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Thomas Glavinic
Judith Hermann
Sarah Kuttner
Roland Schimmelpfennig *
Thomas von Steinaecker
Antje Rávic Strubel
Senthuran Varatharajah
Monika Maron
Thomas Hürlimann
Franz Mon
Thomas Mann and Family
Dieter Kühn
Uwe Kolbe
Lo Malinke
Judith Pinnow
Moritz Matthies
Mark Roderick
Klaus-Peter Wolf
Jörg Maurer
Pierre Lagrange
Eva Ehley
Tilman Spreckelsen
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Ilija Trojanow
Harald Welzer
Hubertus Büschel
Rainer Erlinger
Güner Yasemin Balci
Hans Markus Heimann
Michael Pauen
Martin Dornes
Elmar Schenkel
Klaus Zeyringer
Alexander Wendt
Björn Kern
Mo Asumang
Rainer Erlinger
Margit Schönberger
Kai Twilfer
Andreas Hock
Ulrike Grafberger
Herr Grün
Robin Thiesmeyer
The World of Colouring
Shortlisted
for the Prize of
the Leipzig
Book Fair
2016
Fiction
Fiction
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Thomas Glavinic
The Jonas-Complex
The sum of a year, the cross-section of a life, and the adventure of love. A searing new novel by Thomas Glavinic
A year in the life of a writer in Vienna, filled with drugs,
alcohol, and women. An adventure that will bring Jonas and
Marie, the love of his life, to the south pole. And a thirteenyear-old boy who plays chess as a desperate escape from his
life. They are joined by a cast of secondary characters straight
from a Tarantino film: a lawyer for the Hell’s Angels, a Wing
Tsun grand master, and a murderess who cuts up her lovers’
corpses with a chainsaw. Reality meets head-on with the desire for another life. And Thomas Glavinic succeeds in drawing all of these elements together and transforming them
into a gripping novel about life’s essential questions: who do I
want to be? Where do I want to go? And do I have the courage
to make the choices that will take me there?
Thomas Glavinic is one of Germany’s most significant and
also most productive contemporary writers. Currently, no
one else writes so furiously and uncompromisingly – and
without fear of grand emotions.
• Glavinic’s books have sold over 400 000 copies – his most
recent book, Das größere Wunder, over 100 000 in Germany
• One of the German language’s most fascinating contem porary writers
“Thomas Glavinic, a master craftsman of the most vibrant
suspense and a radical chronicler of human existence, is a
worthy successor of Patricia Highsmith and Franz Kafka.”
748 pp., Hardcover
March 10, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Sample Translation Link
Rights to previous titles sold to:
Das größere Wunder: F (Piranha), Latvia
(Zvaigzne), NL (Signatuur); Das Leben der
Wünsche: CHN (Wanrong Book), E
(Siruela), FIN (Atena), H (Europa), NL
(Contact), RO (Edituria Trei), UKR (V.
Books – XXI); Die Arbeit der Nacht: CHN
(Horizon Media), E (Siruela), EST (Varrak), F (Flammarion), I (Longanesi),
NL (Contact), PL (PIW), ROK (Younglim
Cardinal), SLO (Modrijan), TR (Yapi
Kredi), UK/USA (Canongate)
John Burnside
Thomas Glavinic was born in Graz in 1972. His debut novel, Carl Haffners Liebe
zum Unentschieden, was published in 1998, followed by Der Kameramörder – recipient of the Friedrich Glauser Prize – as well as Wie man leben soll, Die Arbeit der
Nacht, and his most recent novel, Das größere Wunder. His novel Das bin doch ich
was shortlisted for the German Book Prize in 2007. Many of his works have been
es. Thomas Glavinic lives in Vienna and Rome.
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adapted for stage and film, and his books have been translated into 20 languag-
Fiction
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Judith Hermann
Lettipark
What happens when we meet?
New stories by Judith Hermann
A single moment can change an entire life. A chance look or
touch creates a sudden intimacy between two people, or can
make them more distant than ever before. A photographer,
both interested and dispassionate, observes his adopted son,
and perhaps his very gaze will break everything apart. An
old man thinks he remembers an embrace many years in the
past. How close can we be to those we love? Children, eccentrics, a father who disappears from a mental hospital – these
are the people who cross our paths, accompany us, make us
happy, and remain just out of reach.
In these short stories, Judith Hermann seeks out tiny moments with vast consequences, uncovers our loneliness, rage,
longing. With a focused, deft touch she sets the words behind
which we can glimpse the indescribable drama of human
existence.
• Judith Hermann develops her masterful art of storytelling
to new heights
• Best-selling author: over 1 million books sold in Germany
• Translated into 25 languages, reviewed in major interna tional media (Le Monde, Times Literary Supplement)
“A triumph of the novelist’s art” The Guardian on Alice
“Delicacy is a characteristic of Judith Hermann’s writing.”
Pierre Deshusses, Le Monde, on Alice
144 pp., Hardcover
May 25, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Aller Liebe Anfang: BG
(Steno), CHN (Peolple’s Literature),
CZ (Větrné mlýny), DK (Batzer & Co),
F (Albin Michel), Iran (Ofoq), NO
(Pelikanen), UK (Profile); Alice: Arabic
(Diwan), CZ (Větrné mlýny), DK (Batzer
& Co), E (Catalan: Ed. 1984), F (Albin
Michel), I (Socrates Edizioni), Iran
(Ofoq), KOR (Minumsa), NL (Prometheus), NO (Pelikanen), S (Linde
lows), UK (Profile), UKR (Tempora)
“With their pin-sharp precision and lyrical tenderness,
[these stories] make the reader feel thrillingly alive.”
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent, on Alice
Judith Hermann was born in Berlin in 1970. Her debut Sommerhaus, später
(1998) garnered extraordinary acclaim. It was followed in 2003 by Nichts als
Gespenster, a volume of stories, of which individual selections were adapted for
tional accolades. In 2014, Judith Hermann published her first novel, Aller Liebe
Anfang. Her work has won her numerous awards, including the Kleist Prize and
Friedrich Hölderlin Prize. She lives and writes in Berlin.
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the screen in 2007. Alice, a book of five stories, was published in 2009 to interna-
Fiction
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Sarah Kuttner
180° of Sea
It’s rare that Jule can truly relax. All the rage which she has
accumulated over the years is too close to the surface for
that. So she tries to sidestep as many problems in her life as
she can. She’s no longer in contact with her father; if given
her way, she’d ignore the phone calls from her depressive
mother; and her job feels more and more like pulling teeth.
Her boyfriend is her one place of refuge – but when even
that safe haven is threatened, she flees to the UK, where her
brother lives. But there, she runs into her father unexpectedly,
and Jule realizes that she must finally confront the problems
in her life.
180° of Sea is typical Sarah Kuttner: with an open, irreverent
narrative style, she manages to shine a light on all of life’s
bizarre little details. But in its choice of topic, her latest work
is more courageous and existential than ever.
A tragicomedy about the will to live life to the fullest.
• Sarah Kuttner’s new novel – more courageous and existen tial than ever
• Nearly 1 million books sold in Germany
• Strong media presence, over 130 000 followers on Twitter
and Facebook
"Sarah Kuttner has become a highly
serious best-selling author."
Stephen Bartels,
272 pp., Hardcover
December 31, 2015
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Mängelexemplar: Arabic
(NCT), BG (Era), CZ (Jota), I (Giunti),
ROK (Eunhaeng), NL (Bezige Bij),
NO (Cappelen)
Brigitte
Sarah Kuttner , born 1979 in Berlin, works as a moderator, first gaining recognition with her shows Sarah Kuttner – Die Show (VIVA) and Kuttner (MTV). She has
also worked for the ARD television and zdf.neo, where she moderated the urban
feature programme Bambule and is currently running the successful talk show
Kuttner plus Zwei. Her columns for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Musikexpress have
was published in 2009 and spent weeks on bestseller lists across Germany. Her
second novel, Wachstumsschmerz, was published in 2011. She lives in Berlin.
