Beiträge von Anna
Raving Press for Judith Hermann in Sweden!
Judith Hermann’s novel HOME received enormously good press in Norway and Denmark after it came out. Now it was published last week in Sweden by fabulous Weyler Förlag and the praise continues: “There is so much beauty in this novel…” Dagens Nyheter “An outstanding novel.” Svenska Dagbladet “Brilliant… The best reading experience I’ve had in a long…
Weiterlesen#1 on the German bestseller list: LOVE ON BAD DAYS by Ewald Arenz
Ewald Arenz’ new novel LOVE ON BAD DAYS (Dumont) came out a week ago, started #8 on the bestseller list and moved up to #1 this week!!! From their first meeting, Clara and Elias know that they are meant for each other. This changes everything: Elias can no longer suppress the fact that he is…
WeiterlesenRaving English press: GRIME. A NOVEL by Sibylle Berg
With English publication of Sibylle Berg’s smash hit GRM (Grime in the US) on Dec 27, the Washington Post published a fantastic review which is as unafraid to be provocative as the book itself with lines such as: „It’s like watching a very bloody, unfair cage fight with Ayn Rand: Atlas Slugged.“ and „Grime is…
WeiterlesenSold to Denmark and Norway: THE BECOMING OF KILLERS
Thriller star Romy Hausmann re-invents herself with this true crime project and takes her fans to a whole new level of talking/thinking/living crime! Her Danish publisher Superlux and her Norwegian publisher Cappelen Damm just acquired rights. Nothing is as brutal as reality: For years, whenever Romy Hausmann researched her thrillers, she came across the stories…
WeiterlesenSold to Denmark: AT SEA by Theresia Enzensberger
The fabulous Danish press Forlaget etcetera has just acquired rights to Theresia Enzensberger’s second novel AT SEA which was nominated for the German Book Award 2022 and on the SPIEGEL bestseller list! Based on the true attempt to build such an artifical island off the French Polynesian coast, AT SEA tells the story of Yada…
WeiterlesenAustrian Book Award for Verena Rossbacher and MON CHÉRIE
The Austrian Book Award 2022 goes to Verena Rossbacher and her novel MON CHÉRIE OR OUR BATTERED SOULS (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) – a heartwarming novel about an unusual self-discovery: quirky, clever, linguistically brilliant and wildly funny!!! With the words of the jury: »Charly Benz: in her early forties, long-term single, eats convenience food, chain smokes,…
WeiterlesenSwiss Book Award 2022 for Kim de l’Horizon and BLOODBOOK
What a run! After receiving the Jürgen Ponto Foundation Literature Prize as well as the German Book Award 2022, Kim de l’Horizon brings home the Swiss Book Award 2022 for their debut novel BLUTBUCH. In the words of the jury: »In ‚Blood Book,‘ Kim de l’Horizon has created a non-binary narrative character who goes back…
WeiterlesenReading Recommendation: THE GOLD COAST. AN ODYSSEY by Isabel Fargo Cole
Isabel Fargo Cole’s THE GOLD COAST was published two weeks ago and sold out on the spot. Mixing nature writing, narrative non-fiction and memoirs in a grandiose description of Alaska and the early age of the large scale exploitation of nature by men, THE GOLD COAST perfectly embodies the spirit of what made the success…
WeiterlesenJust published in Swedish: Uwe Timm’s ICARIA
I read the text in 2017 and there are scenes that have stayed with me ever since. With the words of El País: “Ikarien is not only a necessary book, but also one of the best German novels of the last years”. Uwe Timm’s ICARIA will pass any test of time and is now available…
WeiterlesenSold to Sweden and Denmark: THE END OF CAPITALISM by Ulrike Herrmann
Nine weeks after publication, „THE END OF CAPITALISM. Why Growth and Climate Protection Are Incompatible – and How We Will Live in the Future“ (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) is still at the top of the bestseller list here in Germany and this week’s #4! Best ranking so far was #1. Rights to Fri Tanke in Sweden…
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