the time                                                                                                                 A Capri Crime Novel
                                                                                                                                                                        336 pages, April 2020
she could look again, all she saw was reflections on
the pane and passing lights.
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                                                                                                                                                                   English excerpt is available.

        luca ventura prefers to remain anonymous. The writer spends
        a large part of the year on the Gulf of Naples, where he is currently
        working on the second case in the Capri series about the islander
        Enrico Rizzi and his north Italian colleague Antonia Cirillo.
FICTION

      »Brunetti's humane police work is disarming,
     and his ambles through the city are a delight.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Donna Leon
                                                                        New York Times Book Review                                                                                                            Trace Elements
          Donna Leon Uns ist ein Sohn gegeben

                                                                                              ›Lifetime Achievement                                                                An elderly woman’s cryptic dying words in
                                                                                                  Award‹ 2019 by                                                                   a Venetian hospital lead Guido Brunetti
                                                                                               The Strand Magazine                                                                 to uncover a threat to the entire Veneto in
                                                                                                                                                                                   Donna Leon’s splendid twenty-ninth novel
                                                                                               On the shortlist of the                                                             of the world famous Brunetti series.
                                                                                               British Crime Writers’
                                                     Donna Leon                                     Association’s
                                                        Ein Sohn
                                                    ist uns gegeben                          ›Gold Dagger Award‹ 2019                                                              Why did the water distribution technician
                                                                                                                                                                                   Vittorio Fadalto die? Was it an accident or
                                                       Commissario Brunettis

                                                                                    seller
                                                      achtundzwanzigster Fall

                                                        Roman · Diogenes        Best
                                                                                                                                                                                   did he know too much?
                                                  Unto Us a Son Is Given
                                                   The 28th Case, 2019                                                                                                             »They killed him . . . Bad money,« are the
                                                                                                                                                                                   sibylline words the patient Benedetta Tosi
         # 1 Spiegel Bestseller List                                                                                                                                               manages to tell her visitors about her recently
         # 4 Spanish Bestseller List                                                                                                                                               deceased husband. Although the dying
     #12 New York Times Bestseller List                                                                                                                                            woman probably can’t hear him, Brunetti
                                                                                                                                                                                   promises to look into her cryptic accusation.
                                                                                                                                                                                   What starts as a private tragedy develops into
                                                                                                                                                                                   a larger case. Brunetti does not rest until he
               Rights sold:                                                                                                                                                        and his colleagues unravel the profound and
                                                                                                                                                                                   perilous meaning of the dying woman’s
        Catalan (Grup 62)                                                                           »The real focus is on the                                                      words.
      Dutch (De Bezige Bij)                                                                       intricate social realities and
English/ UK (William Heinemann)                                                                     old rich families of Leon’s
  English/ USA (Grove / Atlantic)
                                                                                                                                                                                   Leon gives us a rare insight into the human
                                                                                                   beautiful, mysterious and                                                                                                             Commissario Brunetti’s 29th Case
     French (Calmann-Lévy)                                                                                                                                                         heart, and together with her endearing
                                                                                                      labyrinthine Venice.«                                                                                                                  336 pages, June 2020
      Polish (Noir sur Blanc)                                                                                                                                                      characters uncovers new and unforgettable
                                                                                                   Providence Journal, Rhode Island
       Spanish (Seix Barral)                                                                                                                                                       facets of the human condition.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Donna Leon’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rights sold:                    have been published in 35 languages.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Catalan (Grup 62)
                                                                                                                                                                                          English/ UK (William Heinemann)
                                                donna leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide                                                                        English/ USA (Grove / Atlantic)
                                                in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in uni-
                                                versities in Iran, China and Saudi Arabia. Commissario Brunetti made
                                                her books world-famous. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years,
                                                and although she now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice.
FICTION

