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Suhrkamp
Insel Rights List
Frankfurt Book Fair 2018
www.suhrkamp.de/foreignrights
General Non-Fiction
Food
Crime Fiction
Commercial Fiction
Photo: 2018 BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL
General
Crime Fiction
Non-Fiction
Screenplay / Movie Tie-In
Florian
Henckel von Donnersmarck
Work without an Author The book to the film contains the
screenplay, a wealth of film stills
and the background story.
The new work by the
Oscar-winning
director and
screenwriter of Together with the love of his life, Ellie, young artist
Kurt Barnert dares to flee the GDR. In the West, he
Lives of the Others intends to devote himself to painting, free from all
restrictions at last. Yet the memories of the repression
of the SED regime and the Nazi era will not let him
in peace. It is only by opening up to these memories,
In the theatres soon that he is able to make paintings that not only reveal
his own experiences, but also those of three decades of
German history.
Oscar-winner Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
returns to Germany with this, his third feature film,
Work without an Author. Inspired by true events, he
portrays the journey of a young man in whose family
the paths of victims and perpetrators tragically inter-
sect.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
was born in 1973. He studied Directing
at the University of Film and Television in
Munich.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck International Sales: Selected Backlist:
Work without an Author France (Saint Simon Editions) Das Leben der anderen (2007) International
Filmbook by Florian Henckel von Sales: English world rights (Pushkin
Press), France (Saint Simon Editions), Italy
Donnersmarck Full English translation available
(Fandango), Denmark (Tyskforlaget), Korea
(Original title: Werk ohne Autor. Filmbuch von
(KSI)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
Photo: dpa/picture alliance/Jens Kalaene
approx. 220 pages
Paperback
Release: October 2018
Autobiography
Roberto Yañez/
Thomas Grimm
I was the Last Citizen »For me, my grandmother’s death
of the GDR was the fall of the Wall.« Roberto Yañez
Two years after the death With numerous previously
of Margot Honecker, unpublished photos and personal letters
her grandson, from the Honecker family
Roberto Yañez, breaks the
family’s silence
There isn’t much that is publicly known about the home country. He has a hard time adapting to the
last years of Erich and Margot Honecker, who unfamiliar culture. After his parents’ separation, he
First-hand glimpses into the were granted political asylum in Chile. Now, two moves in with Margot Honecker, who holds on to
GDR’s centre of power years after Margot Honecker’s death, her grandson, her political belief system unwaveringly. Time and
Roberto Yañez, breaks the silence. For the first time, again, Roberto breaks free from the strict rules and
he speaks about his life as the »favorite grandchild« looks for a new life among art, music and drugs. But
and about what happened after his grandfather was his grandmother remains the person he feels closest
A story of flight and exile overthrown and the GDR broke down. to and he keeps returning to her again and again. It’s
only when she dies in 2016 that he can free himself
Roberto Yañez, son of Sonja Honecker, grew up with from the burden of his family history – and talk about
The Honecker family in the privileges of power. When the Berlin Wall is torn the glorious times of his childhood, the end of the
Chile under Pinochet down, he is 15 years old. His beloved grandparents GDR, how the Honeckers experienced the political
are chased as criminals. He himself feels persecuted, developments as a family and about his grandparents’
even after his family has left for Chile, his father’s last years in Chile.
Roberto Yañez / Thomas Grimm Rights available Roberto Yañez, born in Thomas Grimm, born
I was the Last Citizen of the GDR 1974, grew up in East Berlin in the Ore Mountains in
My Life as the Grandson of the Honeckers and left Germany shortly 1954, is a film maker and
after the Wall’s fall in 1990. journalist. He started to
With images
Ever since he lives in his record interviews with
(Original title: Ich war der letzte Bürger der
father’s land Chile and people who witnessed
DDR. Mein Leben als Enkel der Honeckers)
works as a painter, poet and history first-hand, GDR
approx. 220 pages songwriter. personalities in particular,
Clothbound as early as 1987 and
Release: September 2018
Photo: ZeitzeugenTV, Berlin
subsequently founded the
movie and TV production
company Zeitzeugen TV,
which he still runs today.
Biography / Art
Kia Vahland
Leonardo da Vinci »Kia Vahland’s language is clear and straightforward.
and the Women Refusing to lose herself in self-absorbed formulations, she calls
things by their name – often with a lovely hint of irony.«
Nicola Kuhn, Tagesspiegel
A new biographical look at the great polymath (Laudatio on the occasion of the Critics’ Prize
on the 500th anniversary of his death in 2019 of the HBS Cultural Foundation 2015)
Leonardo da Vinci is considered modern for and intellectual thought. A general biography of
»Leonardo takes women examining nature and being the inventor of a Leonardo da Vinci’s life and work, it is also the
number of visionary technical instruments. But that’s history of a man who did and thought far more
seriously, especially at that not all. The artist also revolutionised European than his contemporaries and thus came to develop a
thought as a friend to women too: centuries before completely new type of worldview.