© Erik Weiss
been published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. Her first novel, Mängelexemplar,
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Fiction
Roland Schimmelpfennig
On a Cold, Clear January Morning
in the Early 21st Century
Shortlisted
for the Prize of
the Leipzig
It’s night on an icy stretch of highway 50 miles outside Berlin.
A fuel truck has jack-knifed and toppled over on the road.
Watching from the side, briefly illuminated by the light of the
sirens: a wolf, alone. His tracks lead to Berlin, and his path
crosses those of many different people: The two children who
have run away from home and are lost in the vast city. The
Polish construction worker desperately searching for his fiancée. The woman burning her mother’s diaries one morning
on her balcony. Like yellow flames illuminating a black-andwhite film, the pictures and stories which inhabit this novel
flash past us, telling of search and loss, of the cold at the
edges of our time, and the longing for a different life. A novel
of raw visual power, with inescapably gripping poetic beauty
Book Fair
2016
and the first novel by Germany’s foremost dramatist.
• Schimmelpfennig is contemporary theatre’s most widely
played German-language playwright
• Internationally successful: played at theatres in over
40 countries
• Winner of the Else Laske Schüler Prize for Drama, the
Nestroy Theatre Prize, the Mülheimer Dramatists’ Award,
and many others
“Schimmelpfennig connects the everyday with the
mythic … and does so with a lightness that is
about as German as García Márquez on a sunny
day.” Village Voice, New York
256 pp., Hardcover
February 25, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Right to previous titles (theater): BG
(Black Flamingo), F (L’arche), I (Cue
Press/ Ubulibri), J (Ronso Sha), E (Colihue; Catal: Lleonard), TR (Tem), SLO
(SNG Drama), UK (Oberon)
Roland Schimmelpfennig, born 1967, is Germany’s most frequently performed contemporary playwright. He has been a journalist in Istanbul and, after
studying Directing at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, worked at the Münchner
Kammerspiele. Since 1996, he has been working as a freelance author. His plays
have been performed in over 40 countries to date, with momentous success. Fi
© Heike Steinweg
scher Taschenbuch Verlag has published: Die Frau von früher and Trilogie der Tiere.
Fiction
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Thomas von Steinaecker
Defense of Paradise
A novel about the future of our present.
Heinz really wants to be a good person, but the world he
lives in does not allow it. Germany is infected and desolate,
mutants roam the streets, the skies are darkened by out-ofcontrol drones. Together with his best friend, an electronic
fennec, Heinz grows up in the mountains, amidst a small
band of survivors. He vows to save the lost civilization by collecting forgotten words, and writing the history of the last of
humanity. But what is the use of Heinz’ art and knowledge?
As the group hear a rumour that somewhere in the West, a
last refugee camp remains, and they start a murderous trek
towards their supposed paradise … Thomas von Steinaecker
gives us a breath-taking novel filled with literary virtuosity,
radical philosophy, and touching depth.
• Thomas von Steinaecker is one of today’s most significant
authors under 40. He has created a substantial œuvre
examining the heart of contemporary society, adventure,
and family
• All of his works tackle the questions of our age: how to live
in the world of today and what it means to be human in such
a world
• His work enjoys critical acclaim: aspekte Prize, Mara Cassens-Prize, SWR best list, nominated for the Prize of
the Leipzig Book Fair
• His new novel surpasses all his previous work – a magnum
opus, if one can say such a thing of so young an author.
Its virtuosity, excitement, and emotion will win over even
the most sceptical reader
544 pp., Hardcover
March 10, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Thomas von Steinaecker , born 1977, lives in Augsburg. He has published
several novels, including Wallner beginnt zu fliegen and Das Jahr, in dem ich auf
hörte, mir Sorgen zu machen, und anfing zu träumen, which have won numerous
awards. His audio plays and documentary films, most recently Die bewegte Re
© Jürgen Bauer
publik (shown on the television network 3sat), are likewise critically acclaimed.
Fiction
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Antje Rávic Strubel
Into the Woods of the
Human Heart
Antje Rávic Strubel takes us on a journey to the centre of
the human heart.
Leigh. René. Emily. Sara. They are lovers, desirers, journeying
and meeting one another in the Californian desert, the North
German lake country, dark Finnish woods, and the cold winds
of Manhattan. The loss of René’s first love and the disappearance of Emily start off a dance of relationships in which
conventional ideas of love gradually dissolve. Sara. Ute. Catt.
The very oscillation between countries and genders kindles a
fascination which is revealed in unfamiliar sensualities and
sexualities. With passion and insight, Antje Rávic Strubel tells
of wild curiosity, restlessness, new beginnings, and desire and
longing in a way that has not been seen in German literature
for quite some time.
• In her new novel, Antje Rávic Strubel explores love and
desire at the cusp of our time. Traditional ideas and images
of the body dissolve – Antje Rávic Strubel clothes the
process in passionate, crystal clear language
• Her floating language makes her work unmistakeable and
is praised by critics:
“One of the great prose stylists of our time, she grows
better with every book: Antje Rávic Strubel.”
256 pp., Hardcover
February 25, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Kältere Schichten der Luft:
BR (Geracao), CZ (Kniha Zlin)
Tilman Krause, Die Welt
“A little miracle of contemporary prose literature …
masterful.” Fritz J. Raddatz, Literarische Welt, on Sturz der Tage
in die Nacht
“One of the most suggestive word artists of contemporary
German literature.” Die literarische Welt
Antje Rávic Strubel was born 1974 and lives in Potsdam. Among her most
recent publications are Fremd Gehen: Ein Nachtstück, Tupolew 134, Kältere Schichten
In addition, Strubel works as a translator from English and Swedish. In 2012, she
was invited to become the first writer-in-residence at the Helsinki Collegium for
Advanced Studies.
© Zaia Alexander
der Luft, and Sturz der Tage in die Nacht. Her work has garnered numerous prizes.
Fiction
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Senthuran Varatharajah
Before the Signs
Searching for a language of one’s own – a poetic dialogue
about spaces of asylum.
Completely by accident, Senthil Vasuthevan and Valmira Surroi start chatting on Facebook. He is working on his doctorate
in philosophy in Berlin, she is studying art history in Marburg.
For seven days they tell one another about their lives, never
meeting in person. Their messages touch on their families,
fleeing from civil wars, their childhood in refugee homes and
their times of school and study. In his debut novel, Senthuran
Varatharajah writes insightfully about origins and arrival, remembrance and forgetting, and about the cracks in our lives
which only time can reveal.
• Senthuran Varatharajah has found his own new literary
form to tackle a highly contemporary issue
• An important new voice in German literature
“And these shadows don’t lie behind us.
They are always ahead of us.”
Valmira Surroi in Before the Signs
250 pp., Hardcover
March 10, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Senthuran Varatharajah, born 1984, studied philosophy, theology and cultural science in Marburg, Berlin, and London. In 2014 he was awarded the Künst
lerdorf Schöppingen Artist in Residence Stipend, the Alfred Döblin Stipend of
the Berliner Akademie der Künste, as well as the 3sat Prize during the network’s
© Heike Steinweg
38 Days of German Literature.
Fiction
Monika Maron
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Thomas Hürlimann
Crowings
Nietzsche’s Umbrella
Monika Maron’s portrait of humanity’s cleverest companions
Summer of 1881, Sils Maria, Switzerland: Friedrich Nietzsche prepares to go on a walk on
which something momentous will occur. With
lightness and humour, Thomas Hürlimann tells
the story of that walk; and Nietzsche’s footsteps lead us into the mountainous terrain of
Western philosophy and into the abysses and
wonders of human existence. Amongst the cast
of historical characters are Nietzsche’s red umbrella and a stray cat from whom one can learn
a great deal. A beautiful, moving text which
shows us how alive philosophy, and how philosophical – that is, astonishing – our life can be.
Crows have accompanied human history since
prehistoric times. We have made them subject
of our myths, legends, and fairy tales. While
working on a new novel, Monika Maron begins
to research crows, and her initial curiosity
turns to fascination and admiration. In this
touching book, Maron explores her observations and thoughts, yielding deep insights into
the relationship between man and his fellow
animals.