»One of the 10 best modern European crime writers.«                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Petros Markaris
                                                    Brian Oliver /The Observer, London
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Times of Hypocrisy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               # 4 on the Foreign Fiction Bestseller List
                Petros
               Markaris                                                                                                                                                                                                              Petros
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               of Corriere della Sera.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Petros Markaris Zeiten der Heuchelei
                Hellas                                                                                                                         Petros                                                                               Markaris
                                                                                                                                              Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The grand master of Mediterranean crime
               Channel                                                                                                                                                                                                              Der Groß-
                  Ein Fall für                                       Petros                                                                     Live!                                                                               aktionär
                 Kostas Charitos
                                                                    Markaris                                                                      Ein Fall für                                                                     Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               writing, Petros Markaris, brings the skeletons
                                                                   Nachtfalter                                                                  Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ller
                                                                       Ein Fall für
                                                                     Kostas Charitos                                                                                                                                                                              Bestse

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               out of Greek closets.
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             Deadline                                          Zone Defence                                                                   Live!                                                                               The Major
             in Athens                                          Novel, 2001                                                                Novel, 2004                                                                           Shareholder
            Novel, 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                          Novel, 2007                                                                                   The owner of a hotel chain is found dead in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               a spa resort near Athens. An anonymous
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               letter claims responsibility and accuses him
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               of hypocrisy. Signed: ›The Army of National
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Idiots‹.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Petros
                Petros                                              Petros
                                                                   Markaris
                                                                                                                                               Petros
                                                                                                                                              Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Markaris                                                                                    It is the first murder in a grotesque series.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Petros
               Markaris                                                                                                                                                                                                           Abrechnung
                                                                 Faule Kredite                                                                Zahltag
            Die Kinderfrau
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The accusation is always the same but the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ein Fall für
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                 ller                                                                                  ller                                                             ller
                                                                      Ein Fall für                                                               Ein Fall für
             Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos

                                                                                                        Bestse                                                                                Bestse                                                              Bestse
                                                                    Kostas Charitos                                                            Kostas Charitos

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               victims could hardly be more different.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Costas Haritos – a brand new proud grand-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Markaris
            The Nanny
            Novel, 2009
                                                                Bad Credit
                                                                Novel, 2011
                                                                                                                                            Payday
                                                                                                                                           Novel, 2012
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Reckoning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Novel, 2013                                                                                   father – tries to track down the obscure                                                          Zeiten
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               fanatics.                                                                                     der Heuchelei
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                                        Petros Markaris Ferienbekanntschaft
                                                                             Petros Markaris Offshore

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Petros
                                             Petros
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                Drei Grazien
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                »Markaris’ great qualities include his
                                            Markaris
                                             Zurück                                                           Petros
                                                                                                             Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                well-constructed plots and his original
                                            auf Start
                                              Ein Fall für
                                            Kostas Charitos
                                                               Bestse
                                                                     ller                                    Offshore
                                                                                                           Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                          Bestse
                                                                                                                                                ller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Bestse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ller                                                                                        endings – here once again.«
                                            Roman · Diogenes                                                  Roman · Diogenes                                                                      Roman · Diogenes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Giancarlo De Cataldo / La Repubblica, Rome                                                   A Case for Costas Haritos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Original Greek title: I Epochi tis Ipokrisias
                                    Back to the Start                                                     Offshore                                                                            Three Graces
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    400 pages, 2020
                                      Novel, 2015                                                        Novel, 2017                                                                           Novel, 2018                                                                                                                                       Awards 2019:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ›Premi a la trajectòria literària‹ (Spain)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ›Premio Contea di Bormio‹ (Italy)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ›Premi Cubelles Noir‹ (Spain)                                                  World rights are handled by Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  except Greek.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Rights sold:                                                              Film rights are available.
                   petros markaris, born in Istanbul in 1937, is a playwright, who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Catalan (Tusquets)
                   worked as an author with Theo Angelopoulos (director of Eternity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Petros Markaris’ books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Italian (La nave di Teseo)
                   and a Day, Ulysses’ Gaze etc.), and translated the works of German                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 have been published in 17 languages.
                   dramatists like Brecht and Goethe. He began writing crime novels                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Spanish/world (Tusquets)
                   late in life, in the mid-1990s, and became an international success.
                   His accolades include the ›Pepe Carvalho Prize‹, the ›Goethe Medal‹
                   and an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki.
                   Petros Markaris lives in Athens.
FICTION