moment in which they are women’s emancipation movements, in his paintings Vahland’s book is a portrait of an age in which
making a decision that will affect he developed the image of the modern woman. people had to deal with wars, economic upheavals,
Indeed, Leonardo outright invented the image of the and issues of modernisation. As never before, western
their whole lives. autonomous woman who thought for herself, the thinkers, artists, and learned aristocrats turned to
With his unconventional view self-assured and simultaneously vulnerably beautiful
woman who looked men straight in the eye from the
the worlds of human emotion and penetrated them
both intellectually and aesthetically. In the discourse
of Mary the young painter is canvas and seemed to reciprocate their love. Neither of the Renaissance women gained a new role as the
Leonardo’s worldview nor his artistic and scientific emotional counterpart of men. The book therefore
making a break with convention. output can be understood without recognising his concerns itself with the life stories of the women
Only Leonardo allows his sympathy for the other sex in general and his female Leonardo painted as well as the social relationships
models in particular. Thus, the central thesis of that formed these women’s biographies.
protagonist to improvise. There this new biography is that the particular allure of
Leonardo’s oeuvre up to today is due to his open- Characterised by a sensual and easy-to-read style, the
is no doubt about her clear minded portrayal of the woman. book is panoramic, research intensive, and vividly
determination, her authority to written and aimed at a wide audience that appreciates
Focusing on the real as well as the depicted woman, understandable, enthrallingly written books of non-
make decisions. It is the humbly the book talks about Leonardo da Vinci’s life in a fiction full of solid information. While accessible to
approaching angel who is the new way and describes important works like the the general reader with no background in art history,
paintings of Ginevra de’ Benci, Cecilia Gallerani, the it will also be of interest to specialists thanks to its
supplicant, not she.« »Mona Lisa«, and the major religious paintings while presentation of the latest state of research.
locating them in the context of the history of attitudes
(from the book, about Annunciation)
Kia Vahland International Sales: Kia Vahland is an art historian and
Leonardo da Vinci and the Women Portugal (Temas e Debates), journalist. Since 2008 she has been
An Artist’s Biography Turkey (Marti) the managing editor for fine arts of
the arts section in the Süddeutsche
(Original title: Leonardo da Vinci und die
Zeitung. She teaches at Ludwig-
Frauen. Eine Künstlerbiographie)
Maximilians-University and the
approx. 250 pages German School of Journalism in
Clothbound Munich.
Release: 2019
Photo: Alessandra Schellnegger
Biography
Dagmar von Gersdorff
Julia Mann The first biography on the mother of
Heinrich and Thomas Mann
»I have a Portuguese Her life began like a novel. She was born not in her children, Julia Mann had to deal with dramatic family
parent’s home, indeed not in any house at all, but in discord: the difficult relationships among the children
mother. But I believe that the Brazilian rain forest. Julia da Silva-Bruhns (1851- themselves, the suicide of the younger daughter; but
1923) grew up on a sugar-cane plantation near Rio she was proud of the part she played in the writing
the Romance element de Janiero. At the age of eighteen she married the success of her sons, and of her own wide circle of
consul Johann Thomas Heinrich Mann in Lübeck. artistic friends.
unmistakably leaves its In the Hanseatic town she was an elegant beauty
with fascinating flair. She was a wonderful piano Dagmar von Gersdorff, bestselling author of Goethe’s
mark not only on my player, sang beautifully, and wrote poems and short Mother, has written the first biography of Julia Mann,
stories – it was she who brought a poetic, musically and in it reveals new aspects of the lives of the much-
outward appearance, but exotic element into the dry business world of the discussed Mann family.
Lübeck family. According to Thomas Mann, »the
on all my artistic work as artistic and the Bohemian« came from her; time
and again the contrast of northern and southern
well.« Thomas Mann culture, of bourgeois existence and that of the artist
were the themes of his work. As the mother of five
Dagmar von Gersdorff, Doctor of
Philosophy, studied German and the
History of Art at the Freie Universität,
Berlin. She lives in Berlin and works
as a literary expert and biographer.
Dagmar von Gersdorff is a member
of the Writer’s Association and of
International PEN.
Dagmar von Gersdorff Rights available Selected Backlist:
Julia Mann Auf der ganzen Welt nur sie. Die verbotene Liebe
The Mother of Heinrich and Thomas Mann zwischen Prinzessin Elisa Radziwill und Wilhelm von
A Biography Preußen (2013) International Sales: Poland (AD REM)
(Original title: Julia Mann. Die Mutter von
Goethes Mutter (2001) International Sales: Poland
Heinrich und Thomas Mann. Eine Biographie)
(Wydawnic Ksiazkowe Twoj Styl)
approx. 350 pages
Clothbound
Release: September 2018
Photo: Jürgen Bauer
Practical Philosophy
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
The Philosophy
»The orgasm is the blank space of
of the Orgasm
negative philosophy.«
When on the quest for the loveliest of moments, one In this book, wonder at orgasm dons a philosophy
On the most beautiful swiftly alights on the climax of climaxes: orgasm.
Although a long-running theme in the media, sexual
that connects the science of art, literature, film and
music, intellectual discourse with everyday experience
of feelings fulfilment is no simple matter. It is biological and
cultural, sensual and symbolic, of the body and the
and the political with the utopia of a passionate and
fulfilling happiness.
mind, emotional and communicative. As well as being
feminine and masculine, therefore deeply human. In
it natural history and evolution rub shoulders with
The first the great tales of human happiness, of emancipated
society, a mature culture of love and a liberated
philosophical gender relationship: in short, a good life.
contemplation of
the orgasm »The orgasm embodies pure positivity. It is the unconditional yes.
