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Suhrkamp
Insel Rights List
London Book Fair 2018
www.suhrkamp.de/foreignrights
General Non-Fiction
Crime Fiction
Commercial Fiction
Graphic Novel
GeneralCrime
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Biography/Art
Kia Vahland
Leonardo da Vinci or: Leonardo da Vinci is considered modern for
examining nature and being the inventor of a
Vahland’s book is a portrait of an age in which
people had to deal with wars, economic upheavals,
The Beauty of Women
number of visionary technical instruments. But that’s and issues of modernisation. As never before, western
not all. The artist also revolutionised European thinkers, artists, and learned aristocrats turned to
thought as a friend to women too: centuries before the worlds of human emotion and penetrated them
women’s emancipation movements, in his paintings both intellectually and aesthetically. In the discourse
A new biographical look at the great polymath he developed the image of the modern woman.
Indeed, Leonardo outright invented the image of the
of the Renaissance women gained a new role as the
emotional counterpart of men. The book therefore
on the 500th anniversary of his death in 2019 autonomous woman who thought for herself, the concerns itself with the life stories of the women
self-assured and simultaneously vulnerably beautiful Leonardo painted as well as the social relationships
OFFERED woman who looked men straight in the eye from the that formed these women’s biographies.
ON canvas and seemed to reciprocate their love. Neither
PROPOSAL Leonardo’s worldview nor his artistic and scientific Characterised by a sensual and easy-to-read style, the
output can be understood without recognising his book is panoramic, research intensive, and vividly
sympathy for the other sex in general and his female written and aimed at a wide audience that appreciates
models in particular. Thus, the central thesis of understandable, enthrallingly written books of non-
this new biography is that the particular allure of fiction full of solid information. While accessible to
Leonardo’s oeuvre up to today is due to his open- the general reader with no background in art history,
»Kia Vahland’s language minded portrayal of the woman. it will also be of interest to specialists thanks to its
presentation of the latest state of research.
is clear and straightforward. Focusing on the real as well as the depicted woman,
the book talks about Leonardo da Vinci’s life in a
Refusing to lose herself in self- new way and describes important works like the
paintings of Ginevra de’ Benci, Cecilia Gallerani, the
absorbed formulations, she calls »Mona Lisa«, and the major religious paintings while
things by their name – often with locating them in the context of the history of attitudes
and intellectual thought. A general biography of
a lovely hint of irony.« Leonardo da Vinci’s life and work, it is also the
history of a man who did and thought far more
Nicola Kuhn, Tagesspiegel than his contemporaries and thus came to develop a
(Laudatio on the occasion of the Critics’ Prize completely new type of worldview.
of the HBS Cultural Foundation 2015)
Kia Vahland is an art historian and
journalist. Since 2008 she has been
the managing editor for fine arts of
the arts section in the Süddeutsche
Zeitung. She teaches at Ludwig-
Maximilian-University and the
German School of Journalism in
Munich.
Kia Vahland Rights available By the same author: The world is constantly changing – but the big questions
Leonardo da Vinci or: A Matter of Perspective that preoccupy humankind are not. Kia Vahland looks
The Beauty of Women Old Paintings, New Times at paintings by the Old Masters from a new angle and
(Original title: Leonardo Da Vinci oder: With numerous illustrations comes to the conclusion that their subjects are, indeed,
ours as well. Titian, Rembrandt, Caspar David Friedrich,
Die Schönheit der Frauen) (Original title: Ansichtssachen.
Édouard Manet, Caravaggio, Vincent van Gogh, Lorenzo
approx. 250 pages Alte Bilder, neue Zeiten)
Lotto and Albrecht Dürer all have something to say about
Clothbound approx. 120 pages the private and political concerns of the 21st century.
Release: 2019 Clothbound
Photo: Alessandra Schellnegger
Their works tell stories of love marriages, being lost on
Release: March 2018 the escape, late motherhood, solidarity among the poor
and the rich, freedom of speech, anxieties about the
Rights available future, overly protected children, hateful crowds, abuse
of power or breastfeeding in public.
Cultural History
Bernd Brunner
Granatap-
einen Gradmesser für die Beliebtheit des Granatap
fels erkennen. Auf jeden Fall kommen Granatäpfel in
diesen Frucht-Gruppierungen beinahe immer nur am
40 / Rande vor, als exotischer Farbtupfer gewissermaßen. / 41
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
funkeln-
sieht aus wie ein reicher Schatz Rubine oder funkeln am 1. September gefeiert wird, ihre Ikonostasis
unse-
der Granaten und ist eine der schönsten Juwelen unse 46 / mit Kränzen aus Granaten, Trauben, Quitten, / 47
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Wirkung von ein paar halbgeöffneten Granatäpfeln am in der Stadtmitte stehenden »Hippokrates-
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Wenn man sich den Fruchtkorb auf Caravaggios die Frauen am frühen Morgen des gleichen
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Anja Hirsch, Die Zeit Next to olives, figs, grapes and dates, the pomegranate an attribute of the Madonna figure and still lives in
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
»An elegant cultural Adam actually a pomegranate? Is the pomegranate This book examines these shifts in meaning and
– botanically speaking – even an »apple«? Is it the presents in a compact form the history of the culture
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
area south of the Caspian Sea, and its traditional presents a search for traces of the pomegranate in
science and takes us on a area of cultivation spans from the Himalayas to Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan, China and Japan, where
lively tour of lunar folklore the Mediterranean. Its rich associations, especially
as a symbol of fertility, run through the cultures of
the pomegranate possesses special cultural significance.