  »Hansjörg Schneider pours his experiences into simple
sentences that are perfectly clear, yet always slyly poetic.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Hansjörg Schneider
                                                                                                        Sibylle Birrer / NZZ, Zurich                                                                                                                                                                      Hunkeler in the Wilderness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ›Friedrich-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Glauser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Prize‹ 2005
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The long wait is over – Detective Hunkeler
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               is back on the job. Albeit very reluctantly.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Hansjörg Schneider Hunkeler in der Wildnis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The tenth case in the best-selling
                                                                               Hansjörg                                        Hansjörg                                       Hansjörg                                       Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Hunkeler series.
  • Silberkiesel

                             Hansjörg                                          Schneider                                       Schneider                                      Schneider                                      Schneider
                            Schneider                                         Flattermann                                      Das Paar                                          Tod                                         Hunkeler
                            Silberkiesel                                       Hunkelers zweiter Fall                           im Kahn                                      einer Ärztin                                   macht Sachen
      Hansjörg Schneider

                              Hunkelers erster Fall                                                                            Hunkelers dritter Fall                        Hunkelers vierter Fall                                Der fünfte Fall

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A peaceful sunny morning in Basel’s Kannen-
                           Silver Pebbles                                    The Fluttering                                   The Couple                                Death of a Doctor                                   Hunkeler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               feld Park. A sudden scream disturbs Peter
                            Novel, 1993                                           Man                                        on the Barge                                 Novel, 2001                                     Messes around                                                        Hunkeler’s first coffee of the day: someone
                            TV Adaptation                                     Novel, 1995                                     Novel, 1999                                 TV Adaptation                                    Novel, 2004
                                                                                                                              TV Adaptation                                                                                TV Adaptation                                                       has found a dead body behind the bushes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               He may be in retirement, but a policeman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               is always a policeman, at least for other
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               people. So Hunkeler has to take a look.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               And he realizes he knows the dead man:                                                              Hansjörg
                                                         Hansjörg                                         Hansjörg                                        Hansjörg                                     Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               a well-known journalist and art critic.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Schneider
                                                         Schneider
                                                         Hunkeler
                                                        und der Fall
                                                                                                          Schneider
                                                                                                          Hunkeler
                                                                                                           und die
                                                                                                                                                         Schneider
                                                                                                                                                        Hunkeler und
                                                                                                                                                          die Augen
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Schneider
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hunkelers
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Geheimnis                                                                                                                                                                                    Hunkeler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                in der Wildnis
                                                           Livius                                       goldene Hand                                     des Ödipus                                     Der neunte Fall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ller
                                                          Der sechste Fall                                 Der siebte Fall                                                                                                Bestse
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Der zehnte Fall
                                                       Hunkeler and                              Hunkeler and                                   Hunkeler and                                   Hunkeler’s Secret                                                                                   »Hansjörg Schneider has created
                                                      the Livius Case                         the ›Golden Hand‹                              the Eyes of Oedipus                                 Novel, 2015                                                                                       a wonderful protagonist: rugged,                                                                   Roman · Diogenes
                                                        Novel, 2007                              Novel, 2008                                     Novel, 2010                                     TV Adaptation
                                                        TV Adaptation                                                                            TV Adaptation                                                                                                                                         awkward and likeable.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Volker Albers / Hamburger Abendblatt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Tenth Case
                                                                   »Hansjörg Schneider picks up current themes,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    208 pages, April 2020
                                                                        yet also elegantly connects historical
                                                                   events with the present age. Hunkeler’s Secret
                                                                      is of subtle suspense with solid humour
                                                                   and social critique that is spot on: a delight!«
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                                                                                   Martin Walker / Buchmedia Magazin, Zurich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Hansjörg Schneider’s books
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           have been published in 8 languages.

                                                            hansjörg schneider, born in Aarau, Switzerland, in 1938, worked as
                                                            a teacher, and journalist. For a long time, he was one of the most per-
                                                            formed playwrights in the German language and his Hunkeler crime
                                                            novels are regularly on the Swiss Bestseller list. Hansjörg Schneider has
                                                            received numerous awards, among them the ›Friedrich Glauser Prize‹                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Application for assistance with
                                                            in 2005. He lives and writes in Basel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             translation costs possible.
NARRATIVE NON-FICTION

                                                                                                                                                                           Yorn / Jean-Jacques Sempé
                                                                                                                                                                                  A Happy Guest

                                                                                                                                                                  Yves Saint Laurent, Madame Grès,
                                                                                                                                                                  Le Sorelle Fontana and Christian Dior –
                                                                                                                                                                  the German fashion designer Yorn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   GAST IM GLÜCK
                                                                                                                                                                  knew them all.