That constitutes its explosive force within philosophy. Thus, the orgasm takes an
antagonistic position to the fundamental mode of thinking of an entire century:
the principle of criticism, of negativity, of ambivalence, of deconstruction and
doubt. But where the orgasm is concerned, there is no but, no maybe, no however,
no possibly. And so, it acts transversely to intellectualism, which in reverse may
explain why it is avoided by contemporary masterminds in the same manner of
other forms of positivity such as giving birth, conception, faithfulness, oaths of
love, the incisive decisions in life. Affirmation is the key to life.«
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf Rights available Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, born in
The Philosophy of the Orgasm 1962, studied Music and Philosophy.
(Original title: Philosophie des Orgasmus) He is a composer with wide-ranging
work in all genres and the author of
approx. 200 pages
numerous books. He is the editor
Paperback
of the magazine Musik & Ästhetik
Release: January 2019
and is Professor of Composition at
the College of Music and Theatre in
Leipzig.
Narrative Non-Fiction
Jürgen Teipel
Our Unknown Family True stories that are
going to change the way we see the
animal kingdom
»Our Unknown Family brings Animals think, animals feel, animals are inventive joy for days on end; or the terminally ill woman who
and have a complex inner life – and sometimes, they found comfort in the empathetic company of a horse.
together 39 emotionally try and make themselves understood by us humans.
Every now and then they succeed and those of us who These stories, often incredible but nevertheless true –
moving, real moments.« have experienced this are not only changed forever, about humorous cows, horses that heal themselves,
Süddeutsche Zeitung but also have a story to tell that has the potential to artistic monkeys, loved-up cats and frightened
change the way we see the animal kingdom. Many bunnies that surpass themselves – are about trust,
people have related their extraordinary encounters compassion, friendship and, yes, of love for and
»It’s easy to simply be moved to Jürgen Teipel – they are remarkable, surprising among animals. In them, the boundaries between
and moving stories: like the one about the squirrel humans and animals seems to have been lifted for a
by this book. Or amazed. that decides to climb up someone’s leg in a park, short while.
downright »adopts« them and won’t ever leave their
Or fascinated. But what’s side again, not even in the shower; or the seven-metre
really special is the language.« right whale calf that invites a diver to slide down its
back; or the once wild cat that is so ecstatic about
Frankfurter Rundschau the return of its favourite humans that it dances with
»I’ve been waiting a long time
for such a beautiful book.« taz
Jürgen Teipel, born in 1961, began
his writing career as the publisher
of the punk-zine marionett. He has
organised concerts for bands like
Die Toten Hosen, has worked as a
DJ, put on exhibitions and written
for Frankfurter Rundschau, Neue
Zürcher Zeitung, Der Spiegel, and
Die Zeit. He lives in Munich.
Jürgen Teipel International Sales: Selected Backlist:
Our Unknown Family Arabic world rights (Tanmia) Verschwende Deine Jugend (2012)
True Stories about Animals and Humans Docu-Novel about German punk and new wave
(Original title: Unsere unbekannte Familie. International Sales: France (Allia)
Wahre Geschichten von Tieren und Menschen)
approx. 286 pages www.jteipel.com
Clothbound
Release: March 2018
Photo: Alessandra Schellnegger
Narrative Non-Fiction
Olaf Nils Dube
Bees and Humans
How bees save a
human life
»To me, bees are still What is a person who dreams of a simple life, and is
almost suffocating in the pursuit of a career, to do?
Dube reveals what they taught him, what is important
for beekeepers, what the destruction of bees would
among the most fascinat- Stuck in the wrong life; this feeling plagued Olaf
Nils Dube for years. When he was in his mid-thirties,
mean, and why bee-hives are veritable treasure troves.
Above all, he depicts the moving history of our
he gathered his courage, resigned from his position millennial-old friendship with a species that never
ing animals on this earth. of responsibility, and left his spacious apartment in needed us, while we would perish without them.
Prenzlauer Berg for a circus caravan. He took up
They exude a profound beekeeping; like many other young people these days,
incidentally. Back then he heard from all sides: »You
primitiveness that you can can’t make a living from that!« And yet that is just
what Dube went on to do, with the help of his bees.
get very close to as For they, after about ten million years of evolution
history, are after all experts in survival! In his book,
a beekeeper. Every year
I discover new aspects to
them, get to know their
cycles and preferences
better and am as excited
by their nature as I was
on day one. Sometimes
my bees feel like good
friends.«
Olaf Nils Dube Rights available Olaf Nils Dube was born
Photo: ond
Bees and Humans in Dresden and grew up in
A Friendship Darmstadt. He studied German
Studies, Philosophy and Russian
(Original title: Bienen und Menschen. Eine
Studies in Berlin and worked as a
Freundschaft)
journalist and press-speaker of an
approx.180 pages association, before devoting himself
Clothbound to beekeeping fulltime.
Release: October 2018 He lives in Berlin.