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 Rights available Die Erfindung des Weihnachtsbaums Die Kunst des Liegens. Handbuch der
The Book of Pomegranates (2011) International Sales: English world horizontalen Lebensform (Galiani Berlin,
With 18 illustrations and Photographs rights (Yale UP), Russia (Text), Norway Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2012) International
(Original title: Das Granatapfelbuch) (Juritzen) Sales: English world rights (Melville House),
Mond. Die Geschichte einer Faszination Chinese simplex rights (ThinKingdom),
approx. 101 pages
(Antje Kunstmann, 2011) International Chinese complex rights (The Walk),
Clothbound
Sales: English world rights (Yale UP), Russia (Text), Italy (Raffaello Cortina),
Release: March 2018 Chinese simplex rights (Beijing United Romania (Baroque), Turkey (Can), Greece
Publishing), Chinese complex rights (The (Alexandria)
Walk) France (Armand Colin), Italy (Giunti),
Korea (Propaganda), Japan (Hakusui-sha),
Romania (Baroque)
Photo: privat
Memoir/History
Sigrid Damm »There’s no other German non-fiction author who writes like
her. You can immerse yourself in Sigrid Damm’s prose, you
Time Moves in a Circle can swim through it with powerful strokes and feel refreshed
and invigorated afterwards. Or you can float in it and enjoy
every single expression and each precisely placed citation.«
Das Magazin
Sigrid Damm’s new book presents a retrospective love year-old’s apprenticeship at a Jewish bank and his
for her father. All her life, she was in conflict with career there. A reprimand due to his closeness to his
him, rejected him. It wasn’t until shortly before his superiors troubles him deeply and shapes him for the
death that a tentative relationship started to develop rest of his life. In the spring of 1945, he is drafted into
between the two. More than twenty years later, she military service and subsequently taken prisoner by
begins to trace her father’s life. British forces; it’s not until 1948 that the father returns
to the family in the Soviet-occupied zone. For the rest
She consults documents and old Photos, which had of his life, he is going to regret not having stayed in the
been stored away in a basement for many years, and Western part of Germany.
Sigrid Damm’s at the same time she describes the historical events
that had affected his life. Born in Gotha in 1903 and Sigrid Damm’s careful, persistent search provides
books with Insel: having died there in 1993, he witnessed the German
Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi reign, the GDR
answers to questions she never asked her father.
over 1 million regime and the Federal Republic.
copies sold This book depicts the father’s childhood in the middle-
class Jugendstil-house in which Sigrid Damm would
grow up too, the end of World War I and the fifteen-
Sigrid Damm was born in Gotha/
Thüringen and lives as a writer in
Berlin and Mecklenburg. A member
of P.E.N. and the Academy of
Sciences and Literature in Mainz,
she has received numerous
recognitions and awards for her
works and is the author of the
bestseller, Christiane and Goethe:
A History (Christiane und Goethe.
Eine Recherche).
Sigrid Damm Rights available Selected Backlist: International Sales: Spanish world rights
Time Moves in a Circle Sommerregen der Liebe. Goethe und (Akal), Chinese simplex rights (Social
(Original title: Im Kreis treibt die Zeit) Charlotte von Stein (2015) Science Doc.), France (Actes Sud), Korea
approx. 278 pages Wohin mit mir (2012) (Tumenn Publishing), Japan (Seidosha),
Goethes letzte Reise (2007) Poland (Oficyna Naukowa)
Clothbound
Das Leben des Friedrich Schiller (2004)
Release: March 2018
International Sales: Japan (Dogakusha)
Christiane und Goethe. Eine Recherche
Photo: Ute Karen Seggelke
(1998)
Practical Philosophy
Wilhelm Schmid
Self-Acceptance »The author is smart, he avoids the
Making Life Easier usual pitfalls of life counselling.«
Equanimity in dealing with yourself Franz Schuh, Die Zeit
In his new book, Wilhelm Schmid builds on the A strengthening of self-relation can offer perspective
By the author of the reflections of his bestseller Gelassenheit (What We to those who have to cope by themselves. Not least
Gain As We Grow Older, more than 500.000 copies it can help those who have only come to know self-
bestselling books Glück of the German edition sold) and leads the way to deprivation and obligation that find it liberating
genuine self-acceptance: The basis for equanimity is to look after their own person, without exposing
(Happiness, 200.000 a friendly, reliable relationship with one’s own self. It themselves to the dangers of excessive self-love.
copies sold) and Gelas- substantiates self-confidence, which allows for a bet-
ter dealing with oneself and others.
senheit (What We Gain The concept of self-acceptance can encourage all
those who feel drained and worn out. It can be a
As We Grow Older, remedy for those for whom self has become a wound,
500.000 copies sold) inflicted by others, by life, by bad circumstances.
With numerous
suggestions
for your own life
An inspiring,
wonderfully serene book
filled with profound
insights
Wilhelm Schmid, free philosopher,
born in 1953, lives in Berlin.
