New Books in German Autumn 2022

A poignant selection of historical texts about the events of 1938 in Germany and Austria, with sections explaining the context...

A poignant selection of historical texts about the events of 1938 in Germany and Austria, with sections explaining the context and relevance to contemporary politics. 

In a three-part story, Julia Wolf portrays three generations of women as she traces the wounds, values and experiences of...

In a three-part story, Julia Wolf portrays three generations of women as she traces the wounds, values and experiences of wartime. With Alte Mädchen, the author adds an important narrative of female subjectivity to German post-war history, opening our eyes: to where we come from, where we are going, what we should take with us and what we should let go.

Compelling debut is a coming-of-age story about a teenager growing up in East Germany after reunification. By turns desperate and...

Compelling debut is a coming-of-age story about a teenager growing up in East Germany after reunification. By turns desperate and funny, the first-person narrative focuses on the significance of friendships as well as the social barriers encountered by the protagonists.  

Novella is set in modern-day Germany in the offices of a telephone counselling service, focusing on the lives of the...

Novella is set in modern-day Germany in the offices of a telephone counselling service, focusing on the lives of the seven volunteers there, and the people who phone in – the so-called ‘invisibles’ – who are often on the fringes of society. This is beautifully written, high-quality literary fiction, centred around a fresh and well-executed concept.  

Nominated for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2022. German-Russian relations are a key factor of world politics. This book provides an...

Nominated for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2022. German-Russian relations are a key factor of world politics. This book provides an analysis of the tense and turbulent relationship, enabling understanding of the current situation. 

When it was erected in 1892, the Bucharest fire tower was the tallest building in the city. In 1989, during...

When it was erected in 1892, the Bucharest fire tower was the tallest building in the city. In 1989, during the uprising against the communist dictatorship, it was long gone, but it was witness to an eventful century. In his captivating novel spanning a hundred years and five generations of the Stoica firefighter family, Catalin Dorian Florescu tells of the vicissitudes of history, of family and friendship, betrayal and love, of the power of resilience and of the changing, colourful and then sad life in this metropolis.

A gripping thriller by filmmaker Kurt Palm. Teacher Franziska Steinbrenner has finally won the custody battle for her daughter. Police...

A gripping thriller by filmmaker Kurt Palm. Teacher Franziska Steinbrenner has finally won the custody battle for her daughter. Police officer Philip Hoffmann is being blackmailed by his exlover. Meanwhile, a man sits in his apartment seeking revenge. Next to him leans an assault rifle with 42 bullets in the magazine. Three people whose lives are intertwined. They don‘t know each other, but their paths will cross in fatal ways.

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Hitherto unpublished, autobiographical first novel by the Jewish-German writer Grete Weil, this is an account of the rise of the Nazis and a meditation on questions of politics, responsibility and solidarity in times of crisis.  

Kaśka Bryla weaves a gripping story about the causes of radicalization with a plea for solidarity and love. Iga, Jess...

Kaśka Bryla weaves a gripping story about the causes of radicalization with a plea for solidarity and love. Iga, Jess and Ras are outsiders in their school class. When the teenagers witness a brutal police assault one night and this outrage goes unpunished, they decide to take the law into their own hands. Twenty years later, a mysterious stranger appears who seems to know about what happened at the time.

Menasse’s insightful portrayal of the state of play in twenty-first century EU politics is both a thought-provoking analysis of the...

Menasse’s insightful portrayal of the state of play in twenty-first century EU politics is both a thought-provoking analysis of the ongoing challenges faced by the European project, as well as a lively and humorous take on the political dimensions of human lives.

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The special friendship between two women as they navigate a violent and threatening world. Tackling universal and topical themes, The Warrior offers a rare insight into women’s lives in the army. 

Latest novel by prize-winning author Andreas Stichmann, set in North Korea. A love story between a German woman and a...

Latest novel by prize-winning author Andreas Stichmann, set in North Korea. A love story between a German woman and a North Korean woman, it takes a sensitive and complex look at a country that is underrepresented and little-understood in the West. 

Shortlisted for the Austrian Book Prize 2022 and longlisted for the German Book Prize 2022. Clever and touching, this novel...

Shortlisted for the Austrian Book Prize 2022 and longlisted for the German Book Prize 2022. Clever and touching, this novel about an adoption in 50s Wisconsin and its aftermath explores the powerful and fatal idea of ”race“ which still shapes societies today.

A spectacular debut that tells the story of two brothers and their father who leave Iran for Berlin in the...

A spectacular debut that tells the story of two brothers and their father who leave Iran for Berlin in the late 1980s. One of the brothers is drawn into a culture of gang crime in the Berlin suburb of Neukölln.

A fascinating dual portrait by one of Switzerland’s best-known authors, depicting key moments and common themes in the true lives...

A fascinating dual portrait by one of Switzerland’s best-known authors, depicting key moments and common themes in the true lives of two figures yearning for a better life. Sabina Spielrein is a Russian-Jewish physician and one of the first female psychotherapists, and Fritz Platter is a founding member of the Swiss Communist Party and Communist International.  

Début work by Shelly Kupferberg, who was born in Tel Aviv and now and works in Berlin as a journalist...

Début work by Shelly Kupferberg, who was born in Tel Aviv and now and works in Berlin as a journalist and presenter. Kupferberg tells of her great-great-uncle Isidor’s meteoric rise and brutal fall, using family letters, photos, old documents and archival finds. 

A literary detective story, with echoes of Stranger Things: a German filmmaker sets out to find a refugee from the Chernobyl...

A literary detective story, with echoes of Stranger Things: a German filmmaker sets out to find a refugee from the Chernobyl disaster who went to Germany, was catapulted to international fame as a chess wunderkind and then disappeared.  

Das vergessene Buch – Set in New York during the Second World War, Rendezvous in Manhattan captures the everyday atmosphere of the...

Das vergessene Buch – Set in New York during the Second World War, Rendezvous in Manhattan captures the everyday atmosphere of the bustling city from the point of view of beautiful factory worker as she rises from rags to riches. It is the only novel by the exiled Austrian writer and cabaret artist, Grete Hartwig-Manschinger, who settled in New York after fleeing the Nazis.

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Linguistically sparkling, this original novella brings women’s voices to the fore and deals with loss of control, borderline experiences, love, friendship and art. 

Outstanding work of narrative non-fiction tells the thrilling story of Manfred Gans, focusing on his travels across Europe in May...

Outstanding work of narrative non-fiction tells the thrilling story of Manfred Gans, focusing on his travels across Europe in May 1945 on a quest to find his parents in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.