Cultural History
Bernd Brunner
einen Gradmesser für die Beliebtheit des Granatap-
fels erkennen. Auf jeden Fall kommen Granatäpfel in
diesen Frucht-Gruppierungen beinahe immer nur am
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Ein von Alexandre Dumas zitierter gewisser M. Cohier
The Book of Pomegranates
de Lompier schrieb wie folgt : »Es gibt keine schönen
Dessert-Fruchtkörbe ohne Granatäpfel; ebenso wie es sen verzehrt. Auf der Insel Kos behängen die
keine ohne Orangen gibt. Ein geöffneter Granatapfel Familien zum Jahresbeginn, der immer noch
sieht aus wie ein reicher Schatz Rubine oder funkeln- am 1. September gefeiert wird, ihre Ikonostasis
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A repository for dreams,
visions, and fears.«
Next to olives, figs, grapes and dates, the pomegranate an attribute of the Madonna figure and still lives in
Anja Hirsch, Die Zeit belongs to the earliest fruit to be cultivated by Renaissance paintings until it was replaced by citrus
humankind. Until today, it is surrounded by mysteries. fruit, which were much easier to process.
Was the »forbidden apple« with which Eve tempted
This book examines these shifts in meaning and
»An elegant cultural Adam actually a pomegranate? Is the pomegranate
presents in a compact form the history of the culture
– botanically speaking – even an »apple«? Is it the
history Brunner universal remedy which many believe it to be? and dissemination of one of the most fascinating
fruit that, today, is heralded as a »super fruit« and
ably dispatches recent Most likely, the origin of the pomegranate lies in the cultivated in many places all over the world. This book
science and takes us on a area south of the Caspian Sea, and its traditional
area of cultivation spans from the Himalayas to
presents a search for traces of the pomegranate in
Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan, China and Japan, where
lively tour of lunar folklore the Mediterranean. Its rich associations, especially the pomegranate possesses special cultural significance.
as a symbol of fertility, run through the cultures of
and speculative fiction.« antiquity like a golden thread; later, it was used as
The New Yorker on Mond.
Die Geschichte einer Faszination Bernd Brunner, born in 1964, is a
writer who divides his time between
Istanbul and Berlin. He has written
for Lapham’s Quarterly, The Paris
Review Daily, Aeon, Quartz, The Public
Domain Review, The Times Literary
Supplement, Wall Street Journal
Speakeasy and others. His books have
been translated into 13 languages and
reviewed in major publications.
Bernd Brunner International Rights Sales:
The Book of Pomegranates Turkey (Kirmizi)
With 18 illustrations and photographs
(Original title: Das Granatapfelbuch)
101 pages
Clothbound
Release: March 2018
Photo: privatHealth / Lifest yle
Nils Binnberg
I have had enough! A plethora of new facts and analysis
about one of the most charged themes of our time:
the – allegedly – correct food to eat.
»Do you even know what you are doing to yourselves?
All those worthless carbohydrates? Your blood sugar levels are going to
Why healthy food can rise at first only to plummet after that. In an hour’s time, by the latest, you
make you sick are going to be hungry again. You’ll all become fat …«
The first personal
»I suffer from orthorexia nervosa. It is a concept I When did our permanent being-on-a-diet actually
account of this new only became familiar with recently and it describes
an obsession with eating healthily. That sounds good,
begin? What is it we are trying to control? Is it purely
about a desire for eternal youth and divine beauty?
disease of modern you might say? But it is not. I slavishly follow each
new health edict. By turning my back on everyday
Or is it an ersatz religion we are seeking, because
there is nothing to believe in anymore? While look-
society, orthorexia foods, I have started to feel as if I am slowly killing
myself. Incidentally, I am only one of millions affected
ing for answers to these questions, I may as well start
with myself. Because my life, I must confess, is com-
nervosa, which already in Germany. At lunchtime we are fine talking freely
about S & M sex à la Fifty Shades of Grey. But if a
ing unglued …«
affects more than one breadbasket is passed around, we become suddenly
tense.
million people in
Germany.
Nils Binnberg, born in 1976,
studied Theatre, Film and Television
Studies, English Philology and
Ethnology in Cologne. He has
worked as a journalist for major
German newspapers and is
currently an author of radio
features.
Nils Binnberg Rights available
I have had enough!
How nutrition gurus are making us sick
(Original title: Ich habe es satt! Wie uns
Ernährungsgurus krank machen)
approx. 200 pages
Paperback
Release: February 2019
Photo: René FietzekPhoto: Manuel Krug
Crime Fiction
FoodCookbook
Ofir Raul Graizer
Ofir’s Kitchen
Israeli-Palestinian Family Recipes
A small number of
ingredients and easy to
recreate – for the home.
Photos: Manuel Krug
Simple, healthy,
Secrets of
vegetarian,
delicious Israeli-Palestinian cuisine
Director, Screenwriter The regional cuisine of Israel and Palestine is Ofir’s Ofir expands on the origins of his recipes, from Israel,
and Chef de cuisine – Kitchen, familiar to him from his childhood in Israel
and presented to us now in this book. The passionate
from Palestine and from his family.
while his film chef shares 80 vegetarian recipes with us, rich in
variation, elegant and yet easy to reproduce at home.
The Cakemaker is With the help of a handful of ingredients and herbs,
he leads us into his homeland. Elegant and colourful
screened all over the variations of Tahini, the famous sesame paste, for
world, here are Ofir’s example; Mejadara, a one-pot dish of black lentils,
plentiful onions and Freekeh, roasted green wheat;
personal recipes Labane, homemade cheese made of sour cream and
yoghurt – for Ofir one of the highlights of Arab
cuisine.