Wilhelm Schmid Domestic Rights Sales: Selected Backlist: Latvia (Zvaigzne), Slovenia (Narava),
Self-Acceptance German Audiobook (DAV) Gelassenheit (2014) International Sales: Turkey (Iletisim), Ukraine (Knihy XXI), Israel
English world rights (Upper Westside (Modan); Domestic Rights Sales: German
Making Life Easier
Philosophers), Spanish world rights Audiobook (DAV), German Book Club (Club
(Original title: Selbstfreundschaft. Wie das (Kairos), Catalan rights (Angle), Chinese Bertelsmann)
Leben leichter wird) complex rights (Emily Publishing Co.), Glück (2007) International Sales: Spanish
approx. 126 pages Portugal (Penguin Random House/ world rights (Pre-Textos), Chinese Simplex
Clothbound Objectiva), France (Piranha), Italy (Fazi), rights (Shanghai Translation Publishing),
Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Denmark France (Autrement), Italy (Fazi), Netherlands
Release: March 2018
(Informations Forlag), Danish Audiobook (Ambo/Anthos), Denmark (Informations
Photo: Heike Steinweg
Rights (Lindhardt & Ringhof), Sweden (Lind Forlag), Danish Audiobook Rights
& Co.), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Finland (Lindhardt & Ringhof), Finland (Ajatus),
(Aula & Co.), Korea (Chaek Se Sang), Japan Korea (Bookstory), Estonia (Olion), Latvia
(Mikasa Shobo), Poland (W.A.B.), Czech (Zvaigzne ABC); Domestic Rights Sales:
Republic (Euromedia), Serbia (Laguna), German Audiobook (Hoffmann und Campe)
Narrative Non-Fiction
Jürgen Teipel
Our Unknown Family
»We do not know the make-up of this unknown
family, which is composed of human beings and
animals.« Walter Benjamin
Animals think, animals feel, animals are inventive These stories, often incredible but nevertheless true –
and have a complex inner life – and sometimes, they about humorous cows, horses that heal themselves,
try and make themselves understood by us humans. artistic monkeys, loved-up cats and frightened
Every now and then they succeed and those of us who bunnies that surpass themselves – are about trust,
have experienced this are not only changed forever, compassion, friendship and, yes, of love for and
True stories that but also have a story to tell that has the potential to
change the way we see the animal kingdom. Many
among animals. In them, the boundaries between
humans and animals seems to have been lifted for a
are going to change people have related their extraordinary encounters
to Ulrich Teipel – they are remarkable, surprising
short while.
the way we see the and moving stories: like the one about the squirrel
that decides to climb up someone’s leg in a park,
downright »adopts« them and won’t ever leave their
animal kingdom side again, not even in the shower; or the seven-metre
right whale calf that invites a diver to slide down its
back; or the once wild cat that is so ecstatic about
the return of its favourite humans that it dances with
joy for days on end; or the terminally ill woman who
found comfort in the empathetic company of a horse.
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
Die Frankfurter Rundschau, Die Neue
Zürcher Zeitung, Der Spiegel, and
Die Zeit. He lives in Munich.
Jürgen Teipel Rights available Selected Backlist:
Our Unknown Family 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
Paperback
Photo: Alessandra Schellnegger
Release: March 2018
Cookbook
Erwin Seitz
Cooking in Accordance
with Nature
Healthy and
uncomplicated
recipes for everyday
accompanied by
wonderful Char on buckwheat risotto with »Bergkäse«; quail Staying close to natural ingredients – and close to
Photographs on beluga lentils with elderberry cream; saffron
curry with mango and pistachio – Erwin Seitz
human nature: this is what cooking in accordance
with nature means. Erwin Seitz, trained chef and food
combines fresh ingredients, light fonds, slightly critic, uses seasonal ingredients and ensures variety by
acidic components and fruity notes into a European- using lots of vegetables and fruit, some fish and meat.
Newest insights Mediterranean style. These simple basic recipes invite His recipes are uncomplicated and quickly prepared:
you to create individual combinations depending because cooking healthily is simple!
of nutritional on region and season and to prepare a delicious and
healthy dish in 30 minutes. In the comprehensive
science section on nutritional information we learn everything
we need to know about traditional types of grain,
native freshwater fish, oils and vinegars, nuts and
From breakfast herbs – from the history of their cultivation to
practical shopping tips.
and entrées
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)
approx. 240 pages
Clothbound
Photo: Jürgen Bauer
Release: May 2018
Health
Andreas Michalsen
Healing with the Power
of Nature Eloquent, sound and incisive
My Experiences from Practice and Research – What Truly Helps Scientific Naturopathy explained clearly
A personal report with many
patient examples
A passionate Though conventional medicine continues to marginalise Massive side-effects und a lack of trust – drug-based
plea for a naturopathy, our society has long made up its mind: therapy is at a dead end. Ever more researchers are
two thirds of all patients want to be treated with becoming interested in the active principles of
new medicine natural medicine. traditional therapies.
Many physicians still believe that natural medicines Professor of clinical naturopathy and chief physician
are just home remedies without any scientific basis. at the Immanuel Hospital in Berlin tells us why he left
More than »False,« says Andreas Michalsen, Professor at the the conventional path of medicine and the potential of
Charité Hospital of Berlin: »Modern naturopathy nature he discovers anew every day with his patients.
150.000 copies sold does indeed have a scientific basis, and it is the only
answer to the rising number of cases of chronic pain.«
since publication In the USA, the federal government supports natural
medicine with 250 million dollars a year in funding;
in Germany, Andreas Michalsen is one of the pioneers
14 weeks #1 on the combining traditional healing and modern research in
an innovative way.
Spiegel Bestseller list
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Michalsen,
born in 1961 in Bad Waldsee as
the son of a Kneipp-doctor, is chief
physician at the Immanuel Hospital in
Berlin und Professor for Naturopathy
at the Charité Hospital in Berlin.