                                                                                                                                                                  A book about moments of happiness –
                                                                                                                                                                  a book that makes you happy.

                                                                                                                                                                  With new drawings by Sempé.

                                                                                                                                                                  The streets of Paris are paved with happiness.
                                                                                                                                                                  Exhilarating encounters and inspiring memo-
                                                                                                                                                                  ries from a connoisseur of life itself.

                                                                              Photo: © Private Yorn
                                                                                                                                                                  The fashion designer Yorn has experienced
                                                                                                                                                                  many magical moments in his life. Be it as a
                                                                                                                                                                  young man in Paris, where he was hired on                                   GAST IM
                                                                                                                                                                  the spot as an assistant by Christian Dior, or                              GLÜCK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mit Zeichnungen von Sempé
Yorn, how he was named by Christian Dior, alongside a mannequin                                                                                                   a daring wager with Yves Saint Laurent; be
on a balcony in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
                                                                                                                                                                  it while founding his own fashion label on
                                                                                                                                                                  the Champs-Elysees or while acting on the                                       DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                  idea of bringing Parisian chic to Germany –
                                                                                                                                                                  happiness has always smiled down on him.
yorn was born Jürgen Michaelsen in Bremen in 1935 and signed up as an                                                                                             And the more he shares his happiness with
assistant to Christian Dior in Paris at a tender age. It was Dior who gave                                                                                        others, the greater it gets.                                            With Illustrations by Sempé
him the name Yorn, much easier for French people to pronounce, and he                                                                                                                                                                        Narrative non-fiction
has worked under this ›nom de plume‹ ever since. After his early years with                                                                                                                                                                  160 pages, Mai 2020
Christian Dior and Madame Grès, he soon founded his own label, with a
studio directly on the Champs-Élysées. His designs quickly conquered
German hearts. These days, Yorn divides his time between Paris, Provence
                                                                                                           Illustration: Jean-Jacques Sempé / © Diogenes Verlag

and Monte Carlo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   World rights are handled by Diogenes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Jean-Jacques Sempé’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   have been published in 17 languages.
jean-jacques sempé, born in Bordeaux in 1932, lives in Paris. His
                                                                              Photo: © Lian Hong / Opale

caricatures in Paris Match, Punch, Marie-Claire, and L’Express were merely
                                                                              Photo: © Diogenes Verlag

the first steps towards his pinnacle at the New Yorker, for which he worked
from 1978 on. Sempé’s name is inevitably mentioned in conjunction with
writers such as René Goscinny, Patrick Modiano, and Patrick Süskind.
Without him, characters such as Le Petit Nicolas, Catherine Certitude, and
Mr. Sommer would be unthinkable.
BIOGRAPHY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        FICTION

                                         Jörg Fauser                                                                                                                              Jörg Fauser
                                    Marlon Brando                                                                                               Everything Must Be Completely Different

   Another genre in which Fauser revolutionized                                                                                                 Short stories from 1975–79, including two
   everything that went before. With an after-                                                                                                  pieces not yet published in book form.
   word by German writer and DJ Franz Dobler.                                                                                                   With an afterword by German journalist