Ofir Raul Graizer Rights available Ofir Raul Graizer, born in Israel in
Ofir’s Kitchen 1981, is a successful filmmaker and
Israeli-Palestinian Family Recipes lives in Berlin and Jerusalem. His
With 80 vegetarian recipes prizewinning documentaries have
been widely screened at festivals.
With numerous photographs by Manuel Krug
(Original title: Ofirs Küche. Israelisch-
palästinensische Familienrezepte)
approx. 200 pages
Clothbound
Release: November 2018Cookbook
Erwin Seitz
Cooking in Accordance
with Nature
Healthy and
uncomplicated
recipes for everyday
accompanied by Photos: Jens Gyarmati
wonderful
Char on buckwheat risotto with »Bergkäse«; quail Staying close to natural ingredients – and close to
photographs on beluga lentils with elderberry cream; saffron human nature: this is what cooking in accordance
curry with mango and pistachio – Erwin Seitz with nature means. Erwin Seitz, trained chef and food
combines fresh ingredients, light fonds, slightly critic, uses seasonal ingredients and ensures variety by
Newest insights acidic components and fruity notes into a European-
Mediterranean style. These simple basic recipes invite
using lots of vegetables and fruit, some fish and meat.
His recipes are uncomplicated and quickly prepared:
of nutritional you to create individual combinations depending because cooking healthily is simple!
on region and season and to prepare a delicious and
science healthy dish in 30 minutes. In the comprehensive
section on nutritional information we learn everything
we need to know about traditional types of grain,
From breakfast native freshwater fish, oils and vinegars, nuts and
herbs – from the history of their cultivation to
and entrées practical shopping tips.
to scrumptious
desserts Erwin Seitz, born in 1958, trained
as a butcher and chef. After that,
he studied German Philology,
Philosophy and Art History in
Berlin and Oxford, UK. Seitz lives
in Berlin, where he works as a
journalist, author and food critic.
He teaches Food Management at
the University of Heilbronn.
Erwin Seitz Rights available
Cooking in Accordance with Nature
Simple, Good, Healthy
Recipes and Nutritional Information
With colour photographs by Jens Gyarmati
(Original title: Naturnahes Kochen – einfach,
gut, gesund. Rezepte und Warenkunde)
223 pages
Clothbound
Release: June 2018
Photo: Jürgen BauerFood
Ursula Heinzelmann
On Cheese-Making
A journey into the realm of cheese
Photos: Manuel Krug
A journey round
the world to Where does good cheese come from? Ursula Heinzel-
mann, Germany’s best-known cheese expert,
It is not only people who are involved in cheese-
making, but also animals and the landscapes in which
local producers undertakes a journey around the world. She travels
from Brandenburg County to the Allgäu region, over
they live. Does the goat in the pen produce different
milk from that of her sister who is on the move with
the Alps to Italy and further to Anatolia, Ireland, the herd all summer? Is it possible to taste landscape?
Norway, California and Vietnam. She makes her Ursula Heinzelmann explores this and much more in
A homage to an way to those people who pursue the old art of
cheese-making. In Anatolia she learns about cheese
her informative, entertaining stories.
ancient craft production according to the Nomadic method that
in over a thousand of years has barely changed. In
Marin County, north of San Francisco, she encounters
the legendary »Cowgirls« who have started a cheese
revolution at their creamery. In Ireland she meets a
On people, animals Heidegger expert who is also one of the country’s best
cheese-makers.
and landscapes
Ursula Heinzelmann is a trained
chef, sommelière, successful
gastronome, journalist and writer
with a special focus on culinary
and wine-related subjects. She
co-edited the Oxford Companion to
Cheese, is a member of the Guild
of Cheesemakers and co-organiser
of several culinary festivals.
Ursula Heinzelmann Rights available
On Cheese-Making
Tradition, Craft and Pleasure
With numerous photographs by Manuel Krug
(Original title: Von Käsemachen. Tradition,
Handwerk und Genuss)
approx. 200 pages
Clothbound
Release: October 2018
Photo: Manuel KrugPhoto: Achim Multhaupt Crime Fiction
Crime Fiction / Noir
Simone Buchholz
Mexico Ring Prizes for Chastity Riley:
»Blue Night has a unique style: fragmented, flitting from subject
to subject. It flirts with the avant-garde. This is a punk rock album German Crime Fiction Prize 2017
translated into a hard-bitten tale of low life scum and a lone officer. Radio Bremen Crime Fiction Prize 2017
Fierce enough to stab the heart.« The Spectator, Jeff Noon Ebner Stolz Financial Thriller Prize 2018
»Chastity Riley’s gaze is
so sharp and fierce and,
at the same time, caring
and affectionate.« In Hamburg cars are burning. Set alight at random
every night. But one night on the Mexico Ring, a
stretching the length and breadth of Germany. And
she gains an understanding of Nouri Saroukhan’s
ghetto of office high-rises to the north of the city, a story. It is a story of breaking free, but paying the
Elmar Krekeler, Die Welt
person is still in his Fiat as it starts to blaze: Nouri highest price. And it is also a love story: that of
Saroukhan, the lost son of a Bremen gangster family. Nouri and Aliza, not permitted to be together who
Did he regret running away from his family? Had tumble into another life that proves no better. Does
»Chastity Riley belongs they started the blaze? And why are gangster youths
from Bremen turning up dead in Hamburg?