Andreas Michalsen International Rights Sales:
Healing with the Power of Nature. English world rights (Viking Books), Spanish world
Photo: Anja Lehmann/Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin
My Experiences from Practice and Research – rights (Planeta), Chinese complex rights (Eurasian/
What Truly Helps Fine Press), France (Albin Michel), Portuguese
(Original title: Heilen mit der Kraft der Natur) rights (Lua de Papel), Italy (Sonzogno), Netherlands
With assistance from Dr. Petra Thorbrietz (Ambo|Anthos), Denmark (People’s Press), Korea
Edited by Friedrich-Karl Sandmann (The Open Books), Japan (Sunmark), Poland (Muza),
Approx. 304 pages, with illustrations und Czech Republic (Kazda), Hungary (Central Media),
infographics Estonia (Tänapäev), Lithuania (Alma Littera), Serbia
Clothbound (Laguna), Turkey (Epsilon), Greece (Patakis), Israel
Release: April 2017 (Or Am - Sefer Lakol)
Domestic Rights Sale: German Audiobook (Argon)
Modern Life/Guide Book
Eva Corino
The Principle of Succession
»Let’s finally ask the question about
the good life once more.«
Here’s the good news: over the past fifty years, family time. Whether it’s the mother of four who
there has been an increase of 15 years in the life has to reinvent herself at her laptop, the tv chef,
expectancy of women. But why do they rush through policewoman, manager, or the creative career jumper
life faster and faster despite the time they gained? – Eva Corino depicts their modern lives. Together
The reason for this lies in the fact that what is with experts from the fields of politics, economy and
The formula for expected of them has increased in a similar fashion, sociology, the author analyses women’s biographies in
but unfortunately to an unhealthy degree. Raising the digital age, uncovers the risks and opportunities
balancing success children, professional development, university degree, of the current social and family policy.
and family in partner, career, social engagement – women should
and are expected to deliver and know how to do In this dedicated guide book, Eva Corino describes
modern society – everything, simultaneously, successively. Lack of the dangers the modern obsession with simultaneity
poses, as well as its alternatives. And she demands:
time and excessive demand are the harmless, failing
and finding happiness relationships or burn-outs the severe consequences of In order for us all to make the most of all stages of
life and to finally have a pleasant, fulfilled family and
in between! this new, precarious lifestyle.
This book’s aim is to encourage living by the professional life, our society has to change its way of
»Principle of Succession«: lying the foundations thinking and create valuable periods of recreation.
for a career after obtaining a good education, a And let’s not forget: society – that’s us!
An emphatic, strong return to the workplace after having tranquil
inspiring and
refreshingly hands-on
guide book
Eva Corino, born in Frankfurt am
Main in 1972, was a theatre critic
and columnist for the Berliner
Zeitung from 1997 to 2002. After
being stationed in Washington D.C.,
Dushanbe and Brussels, she now
lives in Erfurt with her husband and
their four children.
Eva Corino Rights available
The Principle of Succession
On Handling Family and Career
in a Relaxed Manner
(Original title: Das Nacheinander-Prinzip.
Vom gelasseneren Umgang
mit Familie und Beruf)
approx. 230 pages
Paperback
Release: June 2018
Photo: privatMemoir
Mareike Nieberding
Oh, Daddy »Mareike Nieberding is a great writer. She writes
clearly and directly, full of power and flow.«
Volker Weidermann
Throughout her childhood and teenage years Mareike Oh, Daddy talks about why most father-daughter re-
Nieberding would be picked up by her father no lationships are no longer the same after puberty. And
matter where she was, if she was drunk, or who how to get closer to each other again at the moment
she was with. From a party at one in the morning, one’s almost lost to the other.
»In Oh, Daddy, Mareike at seven after a shift at the bar. Her father was her
protector, her comforter, an incurable optimist. When
Nieberding recounts in a she sits in front of him today she asks herself who this
greying man with freckles really is, what he thinks
and feels, whether he’s happy. At some point between
concise, touching, then and now the two stopped getting to know each
other. These days, once he’s picked her up from the
but never melancholic way train station and they’re on their way, they talk about
neighbours and other acquaintances until all of a
of how women often lose sudden they’re home, and silent. They don’t argue.
They just have nothing to say to each other.
their fathers while
growing up – and how
she first decides to get to
know hers.« Brigitte
Mareike Nieberding, 29,
studied Literature and Journalism
in Berlin und Paris. She has
written for, among others, Neon,
the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Sonntagszeitung and Die Zeit.
Following the election of Donald
Trump, she founded the youth
movement DEMO.
Mareike Nieberding Rights available
Oh, Daddy
How My Father and I Found Our Way Back to
Each Other
(Original title: Ach, Papa. Wie mein Vater und
ich wieder zueinanderfanden)
187 pages
Paperback
Release: January 2018
Photo: Jonas FeigeIllustrated
Friederike Schilbach (Ed.)
The Bathroom Chronicles
100 Women. 100 Images. 100 Stories
Contributors (Selection):
Elif Batuman, Lily Brett,
Simone Buchholz,
Anika Decker,
Lena Dunham,
Friederike Schilbach about The Bathroom Chronicles:
Theresia Enzensberger,
Last spring, I visited a friend in Italy when I found sent the task to another friend. Only a few months
Luca Gajdus, the inspiration for this book. She lives in Monopoli, later, I had a collection of more than a hundred
a little city in Puglia by the sea, in an apartment that pictures of bathrooms and stories.
Haruka Hori, used to belong to a captain. My friend renovated
Sarah Illenberger, it herself, in a very gentle and thoughtful manner.
Where once stood the fireplace where pulpo was
The book The Bathroom Chronicles tells 100
bathroom stories from women around the world.