                                                   Jörg Fauser Marlon Brando

                                                                                                                                                                                             Jörg Fauser Alles muss ganz anders werden
                                                                                                                                                and writer Peter Henning.
  »I always saw Brando as a rebel – a naive
  way of looking at it, for sure; what is a                                                                                                     The first volume of short stories, including
  rebel anyway? In a world crawling with                                                                                                        the now almost classic All Will Be Well, in
  revolutionaries, the rebel is a man of the past,                                                                                              which Johnny Tristano (what better name for
  a conservative. That may be. For so many                                                                                                      a Fauser character) gives himself the advice:
  people of today, the earth seems like a thing                                                                                                 »If you have to prop yourself up, prop your-
  of the past, and like Brando, when in doubt                                                                                                   self on walls, not people!«
  I’ll stick with the earth.«                                                                                                                   Once again, reading Fauser teaches us what
  Fauser and Brando – two ruptured souls                                                                                                        it means to sink deep but never go under, and
  united by more than just their ability to                                                                                                     how to retain wit and melancholy alongside
  getting back up when knocked down.                                                Jörg Fauser                                                 a lust for life and a nice cold beer.                                                         Jörg Fauser
                                                                                  Marlon Brando                                                                                                                                               Alles muss
      »This is a book about the shadow                                         Der versilberte Rebell                                           Jörg Fauser in short form – an overflowing joy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ganz anders werden
         between idea and reality.«                                                        Eine Biographie                                                                                                                                        Erzählungen 1975 – 79
                    Jörg Fauser                                                                                                                    »My intoxication doesn’t cut me
                                                                                              Diogenes                                             off from reality, just from those                                                                   Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                  who are constantly claiming reality
        »A legendary biography with                                                                                                                        for themselves.«
      which Fauser exorcized his longing                                                                                                                          Jörg Fauser
                                                                                        The Silver-Plated Rebel                                                                                                                                   Stories and 1975 –79
        and admiration for heroes.«
                                                                                               Biography                                                                                                                                          240 pages, June 2020
              Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin                                                   256 pages, June 2020
                                                                                                                                                        »Reckless, unpretentious
             »Fauser’s book about                                                                                                                  storytelling – precisely accelerated,
            Brando is unmatched.«                                              World rights are handled by Diogenes.                                    with not a gram of fat.«                                                         World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                 Berliner Zeitung                                                    Film rights are available.                                        Peter Henning / Die Zeit, Hamburg                                                       Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                      »Furry, dazed, drunk prose.                                                                Jörg Fauser’s books
                                                                                                                                                   Wet. Brash. Omnipotent. Paranoid.                                                     have been published in 9 languages.
                         jörg fauser (1944 – 1987) was born near Frankfurt am Main. After                                                            Lubricated. Sexy. Majestic.«
                         dropping out of university, he spent some years living in Istanbul and                                                        Helmut Krausser (German author)
                                                                                                                       Photo: © Fauser Archiv

                         London, making a living in office jobs, as an airport worker and night
                         watchman, among other things. In 1974, he switched to writing. His
                         novels, poems, newspaper articles and short stories occupy an excep-
                         tional position in German literature. Jörg Fauser died in an accident on
                         a motorway near Munich on the night after his birthday.
ART

                                                »A virtuoso of provocation
                                             and an expert in the field of fear.«                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tomi Ungerer
                                                                       Thomas Ribi / Neue Zürcher Zeitung
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The Underground Sketchbook

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tomi Ungerer’s famous and infamous graphic

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         TOMI UNGERER UNDERGROUND SKETCHBOOK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         TOMI UNGERER UNDERGROUND SKETCHBOOK
                                                                 Tomi Ungerer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      masterpiece.
                                                                      The
                                                                     Party                                                                                                                                                                                                            A visual satirical critique of society.
                                                                     Diogenes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tomi Ungerer is at the apex of his graphic art
      The Party                                                                                     Babylon                                                                         Far Out isn’t                                                                                     in these pages. His deceptively simple sketches,
128 pages, 22.5 × 30 cm                                                                      172 pages, 22.5 × 27 cm                                                                 Far Enough
        1969                                                                                         1979                                                                            176 pages,                                                                                       some of them done only in black ink, are an
                                                                                                                                                                                    18.5 × 25 cm
                                                                                                                                                                                        1983                                                                                          abyss of human desires. Satirically exaggerated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to the point of agony, full of vicious wit and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      absurd ideas, they hit the reader hard with                                                    DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   DIOGENES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      their intelligence and clear-sightedness.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         First published in 1964
                                                                                                                                                                              Tomi Ungerer                                                                                                                                                                                                      Art Book
                                                                                                                                                                          Es war einmal
                                                                                                                                                                           mein Vater                                                                                                                                                                                              160 pages, 21.5 × 17.5 cm, June 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                 Diogenes

