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Autumn 2018

FICTION 4 María Cecilia Barbetta * 6 Nather Henafe Alali 7 Michael Lentz 8 Christian Metz 8 Roger Willemsen 9 Thomas Hürlimann10 Reiner Kunze10 Günter de Bruyn 11 Melanie Levensohn12 Elke Vesper12 Patricia Koelle 13 Judith Pinnow 13 Alexandra Holenstein 14 Mia Williams15 Jörg Maurer15 Klaus-Peter Wolf 16 Stephan Ludwig 16 Eva Ehley 17 Arno Strobel18 Dennis Ehrhardt18 Bernhard Hennen

NON-FICTION20 Andreas Rödder21 Volker Ullrich22 Florian Illies23 Dietrich Grönemeyer24 Thilo Bode25 Frido Mann 25 Werner Hamacher 26 Harald Welzer 26 Martin Seel 27 Ahmad Mansour 27 Andreas Bernard 28 Valentin Groebner 28 Peter Trawny 29 Björn Kern 29 Maike van den Boom 30 Peter Modler 31 Katja Kraus 31 Raquel Erdtmann

SHORTLISTEDFOR THE GERMAN

BOOK PRIZE2018

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S. Fischer Verlage Frankfurt am Main / Germany Rights Guide Autumn 2018 www.fischerverlage.de/rights/foreign_rights

MARÍA CECILIA BARBETTA

Nightglowing

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528 pp., HardcoverAugust 15, 2018S. Fischer VerlagSample Translation Link

MARÍA CECILIA BARBETTA was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1972 and grew

up in Ballester, the neighborhood in which this novel takes place. She studied

German as a foreign language and received a DAAD-stipend in 1996 to come to

Berlin, where she has remained ever since. Prior to the appearance of her first

novel, she received the Alfred Döblin fellowship from the Akademie der Kün-

ste in 2007 and participated in the reknowned prose writers’ workshop at the

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. Her first novel, The Los Milagros Tailor Shop, was

published in 2008, and was awarded prestigious debut novel prizes, including the

Aspekte Prize for Literature and the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize. She received a

fellowship for a residence at the Villa Massimo in Rome in 2013. In 2017, she was

awarded the Alfred Döblin Prize for the manuscript of her second novel, Night-

glowing. María Cecilia Barbetta writes in German and lives in Berlin.

An evocative portrait of the spectral atmosphere hovering over Buenos Aires on the eve of a political coup. Buenos Aires, 1974. People have flocked to the neighbor-hood of Ballester from across the globe and put down roots. Twelve-year-old Teresa practices liberation theology and car-ries around a plastic Madonna from door to door to dispense protection. The autoshop is a hotbed of utopian thought. Men follow the news with bated breath, and the local hair-dresser loses his mind over the President’s death. The people of Ballester listen to the voices of the dead, sing songs, and celebrate life. Yet political turmoil, violence, and an encroach-ing military dictatorship soon turn the country into a deeply sinister land. Those wanting to survive must find a vision to cling to.In virtuosic prose, the Argentine author María Cecilia Barbetta tells the story of how soaring dreams can illuminate dark times.

• The Argentine writer is among the most fascinating authors in German-language literature

WINNER OF THE

ALFRED DÖBLIN PRIZE

2017

“Storytelling is about moving beyond taboos and looking backward; one must search for the ghosts and the dead inscribed in a country’s history. Only then, with some luck, will they allow them-selves to be brought back to life.”

María Cecilia Barbetta

SHORTLISTEDFOR THE GERMAN

BOOK PRIZE2018

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FICTION 5

“Her lack of pretention conceals tremendous literary power.”Süddeutsche Zeitung

“High-spirited and melancholy, playful and wise.” Börsenblatt

“A highly intelligent, literary delight, and a truly entertaining page-turner. Impressive.”