Sheila Heti, grilled now stands the bathroom. When you step into Writers, painters, actors, waitresses, illustrators, all
the shower, you can look up a meter-long shaft – and of them showing us a private space in their lives.
Heidi Julavits, Erica Jong, like in a James Turrell artwork, see the open sky way Some of the women are well known, some of them
above. I realised this bathroom resembles my friend in are not. Some of them chaotic, others neatly organ-
Friederike Kempter, character. Both are airy, open, minimalistic, beautiful. ised. They are between the ages of 18 to 78, live in
huge cities, small towns or in the countryside. They
Philomene Magers, Before I left, I asked my friend to send me a picture live and work in Munich, Los Angeles, New York,
of her bathroom, for the memory. She did, and wrote Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Johannesburg, London,
Lisa Rank, Mary Scherpe, a few lines about it. I went back to Berlin and asked Lecce, Toronto, Bangkok, Leipzig and Tokyo. Each
Leanne Shapton, some other friends to do the same. In the beginning,
I thought of four or five. But day after day mails
and everyone of them is drawing a little personal
portrait of their lives. Together, they draw a picture
Barbara Vinken arrived, with Photos and emotional stories about of the modern woman in our times and lives: unique,
yucca palms, foreign travels, glamorous grandmothers expressive, inspiring.
and many more and ex-boyfriends. Almost every one of these friends
Friederike Schilbach studied
literature in Berlin, Munich and
Paris. She works as a publishing
editor and lives in Berlin.
Friederike Schilbach (Ed.) International Rights Sales:
The Bathroom Chronicles English world rights (Black Dog & Leventhal/
100 Women. 100 Images. 100 Stories Hachette Books)
(Original title: The Bathroom Chronicles
100 Frauen. 100 Bilder. 100 Geschichten)
224 pages
Clothbound
Release: November 2017
Photo: James JohnstonBiography/Sports
Hans-Wilhelm
Müller-Wohlfahrt
Seeing with your Hands
My Life and my Medicine
»He’s earned it. He
got me through all the
years. All the aches
and pains. He always
got me back on my Photos: Hans Rauchensteiner
feet. I am endlessly
thankful. He’s the best
doctor in the world.
This medal is for
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt is considered one of national football team. For the first time ever he
you!« the best sports medicine physicians in the world. His describes his unique healing methods with which he
sense of touch is rumoured to be magical. He does not has treated and healed successful athletes including
Usain Bolt dedicates his rely on MRIs or sonographs –his fingers tell him what many world champions and Olympic winners.
the problem is, and he treats injuries with natural However, Müller-Wohlfahrt also talks about those
Olympic gold medal to medicine exclusively. power plays behind the (football) scenes, which still
weigh on his mind today. Above all, this book deals
Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller- A lot has been written about him, but now Hans- with his mission as a physician and the credo that
Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, known affectionately drives him: help without doing harm.
Wohlfahrt in Rio de Janeiro as »Doc«, tells the story himself: from his sheltered
childhood in East Frisia in a Protestant rectory, his
strict father, his passion for music and sports, to
his career as a doctor and those lucky coincidences
that led him, among other things, to become team
physician for FC Bayern München and the German
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt Rights available Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt,
Seeing with your Hands born in 1942 in East Frisia, has
My Life and my Medicine been the team doctor of FC
Edited by Friedrich-Karl Sandmann Bayern München for 40 years.
Since 1995 he has also served
(Original title: Mit den Händen sehen.
the German national football
Mein Leben und meine Medizin)
team. Müller-Wohlfahrt works only
320 pages with natural substances. He is
Clothbound considered one of the best sports
Release: March 2018 medicine physicians in the world.Crime Fiction
Thriller
André Georgi
The Last Terrorist
»Georgi writes with full force.«
Die Zeit
A young woman is caught in the clutches of terrorism to stop potential competition developing in the East.
and is sent on a risky mission. Chased by the BKA, the Always by his side: Sandra Wellmann. Even though
Federal Criminal Police Office, and put under pressure she’s only been hired recently, Dahlmann soon has
The heart of the by her comrades, she is forced to make a difficult de-
cision …
complete trust in his personal assistant. But Sandra
Wellmann isn’t who her boss thinks she is …
revolution is out Berlin in the early 1990s: As the head of the
Treuhandanstalt, Hans-Georg Dahlmann is one
of rhythm of the most threatened men of the newly reunified
Germany. Targeted by the RAF, hated by some of the
GDR population and in conflict with West-German
companies that are doing everything in their power
Turned into a
two-parter for
German television
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. 320 pages
Paperback
Release: July 2018
Photo: Jörg DieckmannThriller
Zoë Beck
The Supplier
The new thriller by best-selling
author Zoë Beck:
cool, highly topical, deadly
»Zoë Beck – the multi-
talent of crime fiction.«
Die Zeit
London, in the not too distant future: Ellie is the head of the hottest (and the most illegal)
A drug dealer is floating down the Themse – dead. startup in London: via the app she developed, users
»Zoë Beck has perfected A protection racketeer disappears without a trace. can order drugs of the highest quality, which are then
And Ellie Johnson is certain that she is in danger delivered via drones. Completely anonymous, secure,
the ability to convey too. perfectly organised. There is only one catch: the
entirety of the London underground feels threatened
in her stories by her competitive business model and wants to
see Ellie dead – and so it’s not long before there is a
contemporary bounty on her head.
phenomena that have Ellie decides to fight, yet her enemies are powerful,
and they lie in wait at every street corner.
about as many layers to
them as her novels have
pages.« Die Welt Zoë Beck, born 1975, completed
her education in Germany
and England. She is a writer,
translator (of James Grady and
Gerald Seymour among others),
publisher, and also works in film
and television. She lives in Berlin.