Aliza know what happened to Nouri on the Mexico
Ring?
amongst Germany’s State prosecutor Chastity Riley delves deep into the
world of the gang families. Piece by piece, she starts
most complex to recognise the tentacles of criminal structures
crime heroines:
Simone Buchholz was born seven more volumes of the
a lone wolf, who looks in Hanau in 1972. She studied Chastity Riley series have been SIMONE simone
Philosophy and Literature published; the sixth volume, Blue BUCHHOLZ Buchholz
into the abyss of human at university, worked as a
waitress and a columnist, and
Night, was #1 on the Krimi-ZEIT
Best of Crime List for months.
Blaue Nacht Beton Rouge
society.« Brigitte
trained to be a journalist at In 2016, Simone Buchholz was
the prestigious Henri Nannen awarded the Crime Cologne
School in Hamburg. She has Award and took second place in
written for women’s magazines the German Crime Fiction Prize.
for over 15 years, but has also She lives with her husband and KRIMINALROMAN
always written about football, son in Sankt Pauli, in the heart of
suhrkamp nova
the economy and travel. In 2008, Hamburg.
SUHRKAMP
kriminalroman
she published her first crime
novel, Revolverherz. Since then,
Simone Buchholz International Rights Sales: Selected Backlist:
Mexico Ring English world rights (Orenda) Blaue Nacht / Blue Night Chastity Riley # 6 (2016)
Crime Novel International Sales: English world rights (Orenda
Books), Italy (Emons); Domestic Rights Sales:
Chastity Riley # 8
German Audiobook (Hörbuch Hamburg)
(Original title: Mexikoring. Kriminalroman)
approx. 280 pages
Beton Rouge Chastity Riley # 7 (2017) International
Paperback Sales: English world rights (Orenda); Domestic
Release: September 2018 Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Hörbuch
Hamburg)
Photo: Gerald von ForisCrime Fiction / Noir
Friedrich Ani
The Fool and His Machine »Ani shows that beautiful prose, poetry, smashing mastery of
dialogues, wisdom, accuracy devoted to the [description of the]
present and the format of the crisp short crime novel aren’t mutually
exclusive, and that there can be a legitimate successor of
Dürrenmatt in this field.« Die Welt
»Friedrich Ani writes Tabor Süden started out as a policeman before In his dark new novel, Friedrich Ani has the life
with clockwork moving into private detective work, becoming an
experienced specialist in missing persons cases. What
experiences of the detective and the writer running
parallel: both are trying to swindle death and
precision, in his unique, he really wanted was to walk away forever from
investigative work after the last case in which one of
vanquish darkness awhile. Will it happen, this
encounter between missing person and missing-
unconventional tone, his colleagues lost his life. persons’ sleuth, two men lost to the world?
Süden plans to leave Munich with no goodbyes. Tabor Süden’s 21st case. The first 20 have been
sleek and sharp However, when his boss catches him at the railway published in a previous series.
station, she persuades him to take on one final case:
and still rich and a highly unusual commission it is. Perhaps Süden
only agrees because one thing is clear: if he finds the
in atmosphere.« FR missing man, he will be meeting his mirror image.
The man who has disappeared is a writer of crime
novels, something of a celebrity once. And he has
vanished with no farewell. Whereabouts: naturally
unknown.
Friedrich Ani was born in 1959. His
first novel was published in 1996, and
since then he has gone on to write
crime novels, poetry and YA fiction,
as well as writing for TV, radio and
theatre. His books have received
many prominent awards, among
them the Bavarian Cultural Ministry’s
Advancement Award for Literature and
the German Crime Fiction Prize. So far,
he is the only author ever to receive
the German Crime Fiction Prize for
three titles in the same year.
Friedrich Ani Rights available Selected Backlist:
The Fool and His Machine Nackter Mann, der brennt / Naked Man
A case for Tabor Süden Burning (2016) Domestic Rights Sales:
(Original title: Der Narr und seine Maschine. German audiobook (Hörbuch Hamburg)
Ein Fall für Tabor Süden)
approx. 143 pages
Clothbound
Release: October 2018
Photo: Heike SteinwegCrime Fiction
Ellen Dunne
Black Soul
Hard Landing: Nominated for the
Friedrich-Glauser-Prize 2018
»An immensely exciting
thriller with interesting
protagonists and a very A drowned Irish man is fished out of the Schwabin- up at just the right moment: Donald McFadden, a
ger Bach – a stream in the English Garden in Mu- man of some charm and many enemies, had been in
cunningly written nich. There is no evidential material, but motives Munich to win back his ex-wife, Fiona, by force if
galore. Not the ideal starting position for Patsy necessary. But whether he had fallen into the water
cliffhanger at the end – Logan, the German-Irish detective with the Munich by accident, or had been given a helping hand, is
I would have liked to go homicide squad. She has to call on her instincts
more than ever – but those instincts are wavering
impossible to say. Plenty of people had reasons for
doing him in – and the opportunity, too. Patsy’s
on reading right away. just when she needs them. theories lead to a series of dead-ends. Until another
death provides a seemingly vital clue. It is just
On the upside: Hard Patsy Logan is at an emotional low: her desire for a unfortunate that Patsy’s own crisis comes to the fore
child remains unfulfilled, and the hormone treatment at that very moment …
Landing is the beginning is taking its toll. The case of the dead Irishman turns
of a new series.«
Radio Bremen
Ellen Dunne, born in 1977,
worked as a text editor in an
advertising agency and then held
various positions with Google in its
European headquarters in Dublin.