• In time for Monika Maron’s 75th birthday
on June 3, 2016
Thomas Hürlimann, born 1950 in Zug, Switzerland,
“Monika Maron is a chronicler of the invented within truth; of things we are not
living, even though we live them every
day; of all the things we never experience but can still think, and feel, and
sense.” Judith Hermann
zig Rosen (2006). His novel Der große Kater was adapted
studied philosophy in Zurich and Berlin. He has written
numerous plays, stories, and novels, most recently Vier
for the screen, with Bruno Ganz in the title role. Hürlimann’s work has won him numerous prizes, including
the Rauris Literature Prize (1982), the Joseph Breitbach
Literature Prize (2001), the Jean Paul Prize (2003), the
Thomas Mann Prize (2012), and the Hugo Ball Prize
(2014). He is a Corresponding Member of the Bavarian
Academy of Fine Arts and a member of the Academy of
Monika Maron was born in Berlin in 1941, where she
the Arts, Berlin. His work has been translated into
still lives today. Her novels include Flugasche, Animal
21 languages. He lives in Berlin.
triste, Endmoränen, Ach Glück and Zwischenspiel. She has
been awarded numerous prizes.
64 pp., Hardcover
April 27, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Animal triste: CHN (Yilin/
Titan), CZ (Albatros), E (Tusquets),
FIN (Otava), F (Albin Michel),
HR (Fraktura), I (Mondadori), JP
(Amusuku), PT (Ambar),
ROK (Munhakdongne), NL (Atlas),
RS (Odiseja), RU (Azbooka), TR
(Alef ), USA (Nebraska)
45 pp., Hardcover
November 11, 2015
Fischer Taschenbuch
Verlag
Rights sold: Das Gartenhaus: DK (Gyldendal), F (Gallimard), I (Garzanti),
ISR (Carmel), NL (De Geus), NO
(Aschehoug), SE (Norstedts), SLO
(Lovensky Spisovatel), USA (Fromm
International); Fräulein Stark: DK
(Lindhardt), F (Seuil), I (Marcos y
Marcos), GR (Kastaniotis), NL (DE
Geus), PL (Longin Studio), RUS (Amphora); Vierzig Rosen: CHN (Shangai
Translation), F (Verdier), NL (De
Geus), RUS (Text)
Fiction
Franz Mon
Life Sentence
Collected essays
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Thomas Mann AND FAMILY
Letters of the
Mann Family
A Portrait
What happens to us when we read? Can we
control language? What, if anything, separates
texts and images? Franz Mon, one of the pioneers of experimental literature, has devoted
a lifetime to thinking about language, art, and
literature. His essays Über konkrete Poesie (On
concrete poetry) and Zur Poesie der Fläche (On
planar poetry) remain indispensable works
for anyone interested in the sensual reception – whether visual or accoustic – of texts.
This large, magnificently crafted volume brings
together Franz Mon’s most significant essays
from over 70 years: a unique, comprehensive
overview and an impressive testament to Mon’s
work.
• In time for Franz Mon’s 90th birthday,
a monumental collection of his most
important essays
Franz Mon, born May 6th, 1926, lives in Frankfurt
am Main, where he works as a writer and artist. After
studying History, Philosophy, and German Literature,
he worked as an editor for a textbook publisher before
teaching Graphics and Design in Kassel, Karlsruhe, and
Offenbach until 2000. In 2003 he was awarded the Goe-
Following his family biography Die Manns:
Geschichte einer Familie, Tilmann Lahme, together with Holger Pils and Kerstin Klein, now
presents a selection of family letters. In these
largely unknown letters, the individual personalities of the Mann family appear with unusual
clarity, and their authentic, refreshing tone
paints a striking family portrait. Each letter
is thoughtfully placed in context, and a large
number of photographs round out the volume.
This volume contains approx. 200 letters exchanged between Thomas and Katia Mann and
their six children (Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika,
Elisabeth, and Michael). It provides much of the
original source material for Tilmann Lahme’s
in-depth family biography; Tilmann Lahme
himself has co-edited the collection. More
than half of the letters have never before been
published or are not widely known; even in
Lahme’s family biography they are only quoted
in excerpts. All available Mann family letters
(approx. 2000) were examined when putting
together this volume.
the-Plakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main; in 2014 he
won the Petrarca Prize. In addition to numerous audio
performances, essays, and collages, his most important
works include the poetry collection artikulationen (1959),
herzzero (1967), Nach Omega undsoweiter (1992), Freiflug
für Fangfragen (2004) and Zuflucht bei Fliegen (2013).
448 pp., Hardcover
June 23, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Die Manns: DK (Bonniers), E (Navona), HU (Europa),
I (EDT), NL (Arbeiderspers)
512 pp., Hardcover
March 10, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Fiction
Dieter Kühn
Uwe Kolbe Late Performances
Brecht
My Playbook
On the Role of the Poet
In between his monumental biographies, novels, and translations, Dieter Kühn often wrote
works for the theatre. Already seriously ill, he
selected six of these works – most of them
comedies, some never before published and the
rest in completely revised versions – for this
collection. Kühn here displays his love of classic, well-crafted plays with clear plots, psychologically deep characters, sparkling dialogues,
and profound theatrical joy. Though the curtain
closes, the play begins: These six works are
the cornerstone of what he wished to preserve
as his dramatic legacy; a look back and a look
forward in one.
“Could East Germany even have survived as
long as it did without Brecht?”
Dieter Kühn, born 1935 in Cologne, died in Brühl in
2015. His biographies, novels, stories, audio plays and
critically acclaimed translations from Middle High German (the Medieval Quartet) earned him many awards,
including the Herman Hesse Prize, the High Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Arts, and most
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Leather jacket, cigar, short hair – Brecht’s carefully cultivated persona has become at least as
iconic as his texts. Uwe Kolbe concurs: Brecht is
a modern classic, a member of the canon. But
how could such a master of modern literature
make his peace with the shabbiness of such
a grey and often gruesome state as East Germany? And how can we explain the fact that
the role Brecht modelled – that of critical intellectual – lives on even today (with the possible
exception of the cigar)? In this profound essay,
Uwe Kolbe not only makes an important contribution to the history of Brecht in East Germany.
He also asks the current, unsettling question:
To what degree can even deep artistic, intellectual critique cement and legitimize the power
of oppression?
recently the Carl Zuckmayer Medal. His works range
from vast biographies (of Clara Schumann, Maria Sibylla
Uwe Kolbe , born 1957 in East Berlin, moved to Ham-
Merian, Gertrud Kolmar, and perhaps most famously
burg in 1988, where he lives today, after years spent in
Oswald von Wolkenstein) and novels (Geheimagent
Tübingen and Berlin. Since 2007 he has been poet-in-
Marlowe) to historical-biographical studies (Schillers
residence at numerous US institutions. Awards include
Schreibtisch in Buchenwald) and volumes of stories (Ich
the stipend of the Villa Massimo, the Preis der Litera-
war Hitlers Schutzengel). He most recently published two
turhäuser and most recently the Heinrich-Mann-Prize
autobiographical volumes, Das magische Auge and Die
and the Meran Poetry Prize. S. Fischer Verlag has previ-
siebte Woge.
ously published his 2012 poetry volumes Lietzenlieder
(2012) and Gegenreden (2015), as well as his 2014 novel
Die Lüge.
320 pp., Hardcover
February 25, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Gertrud Kolmar. Leben und
Werk, Zeit und Tod: USA (Northwestern UP)
256 pp., Hardcover
March 10, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Commercial Fiction
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Lo Malinke
All Together Now
A road movie brimming with charm, memorable characters, and
unexpected twists – a novel that touches the heart.
Inge, Klaus, and Uwe are estranged siblings who haven’t spoken for years. But when the executor of their father’s will tells
them that they only inherit his money if they travel to Poland
together to scatter his ashes, they have no option but to rent
a minivan and hit the road. And thus begins a road trip into
the unknown, full of adventures and unexpected realizations.
With humour, empathy, and touching honesty, Lo Malinke
tells the story of a family which isn’t one – but has the chance
to become one.