Zoë Beck belongs among the most
important German crime fiction
authors and has been awarded
numerous prizes.
Zoë Beck Domestic Rights Sales:
The Supplier German Audiobook (Audible)
Thriller
(Original title: Die Lieferantin. Thriller)
324 pages
Paperback
Release: June 2017
Photo: Anette GöttlicherThriller
Andreas Pflüger »In the Dark has restored my faith in Noir, what a novel,
moves with the speed of accelerated art, a flawless
Never translation from the German and a heroine to equal the recent
spate of flawed realistic characters. I learnt so much about
blindness that is truly not only inspirational but
German Crime deeply moving. Never will I hear a tongue click without thinking
Fiction Prize 2018 of flipper and the sonar abilities of the human
spirit. That this is the first in a series is superb news and
why this novel isn’t first in every one’s top ten is a travesty.
Imagine inheriting
A rare and rarest magnificent book.« Ken Bruen on In the Dark
2 billion Dollars.
From your
Police officer Jenny Aaron, blinded during a failed secret is hiding. In order to be completely certain,
mortal enemy. mission in Barcelona years ago, has escaped death she needs to go to Marrakech. And that’s where all
only barely after the worst thirty-six hours of her hell breaks loose ... Following In the Dark, Andreas
life and is looking for shelter with her father’s friend Pflüger sends his heroine Jenny Aaron halfway
in Sweden. Aaron doesn’t know which way to go: across the world in a new breath-taking thriller and
»For everyone She has the standing offer to re-join the Department, forces her to face her biggest fear. Everything she
the secret elite unit she used to belong to before she ever held dear – the relationship with her father, her
who loves lost her eye-sight. But at what cost? She clings to unwavering belief in friendship and her loyalty to the
the hope of regaining her sight – without knowing Department – is raised to question.
The Silence of Lambs. whether that will remain nothing but a dream.
Then Aaron receives a message that shatters all her
Jenny Aaron is the dreams for the future: Her mortal enemy has left her
an enormous fortune – behind which a gruesome
blind
Sherlock Holmes.«
Stefan Ahnhem
Andreas Pflüger was born in
1957. He is one of Germany’s most
renowned scriptwriters. Among
his multiple award-winning scripts
are The Ninth Day and Strike, both
directed by Volker Schlöndorff,
as well as over twenty episodes
of Tatort. Never is the second
instalment of his trilogy on the blind
heroine Jenny Aaron.
Andreas Pflüger International Sales: Selected Backlist:
Never English world rights (Head of Zeus, US/Canada Endgültig/In the Dark Jenny Aaron # 1 (2016)
Thriller sublicense: Dover), Netherlands (Xander) English world rights (Head of Zeus; US/Canada sublicense:
Jenny Aaron # 2 Dover, UK large print & audio sublicense: WF Howes),
Spanish world rights (Penguin Random House/Suma, Spanish
(Original title: Niemals. Thriller) Domestic Rights Sales:
bookclub sublicense: Círculo de Lectores), France (Fleuve,
473 pages German Audiobook (Random House Audio) French bookclub sublicense: Le Grand Livre du Mois), Italy
Hardcover (Emons), Netherlands (Xander), Poland (Otwarte; Polish
Release: October 2017 audiobook sublicense: Biblioteka Akustyczna), Czech Republic
(Euromedia), Greece (Metaichmio)
Photo: Max Zerrahn
Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Random House
Audio)Crime Fiction
Friedrich Ani
Killing Happiness »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
Happiness is extinguished completely when 11-year- – always in the hopes of finding the »fossil«, that
old Lennard Grabbe doesn’t come home one night crucial piece of information necessary for solving the
during the cold November days in Munich. 34 days case. He is not only driven by the need to bring the
later, he is found the victim of a murderer. Former family clarity and help them ease their grief, but also
»Friedrich Ani Detective Chief Superintendent Jakob Franck,
protagonist of Ani’s previous novel Day without a
by the painful memories of the unsolved murder cases
from the days of his active duty.
is the emotional Name, delivers the most horrible news of all to the
parents – and so, happiness disappears from their After Day without a Name, the first installment of
powerhouse among house. And so does the happiness of other people
connected to Lennard.
the series revolving around Jakob Franck, awarded
the German Crime Fiction Prize 2016, now follows
its second installment, Killing Happiness. Yet again,
German While the special task force is unable to make
any progress in the case and the family cannot Friedrich Ani combines deepest sorrow, human abys-
ses and breathtaking tension in a novel whose melan-
crime writers.« find a way to deal with the loss, Franck buries
himself in witness’ statements and reports up to choly can hardly be surpassed.
the point of total exhaustion, spends hours at the
Die Zeit crime scene and employs his special technique
of »Gedankenfühligkeit«, a sensory-conceptual
abstraction of facts and thoughts guided by intuition
Friedrich Ani was born in 1959. He
is the author of various crime novels,
poetry volumes and YA-fiction, as well
as scripts for TV, radio and theatre. His
books have received many prominent
awards. So far, he is the only author
ever to receive the German Crime
Fiction Prize for three seperate titles in
the same year.