Her first case for Patsy Logan,
Hard Landing, was nominated for
the Friedrich-Glauser-Prize 2018.
Ellen Dunne Rights available Selected Backlist:
Black Soul Harte Landung / Hard Landing Patsy Logan # 1 (2017)
A case for Patsy Logan Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Audible)
Crime Novel
(Original title: Schwarze Seele. Ein Fall für
Patsy Logan. Kriminalroman)
approx. 400 pages
Paperback
Release: January 2019
Photo: Myles ShellyHistorical Crime Fiction
Angelika Felenda
Autumn Storm
Siberian cold over Munich
50.000 copies of the
Reitmeyer series sold
»An excellent
combination of
descriptive historical Investigations in two murder cases lead the unflap- Legation comes under attack; and members of the
ambience and pable Munich Detective Reitmeyer into the circles of
Russian Monarchists in exile who had settled in the
recently prohibited Freikorps are pillaging and
plundering in the city. Life could be pretty good for
exciting thriller.« city after the October Revolution. And it is these very Inspector Reitmeyer, however – his relationship with
circles that his best friend, lawyer Sepp Leitner, has his childhood sweetheart, Caroline, is on an easier
Focus Online his eye out for the daughter of a distinguished Rus- footing now. But his investigations into ex-soldiers
sian nobleman, to top up his salary. But what does gone to seed and dubious Russian ladies are proving
the disappearance of Anya Alexandrova has to do more difficult than expected – particularly when his
with the two dead men?
»Full of surprising suspicions seem corroborated, that his worst enemy is
sitting in his own ranks.
twists and turns and Munich, 1922. Inflation is galloping; because of the
reparation demands placed on Germany, the French
peppered with
historical facts,
Winter Storm
holds the reader in its
power right from the
start.« freundin
Angelika Felenda studied History
and German Philology, and now lives
in Munich where she works as a
literary translator.
Angelika Felenda Rights available Selected Backlist:
Autumn Storm Der eiserne Sommer/Iron
Reitmeyer’s Third Case Summer Reitmeyer # 1 (2014)
Domestic Rights Sales: German
Crime Novel
Audiobook rights (Der Hörverlag)
(Original title: Herbststurm.
Wintergewitter/Winter Storm
Reitmeyers dritter Fall) Reitmeyer # 2 (2016)
approx. 400 pages
Paperback
Release: November 2018Political Thriller
André Georgi
The Last Terrorist
»Georgi writes with full force.«
Die Zeit
The heart of the
revolution is out of A young woman is caught in the clutches of terrorism to stop potential competition developing in the East.
rhythm and is sent on a risky mission. Chased by the BKA, the
Federal Criminal Police Office, and put under pressure
Always by his side: Sandra Wellmann. Even though
she’s only been hired recently, Dahlmann soon has
by her comrades, she is forced to make a difficult deci- complete trust in his personal assistant. But Sandra
sion … Wellmann isn’t who her boss thinks she is …
Turned into a Berlin in the early 1990s: As the head of the
Treuhandanstalt, Hans-Georg Dahlmann is one
two-parter for of the most threatened men of the newly reunified
Germany. Targeted by the RAF, hated by some of the
German television GDR population and in conflict with West-German
companies that are doing everything in their power
André Georgi was born in 1965
in Copenhagen and grew up in
Berlin. He studied philosophy
and German in Freiburg, Berlin
and Vienna and currently lives in
Bielefeld, where he works as a
scriptwriter and dramaturge. He
has written numerous screenplays
for celebrated TV-series such as
Tatort and Bella Block, and he has
adapted stories by Ferdinand von
Schirach and Siegfried Lenz for the
big screen.
André Georgi Rights available Selected Backlist:
The Last Terrorist Tribunal (2014) International Sales: France (Piranha), Italy
Thriller (Atmosphere libri), Netherlands (Dutch Media Group/The House
(Original title: Die letzte Terroristin. Thriller) of Books), Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Jumbo/
GoyaLit)
approx. 362 pages
Paperback
Release: August 2018
Photo: Jörg DieckmannPhoto: The Picture Pantry/Getty Images; shutterstock Commercial Fiction
Women’s Fiction
Gabriela Jaskulla
The Autumn Cook
A culinary journey round the world
»An utterly astounding book.«
Martin Walser on Ostseeliebe
A young chef in the
midst of Michelin- Gianna is young, vivacious and ambitious – and she emotions: she is in love – and not just with one man,
is determined to become a chef. And to be one of the but with two at the same time, two brothers who
starred cuisine and best. Where better to learn the ropes than with those
Michelin-starred chefs? Thus her journey leads her
could hardly be more different from one another.
While one promises security and steadfastness, the
passionate love … from her hometown of Regensburg, via Copenhagen
and Navarra, all the way to New Mexico. At four
other entices her into new, risky adventures. Gradually
Gianna discovers what really matters in life …
enthralling locations, she learns not only an array of
cooking styles from famous and independent-minded
colleagues, but also experiences the ebb and flow of
Ostseeliebe GA B R I E L A
JASKULLA
Gabriela Jaskulla was born in 1962.