Neue Presse

“An amusing, sparkling little marvel.” Literaturen

“A dreamy, romantic fairy-tale.” Celebrity

When beautiful Analía Morán walks into the Los Milagros tailor shop in Buenos Aires and enters the life of the young tailor Mariana Nalo, everything changes. As she alters Analía’s wedding dress, Mariana becomes more and more involved in the other woman’s life, which seems both foreign and strangely familiar…María Cecilia Barbetta’s debut novel brims over with emotion, charm, and wit, chronicling the tale of two young women and the curious miracle of love.

• An extraordinary debut – 30 000 copies sold to date

The Los Milagros Tailor Shop336 pp. / July 3, 2008 / S. Fischer Verlag / Sample Translation Link

Rights sold: FIN (Atena), HR (Novela), I (Keller), NL (Ailantus), ROK (Mun-hakdongne)

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NATHER HENAFE ALALI was born in Deir Azzor, Syria, in 1989. He has been

living in Germany for four years. In 2011, he was one of the students who pro-

tested peacefully against the Assad regime. He wrote for freedom, democracy

and human rights in Syria. He was arrested, his family bought him free from

prison, and he fled via Egypt and Turkey to Germany. Now he has written a

novel that deals with his experiences.

238pp., HardcoverOctober 4, 2018S. Fischer VerlagSample Translation Link

NATHER HENAFE ALALI

Room With No Windows

Nothing is more difficult than to be free

Alali tells of a Syrian couple who are in love. When he is severely wounded and disappears, she sets off on the danger-ous journey to Europe. Abroad she meets one of his closest friends. Her story appears to have reached a turning point, nothing is improbable in the turmoil of this century.Alali’s extremely emotional debut novel is about loss and exhaustion, of how the war steals away one’s Heimat – but not the hope, the optimism, the power of resistance. It is a gripping and forceful book about loneliness and exile. Angela Merkel’s term ‘We can do it’ has an existential meaning to Alali’s heroes.




FICTION 7

MICHAEL LENTZ was born in 1964. He is an author, musician and publisher.

Recent works include: Pazifik Exil (novel), Warum wir also hier sind (play), Offene

Unruh (poetry) and the essay collection Textleben and the Frankfurt poetry read-

ing Atmen Ordnung Abgrund.

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1008 pp., HardcoverAugust 29, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

Rights to previous titles sold: Mutterster-ben: F (Quidam), TR (Iletism); Pazifik Exil: TR (Iletism); Liebeserklärung: TR (Iletisem)

MICHAEL LENTZ

Gloomy DelightA Requiem

‘Gloomy Delight’ is Michael Lentz’s response to his story collec-tion ‘Muttersterben’, which saw his breakthrough. The 1 000-page novel is a mind-blowing journey into the past and the darkness of the inner self. It tells of his father’s death and leads the writer son into the worst life crisis ever.The narrator is locked in a cell and forced to write a book. It is meant to be the book of all books and to expose everyone through its length alone – those who read it, but above all the person who wrote it. Writing will lead the hero into the moth-er of all catastrophes. Only one thing can save him: he must stop writing.



POETRY / CRITICISM | FICTION 8

More than 1.5 Million of Roger Willemsen’s books sold

No other form of art was more important to

Roger Willemsen than music. A companion

from an early age that helped comprehend the

intricacies of life. Willemsen’s declaration of

love to jazz, his bow to the classic composers,

his harsh defence of the artistic existence, but

legendary above all, his deep understanding of

musicians and their themes. His unique texts

‘about music’ are far more than that: they are

the expression of a life ‘along those lines where

one does things for happiness or excitement,

but never for indifference’. Roger Willemsen’s

homage to music and its heroes makes one feel

alive.

ROGER WILLEMSEN (1955 – 2016) started out as a uni-

versity lecturer, translator and London-based news-

paper correspondent before working as a television

presenter, director and producer from 1991 onwards.

His best-selling books Deutschlandreise, Gute Tage, Af-

ghanische Reise, Kleine Lichter, Der Knacks, Bangkok Noir,

The Ends of the Earth, Momentum, and Das Hohe Haus have

been translated into many languages.