Friedrich Ani Domestic Rights Sales: Selected Backlist:
Killing Happiness German Audiobook (Hörbuch Hamburg) Der namenlose Tag/Day without a Name
Novel Italy (Emons) Jakob Franck # 1 (2015)
Jakob Franck # 2 International Sales:
English world rights (Seagull),
(Original title: Ermordung des Glücks. Roman)
Italy (Emons);
317 pages
Domestic Rights Sales:
Hardcover German Audiobook (Hörbuch Hamburg),
Release: September 2017 German Entire Radio Readings (HR and BR)
Photo: Heike SteinwegCosy Crime
Tatjana Kruse
Mermaids Murder Better
»Kruse observes closely and has an unfailing eye
for the absurdity of everyday life.« Stuttgarter Zeitung
»Perceptive, well-timed, cleverly worked out
»Queen of crime and simply incredibly funny.« Focus
comedians«
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Three strangers demolish Konny and Kriemhild’s On their search for the truth, Konny and Kriemhild
Pirates, mermaids and bed & breakfast and demand that the sisters hand set out on a road trip to the far North – accompanied
over the millions that the Commodore, Kriemhild’s by the Commodore in a dustbuster and Amenho-
a treasure – deceased husband, owes them. Did the Commodore tep, the hairless cat, in a pet carrier. Along the ride,
really unearth a treasure illegally, scam his crew, sell the women have to face ruthless rockers, hardcore
Konny and Kriemhild the treasure and stash away the money in a secret stoners, dealers of stolen goods and a woman who
place? claims to have been the Commodore’s mistress. A
on a road trip to a roller coaster ride of emotions for the sisters and a
great delight for readers.
maritime adventure in
which blood and tears
of laughter flow in
abundance.
Tatjana Kruse grew up in a female-
only household. What’s more, this
household also included a small town
hotel run by her mother. It was only
a matter of time until Tatjana Kruse
would incorporate this experience
into her literary work. By now she
has made writing crime fiction her
profession.
Tatjana Kruse Domestic Rights Sales: Selected Backlist:
Mermaids Murder Better German Audiobook (Audible) Der Gärtner war’s nicht (2017)
Novel Domestic Rights Sales:
(Original title: Meerjungfrauen morden German Audiobook (Audible)
besser. Roman)
approx. 320 pages
Paperback
Release: July 2018
Photo: Jürgen WellerCommercial Fiction
Commercial 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 Rights available
The Summer of Penguins
Novel
With illustrations by Isabel Pin
(Original title: Der Sommer der Pinguine.
Roman)
approx. 150 pages
Clothbound
Release: June 2018Women’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
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
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 …
After her mother dies in a tragic accident, Julia
A gripping novel discovers a secret locker that holds a parcel with her
mother’s favourite perfume and a love letter next to
about the power of it. The sender: a perfumer in the Provence. What does
this mean? Was her mother leading a double life?
fate, the force of love, On the spur of the moment, Julia sets out on a
and the courage to
start anew.
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)
approx. 380 pages
Paperback
Release: June 2018Commercial Fiction
Matthias Sachau
Alicia Disappears »The mystery around Alicia and the book she left be-
hind 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 ex-
haust fumes, revved up my old E-Type and tore out into
London’s traffic.«
Alicia and Robert are best friends. But then one day, friend becomes a quest for himself. It’s only when he
A gripping novel about Alicia suddenly disappears without a word of expla- confronts his true feelings that he can find Alicia. And
nation. The only clues she left are three Photos and her love.
unspoken feelings and her favourite book, Wuthering Heights.
the challenges that Robert’s inquiries in London lead nowhere. And
so he sets out on an adventurous journey that not
sometimes have to be only takes him across England, but also back into
overcome on the path his own past … More and more, the search for his
to happiness.
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 Rights available Selected Backlist:
Alicia Disappears Mit Flipflops ins Glück (2016)
Novel
(Original title: Alicia verschwindet. Roman)
approx. 300 pages
Paperback
Release: May 2018
Photo: Hanna SachauCommercial Fiction
Andreas Izquierdo
Miss Hedy Dreams »With Andreas Izquierdo’s books,
Of Flying you hold the perfect reading pleasure in your hand.«
Literaturmarkt.info
»Lady in her prime seeks cavalier to drive her to the Jan doesn’t have a driver’s licence, instead he has an
nudist beach. Payment guaranteed.« – An ad in the untreated reading and writing disability, so Hedy
local newspaper sets the ball rolling: Hedy von Pyritz, starts teaching him and soon an unusual relationship
88 years old, disciplined, sharp-tongued, vain. Keen begins. Over time, she divulges the secrets of her
»Lady in her prime mind, dry humour, at times offensive. An old lady, colourful past, thereby changing his future in an
who usually sits in a wheelchair, causes a substantial unexpected way …
seeks cavalier to drive scandal in the small town in the region of Münster,
where she resides in grand style. In his new novel, Andreas Izquierdo tells the story
her to the nudist beach. But Miss Hedy remains determined: She wants to get
of a friendship between an old woman and a young
man, which changes both their lives forever – a story
Payment guaranteed.« her own way! And finds a fellow campaigner in the
shy, gentle physiotherapist Jan. Or rather more, she
that begins as light as thistledown and develops into a
weighty, rousing drama.
bullies him into it. The young man is going to drive
her. End of story!
Andreas Izquierdo, born in 1968, is
an author and screenwriter. Among
others, he published the novel King
of Albania (2007), for which he was
awarded the Sir-Walter-Scott-Prize for
Best Historical Novel of the Year, as
well as the novel Apocalypsia (2010),
for which he received the Lovelybooks
Readers’ Prize for Best Book of the
Year.