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                   A Childhood                                                             Posters                                                                     From Father to Son
                 Under the Nazis                                                    128 pages, 18.5 × 25 cm                                                          114 pages, 18.5 × 25 cm                                                                                                   English/world (Fantagraphics)
              144 pages, 18.5 × 25 cm                                                       1994                                                                             2003
                                                                                                                                                                    Tomi Ungerer                                                                                                                                                                                               World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                      1993                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       French (Cahiers Dessinés)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                    TOMI     TOMI UNGERER
                                                                                                                 TOMI UNGERER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tomi Ungerer’s books
                                                                                                                                                                  UNGERER                                                                                                                                                                                                      have been published in 43 languages.
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                                                                                                                                                                  AMERICA
                                                                                                                 AMERICA
• Die Hölle ist das Paradies des Teufels

                                            Tomi Ungerer                             Tomi Ungerer                                                                 AMERICA
                                               Die Hölle                               Besser nie
                                           ist das Paradies                             als spät
                                              des Teufels                            Neue Gedanken und Notizen
           Tomi Ungerer

                                              Gedanken und Notizen                                                                                                          DIOGENES DIOGENES
                                                   Diogenes                                  Diogenes
                                                                                                                                Illustration: Tomi Ungerer

  Useless Thoughts I                                                              Useless Thoughts II                                                                   America
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160 pages, 12.5 × 18 cm                                                         160 pages, 12.5 × 18 cm                                                           400 pages, 28 × 36.5 cm
        2008                                                                             2015                                                                             2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Illustration: Tomi Ungerer / © Diogenes Verlag
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Photo: © Gaëtan Bally/KEYSTONE

                                           tomi ungerer (1931 – 2019) was born in Strasbourg (Alsace). He failed
                                           his school exams but hitchhiked all around Europe and published his
                                           first drawings in the legendary Simplicissimus magazine. He began his
                                           unstoppable career as an illustrator, children’s book author and artist
                                           in New York. His children’s books are modern classics. He received the
                                           ›Hans Christian Andersen Award‹ in 1998 and was promoted
                                           ›Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur‹ in 2017.
CHILDREN’S BOOK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Timon Meyer / Julian Meyer
             Bear & Hippo on Holiday                                                                                                                                                                                    Not Today

Start of the picture book series about the                                                                          TIMON MEYER                           JULIA
                                                                                                                                                          JULIANN MEYE
                                                                                                                                                                  MEYERR                                  The launch title of the new children’s book

                                                                                                           URLAUB
                                                                                                                    TIMON MEYE
                                                                                                                    TIMON MEYERR                               N MEYE R                                                                                                                                 TIMON MEYER

                                                                                                                                    Hiip  pppoo
                                                                                                                                                         JULIA
                                                                                                                                                         JULIAN  MEYER

                                                                                                                            ärr &
                                                                                                                                &H

                                                                                                         URLAUB
                                                                                                         URLAUB
animal friends Bear and Hippo.                                                                                      TIMON MEYER                                                                           series is a genuine favourite. Once read                                                     TIMONJULIAN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             MEYERMEYER

                                                                                                                           Bä

                                                                                                       URLAUB
                                                                                                                           B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           JULIAN MEYER

                                                                                                    MACHEN
                                                                                                                                                                                                          aloud it may never leave your brain, exposing

                                                                                                  MACHEN
                                                                                                  MACHEN
Handy cardboard format for the smallest

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER · HEUTE NICHT
                                                                                                MACHEN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER · HEUTE NICHT
                                                                                                                              machen
                                                                                                                              machen Urlaub
                                                                                                                                     Urla
                                                                                                                                   machenub                                                               parents to the risk of countless repeat
                                                                                                                                   machen Urlaub

                                                                                            & HIPPO
readers.                                                                                                                                  Urlaub

                                                                                            HIPPO
                                                                                         &&HIPPO
                                                                                                                                                                                                          performances.

                                                                                       & HIPPO
                                                                                     • BÄR
                                                                                     BÄR
                                                                                 • •BÄR
                                                                               • BÄR
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Unforgettable rhymes and compelling
                                                                             MEYER
Bear and Hippo are the very best of friends.
                                                                    / JULIANMEYER
                                                                           MEYER
                                                                         MEYER
                                                                                                                                                                                                          illustrations.
They’re ready for any adventure together.
                                                                  / JULIAN
                                                                  JULIAN
                                                         MEYER/ /JULIAN

All the better if they make new friends along
                                                           MEYER
                                                     TIMONMEYER

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The pool is closed when it’s time for a paddle,
                                                  TIMONMEYER

the way! This time they’re going on holiday,
                                                    TIMON