• Lo Malinke – successful TV script writer
• Best-selling author of the Christmas comedy
Alle unter eine Tanne
• Previous book adapted for German television
“Simply delicious!” MYWAY on Alle unter einer Tanne
320 pp., Trade Paperback
March 10, 2016
Krüger Verlag
“Lo Malinke’s wonderfully witty novel
of a family’s very tumultuous Christmas
season is highly enjoyable.”
FÜR SIE on Alle unter einer Tanne
Lo Malinke wrote chansons and cabaret texts and toured Germany, Austria,
and Switzerland as part of the cabaret trio MALEDIVA. He now lives in Berlin,
where he not only writes screenplays and produces films, but also writes very
successful novels. His most recent novel with FISCHER Krüger was Alle unter eine
© Urban Zintel
Tanne, which was adapted for television by the network ARD.
Fiction
Judith Pinnow
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Moritz Matthies
Promise Me It’ll
Be Great
Last Round
Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.
Grandpa Rinehart, elderly night guard at the
Berlin Zoo, is at a loss. Night-time burglars are
terrorizing the animals: the lion’s mane has
gone missing, so have the elephant’s tusks, and
one of the flamingos has disappeared completely. When Grandpa Rinehart gets hit in the
rear by a tranquillizer dart meant for the new
bison bull, meerkat detectives Ray and Rufus,
with the help of their human partner Phil, take
up the case. But when Phil goes undercover as
night guard, his life too is soon in danger … Ray
and Rufus’ fifth case – fun for the whole animal
kingdom!
Franzi and Lena, in their early twenties, dream
of fame and fortune. Both are attending one
of New York’s legendary acting academies and
have grand plans for their future. Lena follows
her dream and fights for a career as an actress.
Franzi, meanwhile, cares of her family and
helps out in her husband’s office. When, after
years apart, the two reconnect, they compare
their lives to an old bucket lost: how many
dreams have come true? And which one of
them is happier? What might have been, had
they made other choices?
All hell breaks loose in the zoo!
• For fans of Sophie Kinsella and
Jill Mansell
• Meerkat detectives Ray and Rufus on
their fifth case!
• Total print run of the series so far:
over 250 000
“Judith Pinnow speaks from experience.
Clever and funny.” Freundin
lications with S. Fischer, Ausgefressen, Voll Speed, Dumm
“There’s no better feel-good book out there
right now!” TV Movie
Moritz Matthies is a pseudonym. His previous pubgelaufen, and Dickes Fell, have been smash hits. They are
also available as Argon audiobooks read by Christoph
Maria Herbst.
Judith Pinnow, born 1973 in Tübingen, studied at
the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. She
has acted in films and television series. She lives near
Cologne with her three children and colleague-cumhusband Stefan Pinnow. Her first novel, Läuft da was?
is available as a FISCHER paperback.
March 22, 2016
Scherz Verlag
May 25, 2016
Krüger Verlag
Thriller
Mark Roderick
Post Mortem
Tears of Blood
512 pp., Paperback / February 25, 2016 / Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
Come home, Avram – and avenge our deaths …
When a family disappears without a trace, an unlikely pair
must gaze into the depths of hell to discover the truth.
Shot twice, a reporter on the trail of a monstrous story manages to send two messages before he dies. One is to his
brother, Avram Kuyper, a cold-blooded hitman. The other is
to Emilia Ness, an incorruptible Interpol agent. Avram’s job is
to avenge his brother and his family; Emilia’s is to bring the
criminals to court. But then both watch the horrible video
footage that the killer sends them, and stare into the depths
of hell. Who is this monster? And how can you catch someone with no conscience or rules?
Time of Ashes
544 pp., Paperback / April 27, 2016 / Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
Go to hell, Avram – the devil is already waiting for you …
The worst is yet to come.
A brutal murder in an isolated country home in southern
France. Emilia Ness and Avram Kuyper recognize the style
only too well: they have seen this kind of torture before.
Someone wants them to keep hunting. But the network of
evil behind it all is larger and more powerful than they could
ever have imagined. Who is at its centre? And who wants
them to find out?
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Thriller
17
First reading impressions
from German BookSellers:
Tears of Blood is so chock-full of suspense
that you start getting nervous; so brutal
that you get shivers down your spine;
so intense and disturbing that you can’t
get it out of your head. A must-read!
Bettina Schmitt-Bauer
This thriller captivated me so completely
that I could hardly put it down. Without
doubt a perfect creation – it’s one of the
most gripping thrillers I’ve ever read.
Tears of Blood will make its way onto the
bestseller lists immediately, that’s sure.
And I can hardly wait for the second part!
Nadine Amnann
I’m a thriller fan, but it’s been ages since I
read a thriller as brilliant and enthralling
as Tears of Blood. Outstanding.
Katrin Pixnen
I was deeply impressed by this book, it’s
a real page-turner with way too much
suspense to stop. Sporting two settings
and two perspectives throughout the book,
it shows the utter horror in all its brutality and defenselessness. The story is gripping to the very last page and I’m dying
to read the sequel.
Petra Böhnke
Two • Psychological, shocking, and unputdownable:
Mark Roderick’s monumental new two-part thriller
• A dark world of murder, blackmail, and human trafficking
• For fans of Sebastian Fitzek and Stieg Larsson
Investigators
THE
One Team Event in
German
Crime
Fiction
Two electrifying thrillers – linked stories that can also
be read separately!
Mark Roderick studied business before working as a project manager and
HR coordinator in the financial sector. In 2008 he became an accountant for
a publishing house specializing in legal texts. He lives near Stuttgart with his
© Private
family.
Crime Fiction
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Klaus-Peter Wolf
East Frisian Oath
(10th case)
Is this killer cleverer than the police?
When Ubbo Heide, former head of the Aurich police, receives
a large package one morning, it is only the beginning. The
package contains the severed head of a man Ubbo Heide
knows only too well, a man Ubbo Heide has tried to bring to
justice for years. Always he has had to let him go, but now
someone else has delivered him to justice, and his head to
Ubbo Heide. Then, a second head is discovered – another
criminal who could never be tried. Is someone trying to step
in where the police have failed?
• 2.5 million books in the series sold so far
• Previous installment, Ostfriesenwut, spent 6 weeks in the
top spot of the Spiegel bestseller list
• 27 weeks (and counting) among the top 20 of the Spiegel
bestseller list
“Wolf’s fans stormed bookshops to get the
latest book in this cult series featuring
inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen.”
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
512 pp., Paperback
February 4, 2016
Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
Rights to previous titles sold to: EE
(Atlex), F (Piranha), NL (Sybesma),
PL (Media Rodizina), RUS (AST), TR (Yurt
Kitap)
Klaus-Peter Wolf lives as a free-lance writer in the East Frisian city of Norden; in fact, in the same quarter as inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen. Just like she,
he moved to the coast after many years in the Ruhr valley, the Westerwald, and
Cologne, and was, so to speak, naturalized as a Frisian. Ostfriesenwut, the previous installment in his series about inspector Ann Kathrin Klaasen, has been
spending six weeks in first place.
© Gaby Gerster
among the top twenty of the Spiegel-bestseller list for six months and counting,
Crime Fiction
More than
2.5 Million copies
sold
19
Alpine crime novel | Crime Fiction
Jörg Maurer
Fear of Heights
20
Pierre Lagrange
Death à la Provence
A Commissaire Leclerc Mystery
Death goes ballooning: Inspector Jennerwein’s
most high-flying case yet
A murderous summer in Provence …
High above an idyllic Bavarian spa town, a hot
air balloon is adding some colour to the clear
blue sky – until the balloon vanishes. Gone
with the wind? Crashed somewhere? Exploded? Inspector Jennerwein seems oddly distracted as he investigates the case. For weeks he
has been secretly visiting a mysterious man in
prison. What was his crime? And when he suddenly appears in the town, will Jennerwein’s
existence, even his life, pop like a balloon?
• Over 2 million books by Jörg Maurer sold
• Over 150 000 paperback copies of the last
Jennerwein mystery, Der Tod greift nicht
daneben, sold
• Each book a top-ten bestseller!