Andreas Izquierdo Domestic Rights Sales: Selected Backlist:
Miss Hedy Dreams Of Flying German Audiobook (Audible) Romeo und Romy/Romeo and Romy
Novel (2016)
International Sales:
(Original title: Fräulein Hedy träumt vom
Turkey (Pegasus);
Fliegen. Roman)
Domestic Rights Sales:
524 pages
German Audiobook (Audible)
Softcover
Release: January 2017
Photo: Jürgen BauerGraphic Novel
Cartoons
Nicolas Mahler
The Little ABC of Survival
»The international star of the
cartoon scene.« arte
Sometimes, it just hits you and you don’t even know a look at The Little ABC of Survival. From »Age«
More often than why. That’s when life seems nothing but chaotic, to »Work«, from »Jealousy« to »Divorce« and from
devastating and confusing. Fighting this, however, is »Subconsciousness« to »Doubt« it offers humoristic
not, the only thing profoundly pointless – and anything but funny. If, yet crutches for the more rattling aspects of life and a lot
again, you’ve rushed into one of those crises at full of fun on top of that.
that helps when throttle and can’t find your way out, you should take
faced with the
adversities of life –
is laughter
Nicolas Mahler, born in 1969,
works as an illustrator for Austrian,
German and Swiss newspapers and
magazines. He has published more
than 20 books that have amongst
others been published in Germany,
France, the US and Canada.
Nicolas Mahler Rights available Selected Backlist: Alte Meister/Old Masters
The Little ABC of Survival Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit/In Search Of Lost Time Adapted from Thomas Bernhard (2011)
Cartoons Adapted from Marcel Proust (2017) International Sales: Spanish world rights (Sinsentido - published,
(Original title: Das kleine Überlebens-ABC. Rights available rights reverted), Chinese simplex rights (Horizon), France
(L’Association), Poland (Proszynski) Czech Republic (Archa)
Cartoons)
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften/The Man Without Qualities
approx. 144 pages
Adapted from Robert Musil (2013)
Paperback International Sales: English world rights (Seagull), Spanish world
Release: May 2018 rights (Salamandra), Italy (Edizioni Clichy), Czech Republic (Archa)Graphic Novel
Ulli Lust
How I Tried To Be
A Good Person
When Ulli Lust’s autobiographical comic Heute ist actor, and the ›perfect lover‹ Kimata, a Nigerian man-
der letzte Tag vom Rest deines Lebens came out about-town. His lack of residence permit prompts the
eight years ago, it was celebrated as a masterpiece only logical solution: They have to get married. At
and awarded numerous international prizes. In the same time, Kimata’s jealousy increasingly leads to
her sensational new comic, which picks up directly outbreaks of violence that threaten her life.
Shortlisted for the where its predecessor left off, she recounts the intense
story of a ménage à trois, an utopian love affair that Ulli Lust is one of the most important contemporary
Fauve d’or 2017 becomes possessive and violent, a story of a sexual
obsession, gender conflict and self-liberation – her
German-language comic book artists and was
recently awarded the »comics Oscar«, the Prix Révé-
story. lation.
Exposed, sensual, powerful – in this autobiographi-
cal comic, she recounts how as a young, enthusiastic
anarchist, she tried to make her way as an artist in
Vienna in the 1990s – and of her love for two men:
the ›perfect companion‹ Georg, twenty years older,
Ulli Lust, born in 1967 in Vienna,
studied at the Berlin Weissensee
School of Art from 1999 to 2004;
she lives and draws in Berlin. Her
autobiographical graphic novel Today
Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your
Life was published in 2009 and has
received numerous prizes and been
translated into seven languages.
Ulli Lust International Sales: Selected Backlist:
How I Tried To Be A Good Person English world rights (Fantagraphics Books), Flughunde/The Karnau Tapes
Graphic Novel France (Çá et lá) Adapted from the novel by
(Original title: Wie ich versuchte, Marcel Beyer (2013)
International Sales:
ein guter Mensch zu sein)
English World Rights
364 pages
(New York Review of Books),
Softcover France (Ça et La)
Release: September 2017
Photo: Barbara DietlIllustrated Fiction
Hans Traxler
Sniffler
The English Dachshund »We underestimated Sniffler. His highly developed sense
of hearing enabled him to recognise every door shutting,
be it ever so quiet, and especially the pad of naked soles
on the lawn as what, in his eyes, was just another
attempt to leave him alone ...«
A summer month in a stately country residence in Hans Traxler tells the story of how they manage to
East Sussex. Sounds marvelous. When a married spend an amazing and unforgettable holiday despite it
A great gift – couple is invited by their English friends to look after
the house and the dog while they go on holiday, they
all – gripping, funny and sometimes scary. And he has
illustrated his stories with many colourful images in
not only are overjoyed at the prospect. Swimming in Pevensey
Bay, excursions with the Bluebell Express, visits to
his unique style.
the Tate Gallery, hiking in the Downs – the two make
for dog lovers great plans. But they have not taken Sniffler, their
hosts’ dachshund, into account. The dog is panicked
with fear of being left alone and comes up with ever
more and new tricks to prevent his dog-sitters from
With wonderful leaving the premises …
illustrations
by Hans Traxler
Hans Traxler, born in Herrlich, a
village in northern Bohemia, in 1929,
is a painter, illustrator and author. He
was awarded numerous prizes for
his œuvre, among them the Wilhelm-
Busch-Prize in 2015 and most recently
the Sondermann-Prize 2017.
Hans Traxler Rights available
Sniffler
The English Dachshund
Illustrated throughout
(Original title: Sniffler. Der englische
Dachshund)
94 pages
Clothbound
Release: March 2018
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