                                                                                                                                                                                                          ice cream falls down and turns to a puddle.
                                                 TIMON

heading for the sun with a caravan and a tent.
                                                                                                                                                                  DIOGE NES
                                                                                                                                                                 DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                 DIOGE NES
                                                                                                                                                                DIOGENES                                  The newt is in a grumpy mood
                                                                                                                                                                 DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                DIOGENES
The shortest read-aloud story in the world                                                                                                                                                                and the crocodile forgets to smile.
tells what they are up to.                                                                                                                                                                                All the animals are blue today,
                                                                                                                                    Children’s Book                                                       full of sadness and sorrow.
                                                                                                                             14 pages, 18 × 15 cm, April 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Will it get better? Not today,
Witty. Rhyming. Genius.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          maybe tomorrow!
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Before there’s too much drama with the lama,
                                                                                                                     World rights are handled by Diogenes.                                                the next adventure for the little panda’s                                                                     DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DIOGENES
                                                                                                                           Film rights are available.                                                     animal gang is waiting around the corner.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          A hilarious and wonderfully illustrated read-                                                              Children’s Book
                                                                                                                                                                                                          aloud book.                                                                                         32 pages, 19 × 25 cm, April 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Film rights are available.

                                   timon meyer, born near Stuttgart in 1977, is an artist and writer.
                                   He and his family live in Queens, New York. He usually works with
                                   a number of especially beautiful words, which he rearranges until
                                   they rhyme and make his brother Julian Meyer laugh. Once Julian

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Illustration: © Julian Meyer
                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: © Kaya Wielopolski
                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: © Nikolaus Urban