• Brilliant cabaret readings: Jörg Maurer
tours Germany to sold-out venues!
Jörg Maurer was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
When Lea and Niklas, a couple from Hamburg, inherit an old château in the picturesque
Provençal town of Carpentras, they think their
dreams have come true – despite the fact that
the château is badly in need of renovation. But
their dream soon turns to nightmare when
the corpse of a woman is found near their new
home, her feet cut off. Lea learns that women
have gone missing before in the area – always
women with red hair, like Lea. Is there a link
to the body found near Lea and Niklas’ new
home? Commissaire Albin Leclerc investigates …
• The atmosphere of Jean-Luc Bannalec
and Sophie Bonnet, packed with thrills
akin to Sebastian Fitzek and Arno Strobel
• A serial killer terrorizes idyllic Provence
He studied German, English, theatre, and philosophy
Pierre Lagrange is a journalist and author who has
and has received numerous awards for his work as
long had close family ties to Provence. His mother and
author and cabaret performer, the Agatha-Christie-
her husband ran a small hotel on an old farm estate
Prize for Crime Fiction (2006 and 2007), the Crime Novel
near Avignon. Pierre Lagrange is the pseudonym of a
Award MIMI (2012 and 2013), and the Radio Bremen
well-known German author who has already published
Crime Writing Prize (2013). His cabaret readings have
a number of thrillers and crime novels.
achieved cult status.
April 27, 2016
Scherz Verlag
March 22, 2016
Scherz Verlag
Rights sold: Föhnlage:
RUS (AST)
Fiction | Crime Fiction
Eva Ehley
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Tilman Spreckelsen
Sinners’ Wages
Ghost of the Sea
A Sylt Crime Novel
A Theodor Storm Crime Novel
Is there such thing as the perfect crime – no
clues? No crime scene? No motive?
The voices of the dead call from across the sea –
Theodor Storm’s eeriest case so far
With traditional bonfires illuminating the cold
February night, the body of a young woman is
found in the bushes – her lower body is unclothed. But there are no signs of sexual assault, and the young woman’s underwear, cut
neatly in half and discovered next to the body,
does not fit a crime of passion. There are many
suspects, given that the victim had both admirers and bitter enemies. But a burnt identification card and a number of compromising
nude photographs make the police force of Sylt
suspect that there is a larger, deeper crime.
A chilling and gripping read – guaranteed!
Husum, by the North Sea, in the winter of 1843.
On a cold night Peter Söt, clerk and friend of
the young lawyer and poet Theodor Storm, discovers a corpse in the mud of the harbour. Only
the first of a series of murders that will terrorize the city. All victims have some connection
to a sect which, over a hundred years ago, had
planned to set up a religious state on the island
of Nordstrand. When Storm discovers that the
sect lives on in secret, he must find out whether the crimes are a late revenge or something
even more sinister …
• The sixth Sylt crime novel featuring de tectives Blanck, Kreuzer and Winterberg
• Print run of the Sylt crime novel series
so far: 100 000 copies
Eva Ehley’s Sylt-fever goes back, if not to her birth
in Berlin, at least to her wedding. Since then she has
spent many summers on the island and has watched
the antics of the rich and beautiful there. Eventually her
criminological creativity won out. Since then she has
been a regular instigator of murder on the island – if
only on paper. She has twice been nominated for the
• Previous Theodor Storm crime novel,
Nordseegrab, spent weeks on the Spiegel
bestseller list
• Over 50 000 copies sold!
• Historically accurate atmosphere,
dark thrills, Nordic clarity
Tilman Spreckelsen, born 1967, studied German and
history in Freiburg and is a journalist for at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His first crime novel, Das
Nordseegrab was awarded the 2014 Theodor Storm Prize
of the City of Husum.
Agatha-Christie-Prize for Crime Fiction, in 2012 and
2013.
350 pp., Paperback
April 27, 2016
Fischer Taschenbuch
Verlag
224 pp., Paperback
May 26, 2016
Fischer Taschenbuch
Verlag
Fiction | non-Fiction
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HIGHLIGHTS
BACK LIST
FICTION
Ilija Trojanow
Power and Resistance
480 pp., Hardcover
August 20, 2015
S. Fischer Verlag
Sample Translation
Link
Rights sold: BG (Ciela),
DK (Tiderne Skifter),
E (Acantilado), NL (De
Geus), TR (Can)
Non-FICTION
Felicitas Hoppe
Hoppe
336 pp., Hardcover
March 2, 2012
S. Fischer Verlag
Tilmann Lahme
The Mann Family. A History
466 pp., Hardcover
October 8, 2015
S. Fischer Verlag
Byung-Chul Han
Saving the Beautiful
112 pp., Hardcover
July 23, 2015
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Arabic (Atlas),
F (Piranha), SRB (Geopoetika), S (Ramus)
Rights sold: DK (Bonniers), E (Navona),
HU (Europa), I (EDT),
NL (Arbeiderspers),
PL (Agora), TR (Can)
Rights sold: E (Herder),
F (Actes Sud), NL (Van
Gennep), ROK (Moonji),
UK/USA (Polity Press)
NonFiction
Non-Fiction
24
Ilija Trojanow
My Olympics
One Amateur, four years, eighty disciplines
A fascinating attempt to live out 80 disciplines – written
with the sprightliness of a fencer and the punch of a boxer
While watching the 2012 Olympic games, Ilija Trojanow
makes an ambitious decision: he will train in all 80 Olympic
summer disciplines for individual athletes, with the goal of
doing at least half as well as the gold medallist of London. So
Trojanow throws discus and javelin, plays badminton, jumps,
tackles the wild waters in a kayak, learns wrestling in Iran,
boxes in a legendary Brooklyn gym, undergoes judo training
in Japan, and runs in the Kenyan highlands. Trojanow’s account of his experiences offers unique and fascinating insights into the worlds of sport. A wise, funny, and self-ironic
reflection on limits, ageing, and the relationship between
mind and body.
• The author of the internationally acclaimed The Collector
of Worlds takes us on a journey into the world of sports
• A sports epic as much as a witty and wise reflection on
the relationship between mind and body, on endurance,
strength, and inspiration
“There was only one person I had to
conquer, and that was myself.”
Ilija Trojanow
352 pp., Hardcover
May 25, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Der Weltensammler: Arabic
(Al Kamel), BG (Ciela Soft), BR (Companhia das Letras), CHN (Yilin Press),
CZ (HOST), DK (Tiderne Skifter), E (Tusquets/RBA), F (Buchet Chastel/Libella),
HR (Novela Media), HU (Cartaphilus),
I (Ponte alle Grazie), IR (Ofoq), MK (Tri),
NL (De Geus), P (Arkheion), PL (Noir sur
Blanc), RO (RAO), ROK (Bookstory), RUS
(Logos), SLO (Studentska Zalozba), SRB
(Zlatni Zmaj), Taiwan (Business Weekly),
UK (Faber & Faber), USA (HarperCollins);
EisTau: BG (Ciela), BR (Companhia das
Letras), DK (Tiderne Skifter), E (Spanish
+ Catalan: Rayo Verde), F (Libella), NL
(De Geus), SLO (Studentska Zalozba)
Ilija Trojanow, born in Sofia in 1965, has lived in Nairobi, Mumbai, Cape
Town, Munich and Kenya where he became an enthusiastic athlete. Today he
lives lives in Vienna. His well-known novels, including Die Welt ist groß und
Rettung lauert überall, Der Weltensammler, and EisTau, as well as his travelogues
such as An den inneren Ufern Indiens are celebrated bestsellers and have won him
numerous awards. His monumental novel Macht und Widerstand was published
© Thomas Dorn
by S. Fischer in 2015.
Current affairs
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Harald Welzer
Smart Dictators
Attacks on our Liberty
A passionate book countering the march of the new totalitarianism
Our society is changing radically, but in ways which are almost invisible. Privacy is disappearing, the power of money is
increasing hand-in-hand with inequality, and we keep buying ever more, destroying the foundations of our existence.