She grew up in Germany, has lived
in Spain, loves Hamburg and small
islands and is currently living in Berlin.
She is an art historian and journalist,
worked for radio and television for 17
GA B R I E L A
years and teaches cultural journalism
and creative writing at the University of
JA S KU L L A
Roman
Hannover.
Gabriela Jaskulla Rights available Selected Backlist:
The Autumn Cook Ostseeliebe (2016) Rights available
Novel Septembermeer (2016) Rights available
(Original title: Die Herbstköchin. Roman)
approx. 280 pages
Paperback
Release: September 2018
Photo:Arno DeclairWomen’s Fiction
Gabriele Diechler
Lavender Dreams
A picturesque village in the Provence, not far from journey to the South of France. At the sender’s
A charming novel about Grasse, the world capital of perfume. But Julia isn’t address she meets the son of the by now also deceased
here to enjoy the beauty of the landscape: her life is perfumer. In Nicolas she finds a sympathetic friend
the power of fate, the falling apart, and she has come here in search of the who gives her confidence – and love. But then they
truth … discover an incredible family secret …
force of love, and the After her mother dies in a tragic accident, Julia
courage to start anew. discovers a secret locker that holds a parcel with her
mother’s favourite perfume and a love letter next to
it. The sender: a perfumer in the Provence. What does
this mean? Was her mother leading a double life?
On the spur of the moment, Julia sets out on a
Gabriele Diechler, born in Cologne,
lives and works in the Salzkammergut,
Austria. After many years of working as
a screenwriter and dramaturge, she now
mainly writes novels and YA-fiction.
Gabriele Diechler Rights available Selected Backlist:
Lavender Dreams Ein englischer Sommer (2015)
Novel
(Original title: Lavendelträume. Roman)
410 pages
Paperback
Release: June 2018Commercial Fiction
Thomas Montasser
The Summer of Penguins
A modern fairy tale in London
A heartwarming story with
magical illustrations by Isabel Pin.
A small bookshop in London’s Mayfair borough. When the secret of the adorable species is threatened
Mrs. Annetta Robington finds herself completely to be discovered, Mrs. Robington’s big moment has
absorbed in a fascinating book about penguins and arrived. Devising a cunning plan, she does everything
has lost track of time. Just as she is about to leave the in her power to save the birds …
bookshop, she makes a sudden, incredible discovery:
the shop owner is a penguin! The elderly gentleman
denies it at first, but then admits to it: yes, he is a
penguin – one of many that live among us humans.
A cellist with bushy eyebrows, a doorman with
impeccable posture, a gentleman wearing a tail coat
at the opera … Mrs. Robington keeps seeing penguins
everywhere now.
Thomas Montasser used to work as
a journalist and university lecturer and
headed a small theatre group. He lives
in Munich.
Thomas Montasser International Sales:
The Summer of Penguins Arabic world rights (Dar Oktob)
Novel
With illustrations by Isabel Pin
(Original title: Der Sommer der Pinguine.
Roman)
143 pages
Clothbound
Release: June 2018Commercial Fiction
Matthias Sachau
Alicia Disappears »The mystery around Alicia and the book she left behind
was so important to me that I didn’t hesitate. I would drive to
the Isle of Portland, to Alicia’s late grandfather’s house. Even
if she wasn’t there, the drive would distract me. I headed down
to our underground car park, which smelt more of perfume
than of exhaust fumes, revved up my old E-Type and tore out
into London’s traffic.«
A gripping novel about
unspoken feelings and
the challenges that
sometimes have to be
Alicia and Robert are best friends. But then one day, friend becomes a quest for himself. It’s only when he
overcome on the path to Alicia suddenly disappears without a word of expla- confronts his true feelings that he can find Alicia. And
happiness. nation. The only clues she left are three photos and her love.
her favourite book, Wuthering Heights.
Robert’s inquiries in London lead nowhere. And
so he sets out on an adventurous journey that not
only takes him across England, but also back into
his own past … More and more, the search for his
Matthias Sachau, born 1969, began to
write after working briefly as an architect.
He published various comedy novels with
great success. Matthias Sachau lives and
works in Berlin and Regensburg.
Matthias Sachau International Sales: Selected Backlist:
Alicia Disappears Arabic world rights (Dar Oktob) Mit Flipflops ins Glück (2016)
Novel
(Original title: Alicia verschwindet. Roman)
242 pages
Paperback
Release: May 2018
Photo: Hanna SachauNora Mercurio Rights Director English World, Spanish World, Portugal, Israel, India Phone +49 30 740744 231 mercurio@suhrkamp.de Edith Baller Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Phone +49 30 740744 354 baller@suhrkamp.de Felix Dahm Arabic countries, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Romania, Moldova, Turkey, Africa Phone +49 30 740744 233 dahm@suhrkamp.de Petra Hardt Russia, Brazil, France & Francophonia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Belorussia Phone +49 30 740744 230 hardt@suhrkamp.de Christoph Hassenzahl Scandinavia, Netherlands, France & Francophonia, Poland, Greece, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Asia (Central, East, Southeast, South, excluding India), Iran Phone +49 30 740744 232 hassenzahl@suhrkamp.de Editorial deadline for sales figures and rights deals: August 17th, 2018
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