                                   has got himself back under control, he draws even funnier pictures
                                   to go with his brother’s words.
                                   julian meyer, born 1983, tried out various jobs before studying
                                   illustration in Münster. He lives in Hamburg with his family and
                                   works as a freelance illustrator.
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      Happy                                                           Münchner Volkstheater, 		                               	National Center for                                         His novel Cold Blood is
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                                       Mar Del Plata                  Juozas Miltinis Drama                                                                                                 for the ›Prix Femina‹, one of
                                                                                                                              Tango                                                         the most important French
                                                                      Theatre, Panevezys
                                                                                                                              	Těšínské Divadlo,
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                                                                                                                                Český Těšín
The Visit                                                             Pécs                                                                                                                  Cold Blood is also nominated
          	Based on the play by Fried-                                                                                                                                                     for ›Le Prix du Meilleur Livre     Hugo Loetscher (1929 – 2009)     Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921 – 1990)
                                                                                                                              Patricia Highsmith
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Tatjana Hauptmann                Patricia Highsmith (1921 – 1995)
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                                                                                                  Comédie de Genève,                                                                                                                                            Hauptmann: © Andrea Diglas; Sławomir Mrożek:
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                                                                                                  Equilibre-Nuithonie                                                                                                                                           Dürrenmatt: © Edouard Rieben; Patricia Highsmith:
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                                                                                                  Villars-sur-Glâne,
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                                                                      Estonian Drama Theatre,
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                                                                      Tallinn
                                                                                                                              The Three Robbers                                             TV
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                                                                    	›Nikola Vaptsarov‹ Drama                                                                                              Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley
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                                                                                                                                                  • Die Physiker
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                                                                        ›Small g‹ –                               Süskind
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                                                                                                                                                                              Friedrich
                                                                                                                                                                                            Earthly Remains. Starring          ›Best International Feature      Milchan, and Philipp Keel for
                                                                      Sommeridylle                               Kontrabaß      Auf hoher See
                                                                                                                                                                             Dürrenmatt
                                                                                                                                                                                            Uwe Kockisch, Karl Fischer,        Film‹ category for the 92nd      Diogenes Entertainment.
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Fellini, Federico            Schneider, Hansjörg          Muschg, Walter             Heine, Helme
                                                                                                          75006 Paris                     Jerusalem 9350216                  Seoul 04043
Filipenko, Sasha             Schünemann, Christian        Nigg, Walter               Kaergel, Julia
                                                                                                          T: + 33 / 143 25 85 60          T: + 972 / 2 56 33 237             T: + 82 / 2 3142 11 62
Gilbert, Marianne            Sinowjew, Alexander          Padrutt, Hanspeter         Kernke, Gabriele
                                                                                                          F: + 33 / 143 25 47 98          F: + 972 / 2 56 18 711             F: + 82 / 2 3142 11 52
Goebel, Joey                 Spreckelsen, Tilman          Pianaro, Roberta           Krause, Ute
                                                                                                          michele@lanouvelleagence.fr     efrat@thedeborahharrisagency.com   tae2k@shinwonagency.co.kr
Hackl, Erich                 Sterchi, Beat                Reinhardt, Stephan         Lewinsky, Charles
Hartlieb, Petra              Straub, Maria Elisabeth        (Andersch Biographer)    Meyer, Julian
Hartmann, Lukas              Strittmatter, Thomas         Rüedi, Peter               Meyer, Thomas
Heinrich, Walter             Süskind, Patrick               (Dürrenmatt 		           Meyer, Timon         Greece                          Italy                              Spain / Portugal
Highsmith, Patricia          Suter, Martin                  Biographer)              Murschetz, Luis      Agence Iris                     Berla & Griffini Rights Agency     Casanovas & Lynch
Jägersberg, Otto             Szczypiorski, Andrzej        Schisa, Brunella           Nabb, Magdalen       Ms Catherine Fragou-Rassinier   Ms Barbara Griffini                Ms María Lynch
Jeissing, Ivana                (excl. Polish language)    Schönborn, Felizitas von   Schaad, Hans P.      18, Komotinis Str.              Via Stampa 4                       Balmes 209, 6 – 2
Kara, Yadé                   Székely, János               Schürch, Franziska         Sommerhalder,        13676 Thrakomakedones           20123 Milano                       08006 Barcelona
Kettenbach,                  Taylor, Amanda                 (Brambach Biographer)     Benjamin            T: + 30 / 210 243 24 73         T: + 39 / 02 805 04179             T: + 34 / 93 212 47 91
  Hans Werner                Tokarjewa, Viktorija         Sepeda, Toni               Steger, H. U.        F: + 30 / 210 243 50 42         F: + 39 / 02 890 10646             F: + 34 / 93 417 90 37
Kraus, Chris                   (excl. Russian language)   Urban, Peter               Traxler, Hans        irislit@otenet.gr               griffini@bgagency.it               maria@casanovaslynch.com
Krien, Daniela               Ventura, Luca                  (Chekhov Biographer)     Ungerer, Tomi
Krohn, Tim                   Vermeulen, John              Vollenweider, Alice        Waechter, F. K.
Kurkow, Andrej                 (excl. Dutch language)     Willms, Johannes           Zimnik, Reiner
  (excl. Russian and         Volić, Jelena                  (Balzac Biographer)
                                                                                                          Hungary                         Japan                              Turkey
                                                                                                          Kátai & Bolza                   Ms Meike Marx                      Kalem Agency
  Ukrainian language)        Waechter, F. K.              Yorn
                                                                                                          Literary Agents                 2-6-5 Otoe-cho                     Ms Kardelen Genç
Lange, Hartmut               Weck, Laura de
                                                                                                          Ms Orsi Mészáros                Fukagawa                           Caferaga Mah. Moda Cad.
Lappert, Simone              Wells, Benedict
                                                                                                          Szerb u. 17 – 19                Hokkaido 074-1273                  Erengul
Leon, Donna                  Widmer, Urs
                                                                                                          1056 Budapest                   T: + 81 / 164 251 466              Apt. no.110 K:1 D:1
Lewinsky, Charles            Winter, Leon de                          »One of the most
                                                                                                          T: + 36 / 1 456 03 13           F: + 81 / 164 263 833              34710 Kadiköy, Istanbul
Limacher, Roland               (excl. Dutch language)                prestigious literary                 F: + 36 / 1 456 03 14           meike.marx@gol.com                 T: + 90 / 212 245 44 06
Loetscher, Hugo              Winter, Solomonica de                    publishers of the                   orsi@kataibolza.hu                                                 rights7@kalemagency.com
Markaris, Petros             Zehrer, Klaus Cäsar
  (excl. Greek language)                                             German language.«
Matussek, Matthias                                                        Le Monde, Paris

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