Instead of seizing the chance of freedom – a freedom earned
through hard and bitter histories – we are becoming consumer zombies, handing over self-determination to power-hungry
industries which adore the word “smart”. Even more powerfully than in his last bestseller Selbst denken, Harald Welzer
here describes the connections between such seemingly disparate topics as big data and climate change. His conclusion:
spectatorship is an untenable position. If we want to keep our
personal liberty, it is high time to fight back!
• Welzer is one of today’s most rigorous thinkers about
tomorrow
• For readers of Jaron Lanier, Thomas Piketty, Jean Ziegler
• His previous book, Selbst denken, spent weeks on bestseller
lists and sold over 100 000 copies
• An important book: A critical appraisal of contemporary
society, and a passionate call for individual freedom
320 pp., Hardcover
April 27, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights to previous titles sold to: CHN
(Beijing MediaTime, People Oriental),
CZ (Academia, Argo), DK (Kristeligt
Dagblads), E (Critica, Katz, Prometeo),
FI (Gummerus), F (Gallimard), HR (Fraktura), IL (Kinneret), IT (Asterios, Garzanti), JP (Misuzu), LT (Media Incognito),
NL (Van Arkel), NO (Press), PL (Dobra
Literatura, Krytyka, Naukowe Scholar),
PT (Companhia, Geracao), RO (Litera
International), ROK (Hanul, Minumsa,
Orot, Younglim), RU (EKSMO), Egypt
(Arab Group), SE (Daidalos, Brombergs),
UK/US (Knopf, Polity)
Harald Welzer , born 1958, is the director of Futurzwei – Stiftung Zukunfts
fähigkeit as well as professor of transformation design at the University of
Flensburg. He also lectures at the University of St. Gallen. His publications with
S. Fischer include: “Opa war kein Nazi”: Nationalsozialismus im Familiengedächtnis
(2002, with S. Moller and K. Tschuggnall), Täter: Wie aus ganz normalen Menschen
(2011, with Sönke Neitzel); Der FUTURZWEI Zukunftsalmanach 2015/16 (2014), and
most recently the hugely successful Selbst denken (2013), as well as Autonomie:
Eine Verteidigung (2015, with Michael Pauen). His works have been published in
21 countries.
© Wolfgang Schmidt
Massenmörder werden (2005), Soldaten: Protokolle vom Kämpfen, Töten und Sterben
HISTORY | Non-Fiction
Hubertus Büschel
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Rainer Erlinger
Hitler’s Aristocrat
Politeness
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
the Third Reich
The Value of an Underrated Virtue
How an English aristocrat became a National
Socialist – the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and the
role of the aristocracy in National Socialism
Flags with swastikas flying high, SA and steel
helmets marching, Hitler as guest of honour –
as early as 1927, the city of Coburg displayed a
marked sympathy with Nazism. Significantly,
the town was the seat of Duke Charles Edward
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a fervent admirer
of Hitler, and grandson of Queen Victoria.
Hubertus Büschel gives an elegant and wellresearched account of how the Duke became
a National Socialist, and how he worked with
and for Hitler – on diplomatic missions, and,
as president of the German Red Cross, even
denying the Holocaust. A long overdue study of
the links between the nobility and the National
Socialists – a link which helped legitimize the
Third Reich in the eyes of the world.
Why politeness in the 21st century has nothing to do with etiquette
Politeness has a dubious reputation. Some
consider it too formal, others think it has died
out. What is its role in the 21st century? Is it all
about the correct way to bow, or is there more
to it? In his latest book, Rainer Erlinger approaches politeness from unexpected vantage
points: politeness and religion, politeness and
provocation, politeness and gender. He uses
these perspectives, as well as wit, perspicacity,
and countless examples from his experience as
an ethics columnist, as well as from literature
and films, to look closely at his subject: what
is the value of such an apparently worthless
virtue?
An insightful examination of what holds society together; as entertaining as it is inspiring.
Rainer Erlinger , born 1965, holds a doctorate in
medicine and law, and now works in publishing. His
Hubertus Büschel , born 1969, was a junior professor
of cultural history at the International Graduate Centre
for the Study of Culture in Gießen from 2009 on, as well
weekly column in a well-known Munich newspaper, in
which he answers big and small ethical questions from
readers, introduced him to a wider audience.
as at Gießen’s Justus Liebig University. Since 2015, he is
professor of Contemporary History at the University of
Groningen. His most recent books include Untertanen
liebe: Der Kult um deutsche Monarchen 1770–1830 (2006)
and Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe: Deutsche Entwicklungsarbeit in
Afrika 1960–1975 (2014).
256 pp., Hardcover
March 10, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Rights sold: Moral: CHN (China
Citic), Taiwan (Business Weekly)
352 pp., Hardcover
May 25, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Current affairs
Güner Yasemin Balci
The Girl and God’s
Warrior
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Hans Markus Heimann
Germany as Polyreligious State
A Provocation
Nimet’s beloved Saeed is fighting for the Islamic
State in Syria. Nimet, meanwhile, lives in Berlin –
the two met over the internet. But Saeed is always there when Nimet needs him, and the two
are constantly in contact via WhatsApp … and
at some point he starts calling her his “wife”.
But one day, he sends no more messages.
Nimet decides to travel to the Turkish-Syrian
border in the hopes of finding her love …
A moving story by well-known journalist Güner
Balci, examining the motives which drive
young women into the arms of the IS, and the
realities that await them there.
• Highly relevant, current topic
• An honest, gripping, and shattering
insight into an invisible reality
• An important contribution to political
discourse as well as an unputdownable
story – in line with the successes of
Arabboy and ArabQueen
Güner Yasemin Balci was born and raised in
How can people of different faiths live together
in peace – and how can the state help? The
veil and the cross – should religious symbols
and dress be permitted in schools? Should
we ban the burka or circumcision altogether?
Renowned legal scholar Hans Markus Heimann
goes beyond an analysis of the changing relationship between church and state: he develops concrete proposals for ways to make the
religious tolerance enshrined in the German
constitution a practical reality. Only a poly-religious state can do justice to Germany’s growing
religious diversity.
• Growing religious diversity as a challenge
for the state and for jurisprudence is an
increasingly important topic not just for
Germany, but for the entire Western World
• Renowned legal expert Hans Markus
Heimann tackles the question of how to
build a deliberately poly-religious (rather
than secular) state
Berlin-Neukölln. She studied pedagogy and literature
and has worked with young adults from Turkish and
Hans Markus Heimann, born 1968, is a professor
Arab families. Today she works as a freelance author
of public and state law at the Federal University of
and television journalist. Her books ArabQueen oder der
Applied Administrative Science in Brühl. His most
Geschmack der Freiheit, Arabboy: Eine Jugend in Deutschland
recent publications include Islamischer Religionsunter
oder Das kurze Leben des Rashid A and Aliyahs Flucht: oder
richt und Integration (2011) and the textbook Staatsrecht II:
Die gefährliche Reise in ein neues Leben have also been suc-
Grundrechte (2013).
cessful on stage and in film.
256 pp., Hardcover
June 23, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
280 pp., Hardcover
June 23, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Non-Fiction
Michael Pauen
The Nature of the
Mind
Is a scientific explanation for the mind possible?
The “decade of the brain” has come and gone,
and yet we are as far as we ever were from
having an explanation for the phenomenon
we know as “our mind”. Are we forced to accept that consciousness will never be fully
explained? In his latest book, Michael Pauen
shows us clearly that even if the problem in its
current form seems unsolvable, the past suggests new ways of conceptualizing the future,
possibly even surmounting the apparently
hard-and-fast opposition between subjective
experience and scientific insight. This deconstruction allows a comprehensive, naturalistic
view of the mind – and thus enables a surpri
sing solution.
• A book answering one of the central
questions in the philosophy of mind
• Michael Pauen is one of the foremost
philosophers on the theory of the human
mind
Michael Pauen, born 1956, is a professor at the Philosophy Institute of the Humboldt University of Berlin,
as well as Research Group Director at the Berlin School
of Mind and Brain. Previously published by S. Fischer:
Illusion Freiheit? Mögliche und unmögliche Konsequenzen der
Hirnforschung (2004), Grundprobleme der Philosophie des
Geistes (2005) and Autonomie: Eine Verteidigung (2015).
352 pp., Hardcover
April 27, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
Martin Dornes
Does Capitalism
Cause Depression?
On Mental Health and Illness
in Modern Societies
Does capitalism cause depression? Well, naturally, we think – but does it really? Renowned
sociologist and psychologist Martin Dornes has
made it his job to determine the truth. He has
examined countless studies, compared data,
consulted specialist literature, and can now
give an unequivocal answer – and what an
answer! Anyone who wants to break out of
common cliches, enjoys enlightened criticism,
and wants to examine their own prejudices
must read this book. An essential investigation
of one of the central questions of our society,
and a manifesto that encourages a radical
debate.
• Over 150 000 books by Martin Dornes sold
• Extremely current topic
• Provocative question with a surprising
answer
Martin Dornes, born 1950, holds a doctorate in sociology and achieved a habilitation in psychoanalytic psychology. He has worked in psychiatry, psychosomatics,
sexual health, and medical psychology. His books with
S. Fischer include: Der kompetente Säugling (15th edition
in 2011), Die emotionale Welt des Kindes (6th edition in
2014), and Die Modernisierung der Seele: Kind – Familie –
Gesellschaft (2012).
April 27, 2016
Fischer Taschenbuch
Verlag
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Non-Fiction | Sport
Elmar Schenkel
Klaus Zeyringer
Kepler’s Demon
The Olympics
Intersections Between Literature,
Dream, and Science
A Cultural History from 1896
to the Present.
Volume 1: Summer Games
Literature and science, creative imagination
and rational thought are usually considered
two separate cultures – but there are points
where the two meet: what would the development of space travel be without the dreams of
Jules Verne? And what would Sherlock Holmes
be without the science of chemistry? Or, vice
versa: can we have science at all without creativity, without literary and artistic influences? It
is the meeting points, intersections, and porous
borders between the two worlds of science and
literature that Elmar Schenkel examines in
his new book. He exposes the two-way influence between science and literature and places
Marie Curie, René Descartes, and Dmitri Mendeleev among others in a dialogue with Flaubert, Calvino, and Tolkien. A fascinating and
brilliantly written investigation, unearthing
countless new, surprising connections.
• Brilliant essay exploring the borderlands
between literature and science
• For readers who interpret metaphors as
avidly as formulas
Elmar Schenkel , born 1953, is professor of English
literature at Leipzig University. He is a regular contrib
The definitive biography of the greatest sports
event of all time
Pistol shooting, rope climbing, tug-of-war –
thus began the modern revival of the Olympic
games at the end of the 19th century. The
roster of sports alone shows how firmly Baron
Coubertin’s dream was rooted in the culture
of the time, and illustrates why any serious
history of the Olympics must be told as a
cultural history. In this book, Klaus Zeyringer
does exactly that: from the Games’ idealistic
beginnings to today’s mass spectacle, he places
the incarnations of the ‘Olympic Idea’ in their
proper social and cultural context. All the
while, he shows us the entire richness and
bizarreness of the world of Olympic sports.
The amusing details, revealing anecdotes, and
a wide historical perspective Zeyringer provides make this book a fascinating, joyous read.
• Following his successful cultural history of
football, Zeyringer tackles the Olympics
• Significant media attention expected,
as with his last book
utor to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and was coeditor of the literary magazine nachtcafé.
352 pp., Hardcover
March 22, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
608 pp., Hardcover
June 23, 2016
S. Fischer Verlag
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Non-Fiction
Alexander Wendt
You Bastard
My Depression and Me
My depression: the bastard inside my head
In February of 2014, Alexander Wendt checked
himself into the psychiatric ward of Munich’s
University Hospital. He had been fighting
depression for years. By the time he leaves
the clinic, he has learned how to deal with his
depression, has found a way to accept it as his
companion and – this part is the most difficult
– to train it, instead of submitting to it. That
journey became the subject of this book: learning the art of setting boundaries for one’s depression, teaching it not to occupy and reshape
one’s entire life. Precisely because depression is
a mental illness, not a punishment or personal
failing, it can be fought from within – in part by
laughing in its face.
• Significant public health issue: almost
one fifth of UK adults report anxiety or
depression, and US leads the world in
depression suffering
• For readers of Andrew Solomon’s The
Noonday Demon, Andreas Altmann’s Das
Scheißleben meines Vaters …, and Simon
Borowiak’s ALK and Sucht
Alexander Wendt, born 1966 in Leipzig, has been
30
Björn Kern
The Best Thing to Do
is Nothing At All
Björn Kern tells us how to get what we all
want: more time, less work, and more life!
“Once you stop listening to all the other voices,
you suddenly hear what before you couldn’t
hear over all the noise: the quiet voice, coming
up from the subconscious, of our innermost
human needs. And that voice rarely expresses
a need to go to the office, sit in traffic, stare at a
computer screen, or start off a company email
with the words ‘Dear Mr. Rayburn’ despite the
fact that Mr. Rayburn is actually one of the undearest people in the company and everyone
knows it. You just don’t really want all those
things. What you want is fresh air, a nice view,
some platonic love and a lot more physical
love. And the basis for all those things is
simple: successfully doing nothing.”
• A book that puts into words what many
are thinking: Goodbye to the rat race!
Björn Kern, born 1978 in Lörrach, studied in Leipzig, Tübingen, Passau, and Aix-en-Provence. His books
have been awarded the Brothers-Grimm-Award and
were featured on the SWR best list. Die Erlöser AG was
adapted into a ZDF television film in 2012. Björn Kern
lives in Berlin and on a farm in Oderbruch.
working as a journalist for Stern, Wirtschaftswoche, and
the Tagespiegel since 1989. In 1991, he won the Axel
Springer Prize. In 2014, he entered a psychiatric ward
for depression. He lives and works in Munich.
March 10, 2016
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Non-Fiction
Mo Asumang
Mo and the Aryans
Coming Face to Face with NeoNazis and other Racists
What does it feel like to come face-to-face
with racism? Afro-German TV moderator Mo
Asumang attempts a daring, unique journalistic experiment. Bravely and decisively, she
seeks out those who preach xenophobia and
hate: in fraternities; among 3 000 neo-Nazis at
a public demonstration; on a white supremacist dating site. She also meets a star lawyer for
far-right groups; neo-fascist esoterics; and even
members of the Ku-Klux-Klan. She engages
with those who hate her, and thus unmasks
them. A searing look at the far right, and a gripping, courageous example of facing one’s own
fears and fighting back.
• Courageous investigative journalism:
from the KKK to mere conservatives,
Mo Asumang unmasks the true fears and
goals of neo-Nazis and other racists
• Well-known TV moderator and award winning film-maker
31
Rainer Erlinger Am I Allowed to Tell
Parents that their
Kids are Annoying?
And Other Every-day Ethical
Questions
Our lives are full of ethical questions: Is it
wrong to fake an orgasm? Is one allowed to
find bank robbers charming? Can one pass
on a favour? For fifteen years, Rainer Erlinger
has been tackling these and other thorny little
questions of ethics in the weekly magazine of
the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He analyses the relationships and uncovers the structures behind
these questions and gives clear, comprehensible, concrete answers. This book presents a
selection of the best questions and answers:
a moral compass for every-day life.
Rainer Erlinger , born 1965, holds a doctorate in
medicine and law. After working as research fellow,
doctor, and lawyer, he now works in publishing, with
a particular focus on ethics. His weekly column “Die
Gewissensfrage” in a well-known Munich newspaper,
in which he answers big and small ethical questions
from readers, introduced him to a wider audience. His
Mo Asumang, born 1963 in Kassel as the daughter of
most recent publications with S. Fischer include Moral:
a German and a Ghanan, became the first Afro-German
Wie man richtig gut lebt (2012), as well as Gewissensbisse:
TV moderator in 1996 (Liebe Sünde). Since then she has
Antworten auf moralische Fragen des Alltags (2011) and
been a moderator, film-maker (Roots Germania and Die
Nachdenken über Moral: Gewissensfragen auf den Grund
Arier, both nominated for a Grimme Prize), lecturer, and
gegangen (2012).
actress. In response to a death threat from a neo-Nazi
band, she decided to confront racism face-to-face.
February 25, 2016
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320 pp., Paperback
April 27, 2016
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Non-Fiction
Margit Schönberger
32
Kai Twilfer
Bags of Happiness
Finn-Luca, Sit Pretty!
At 40, You Don’t Just Shop –
You Indulge
Escape from the Horror of the
Happy Home
Why not indulge a little?
Over the years, you gain experience – that goes
for shopping as much as anything else. And
Margit Schönberger, mid-60s, size XL, knows
what she’s talking about! Whether it’s her
favourite boutique, the gardening supplier’s,
or her local bookstore, shopping is an adventure! Admittedly not always one with a happy
ending: Chanel salespeople start offering her
shawls, because those at least they have in her
size; the shoe store gives rise to the question
of whether a nice pair of Manolos really can
replace a therapist; the pasta aisle makes any
pious intentions dissolve into thin air. A book
for all women who love to treat themselves.
Harpsichord lessons, after-school tutoring in
Chinese, plus Pythagorean geometry in summer camp – eco-friendly, sustainable childcare!
After all, Finn-Luca’s parents want to give their
child the best head start for his later life. And
so, in their hybrid SUV, they drive Finn-Luca,
aged eleven, from one activity to the next. Dandy, the family dog, is no better off, being carted
off to obedience training one day and doggy
yoga the next. Finally, it gets to be too much
for the canine, and he convinces Finn-Luca
to join him in his escape from the horrors of
hovering parents. There must be a life outside
of fair-trade soy drinks and doggy pyjamas! But
it turns out it’s not so easy to become a real
pedigree mongrel – or for that matter, a street
urchin. Follow along as Finn-Luca and Dandy
embark on a hilarious adventure!
• The latest book by the best-selling
author of Wir sind rund, na und?, Don’t
worry, be fifty, and Mein Chef ist ein
Arschloch, Ihrer auch?
• For fans of Susanne Fröhlich and Virginia
Ironside (No! I don’t want to join a book club)
Margit Schönberger , born 1948, works in publishing and journalism, and is the best-selling author of nu-
Kai Twilfer , born 1976 in Gelsenkirchen, studied
economics in Bochum. While still a student, he worked
at WDR television and, in 2002, founded INDUSTRIE
KULT, a wholesale retailer of German regional products.
His debut Schantall, tu ma die Omma winken became a
No. 1 bestseller. In addition to writing, Kai Twilfer tours
Germany with comedy programmes.
merous books. After years as the head of PR at a major
publishing group, she became a freelance literary agent.
She lives in Bavaria with her husband.
April 27, 2016
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256 pp., Paperback
March 10, 2016
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Verlag
Non-Fiction
Andreas Hock
A Beer: A Book.
A love letter to the best drink in the world.
Beer enhances women’s sex drive, has half
as many calories as orange juice, is good for
the skin, protects against diabetes and kidney
stones, combats high blood pressure, and is
even good for your hearing. (Pardon me?) But
what’s much more important: it’s just so damn
delicious! No wonder that, statistically speaking, each German drinks 107 litres of it a year!
Whether Lager, Hefeweizen, Kölsch, IPA, or
Stout is your pint of choice, this book has all
the strangest stories, craziest world records,
and most astonishing facts about the best
drink in the world. The perfect gift for any beer
drinker.
33
Ulrike Grafberger
The Pocket Guide to
Holland
Why does Prince Willem-Alexander throw
toilet bowls?
Why do the Dutch jump into the North Sea on
New Year’s Day and then go buy furniture at
Easter?
Why are there backpacks on Dutch flagpoles,
and did the Dutch really eat all the dodos?
All you ever wanted to know about the country
of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes, and cheese:
fascinating and sometimes not altogether
serious facts, trivia, and anecdotes about the
Netherlands.
Ulrike Grafberger is a travel journalist and online
editor who blogs as “Holland Ambassador” and German
• April 23, 2016: World book day –
and 500th anniversary of Germany’s
Reinheitsgebot (Beer purity law)
community manager for the Dutch Tourism Board at
holland.com. Her own websites scheveningen-strand.
de, untermmeeresspiegel.blogspot.nl, and amsterdamblog.de attract 300 000 visitors a year. As a travel journalist, she has also authored numerous guidebooks. She
Andreas Hock , born 1974 in Nuremberg, is a journal-
lives in the Scheveningen district of The Hague with her
ist, best-selling author, and – as a native of the state
Dutch husband and her son.
of Bavaria – an avid beer drinker. After breaking off his
studies in law, he wrote for, among others, the Nürnberg
er Zeitung and the AZ. His first book, Von nix kommt nix, a
biography of German reality television family Geiss, was
a SPIEGEL-bestseller, as was his second, Bin ich denn der
Einzigste hier, wo Deutsch kann? In his free time, he is devoted to football, which he enjoys more if he can watch
it while drinking a cold beer. He lives in Nuremberg, his
256 pp., Softcover
March 22, 2016
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favourite city, with his family.
224 pp., Paperback
March 22, 2016
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Non-Fiction
Herr Grün
Food Fantasies
Whether it’s an arugula-smu, a physalis dragon, an onion ballerina, a ginger cowboy, or a
cucumber ghost – an intricate combination of
food photography and graphics turn ordinary
produce into little art works, each of which, in
typical Herr-Grün-fashion, has its own charming story. Food art fresh from the table of Herr
Grün: the book to go with the cult blog with
over 340 000 fans. A creative gift that pairs well
with any dish.
• Winner of the AMA Food Blog Award as
one of 2014’s best newcomers
Manfred Zimmer is a copywriter and conceptioner,
and for two years has been the author and assistant of
legendary food blogger Herr Grün. Herr Grün, meanwhile, is always good for a surprise, creating innovative
vegetarian and vegan dishes – and his extraordinary
food fantasies – in his cooking laboratory in Hamburg.
February 25, 2016
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Verlag
34
Robin Thiesmeyer
More Stars in the
Sky than Idiots
in the World
The art of ink drawings
It’s not about the big things, politics, culture,
current events. In these drawings, Robin Thiesmeyer tackles every day life and the deep philosophical questions it raises. The minimalist
strokes of his creatures and their naive questions and answers let even the most cynical
grown-up see the world with new eyes. With
those childlike eyes, we can look at life’s oddnesses and complications and find them odd –
and we can ask questions that most grown-ups
never dare ask because the answer seems so
straight-forward.
• Philosophy for your coffee table
• Robin Thiesmeyer has thousands of fans
on Facebook, Twitter, and his cult blog
metabene.de
Robin Thiesmeyer , born 1979, is an author and
artist. He studied philosophy and political science in
Bonn, and has a degree in creative writing and cultural
journalism from the University of Hildesheim. His short
stories and articles have appeared in magazines and
anthologies. He began drawing META BENE in November 2013.
96 pp., Softcover
March 10, 2016
Fischer Taschenbuch
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Non-Fiction
35
The World of Colouring –
Taking Time For Yourself
Christiane Bethge
My Colouring Book
for Sleepless Nights
Colouring in instead of
counting sheep. The perfect
colouring trend for your
bedside table.
Katharina Schmidt
Relax En Route
80 pp., Paperback
February 25, 2016
Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
The Colouring Book
for the Train
80 pp., Softcover
February 25, 2016
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Verlag
Christiane Bethge ,
born in 1981, makes Lampwork beads in Berlin and
specializes in colouring pages
Katharina Schmidt
for adults.
lives as freelance illustrator in Frankfurt and loves
to draw on the train.
Maren Kruth
A journey into
mindfulness for
commuters and all
those who want to
enjoy being en route.
Magic Spring
The Colouring Book for All Your Senses
96 pp., Paperback / February 25, 2016 / Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
Colouring Art from Germany. The discovery
this Spring. Feminine and playful.
Maren Kruth, 27, comes from the fashion industry and works as freelance illustrator and designer in Muenster.
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