512 pp. HardcoverOctober 4, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

Rights to previous titles sold (selec-tion): Die Enden der Welt: F (Flam-marion), UK (Haus Publishing); RUS (AST), Afghanische Reisen: PL (Panst-wowy), UK (Haus Publishing)

ROGER WILLEMSENMusic!About a Sense of Life

We live in the age of the poem. Poetry is more

successful than ever, and some of the best

authors of an entire generation are poets. In

this radical essay, Christian Metz explores why

and investigates what the hallmarks of today’s

poetry are. Contemporary poetry, he argues, is

driven by the profound changes of our age to

force a poetic mode of thought: thinking with

the tools of poetry, which gives us the room for

passion, for play, and for sensual experience

of the world. Metz systematically introduces

the reader to this poetic thinking. Taking their

similarities as a starting point, he follows some

of this new poetry’s most significant authors –

Monika Rinck and Jan Wagner, Uljana Wolf and

Steffen Popp – into their poetic worlds. Eve-

rything, in short, you always wanted to know

about modern poetry, but were afraid to ask.

CHRISTIAN METZ, born 1975, is a research fellow at

the Institute of German Literature and its Didactics at

Frankfurt’s Goethe University. He is also a literary critic

for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and has taught

at Berlin’s Humboldt University and the University of

Tromsø (Norway). He wrote his doctoral dissertation on

the narrational dynamics of love; his habilitation Kitzel:

Studien zur Kultur einer menschlichen Empfindung tackled

tickling and its cultural representations. He has also re-

searched and lectured on literary theory, literary history

from the seventeenth century to the present, and the

links between anthropology and literature.

160 pp., Hardcover October 4, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

CHRISTIAN METZ Thinking Lyrically: Poetics of Today



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THOMAS HÜRLIMANN, born 1950 in Zug, Switzerland, studied philosophy in

Zurich and Berlin. He has written numerous plays, stories and novels, most re-

cently Vierzig Rosen (2006). His novel Der große Kater was adapted 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 Litera-

ture 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 Acad-

emy of Fine Arts and a member of the Academy of the Arts, Berlin. His work has

been translated into 21 languages. He lives in Switzerland and Berlin.


Rights to previous titles sold (selec-tion): BG (Pygmalion); HK (Durieux); DK (Lindhardt & Ringhof ); F (Le Seuil); GR (Kastaniotis); I (Marcos y Marcos); NL (de Geus); PL (Longin); RUS (Amphora); SP (Témpora, rr); TUR (Pan)

Heinrich Übel crashes into the railing of a bridge above a Swiss lake in his borrowed American road cruiser. When he comes round, he finds himself on a Sicilian beach. He knows who he is but has no idea how he got there. The people in the small coastal town treat him differently than those from his former life. He, who used to be a rather unlucky fellow, is suddenly a hero and a ladies’ man. But has the world around him changed, or has he? What really happened on the bridge above the lake?

Thomas Hürlimann writes about the most weighty and seri-ous things – in the lightest and cheeriest way imaginable.

“A lost cause is not a bad position for a writer to be in. He is there to retain a fading world in his books.”

Thomas Hürlimann

THOMAS HÜRLIMANN

Homecoming



FICTION 10

Ten years after Lindennacht, Reiner Kunze has

written new poems. Using original poetic imag-

es, he allows the reader to share in what makes

him happy or unsettles him. Wherever he goes

in the world, be it Helsinki, Czernowitz or Kiev

– the reader never just finds out what he sees,

but also always what happens to him. He takes

a resolute stand against violence, coarsening

and oblivion. A particular characteristic of his

poems is gentleness. Reiner Kunze speaks of

old age and leave-taking with great beauty and

tenderness. ‘Bow yourselves before old trees /

and send my greetings to all beauty’.

“(…) the eminent poet who gave us some of the most beautiful poems in the German language.”

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

REINER KUNZE (1933) was born in Eastern Germany as

the son of a miner. He graduated from Leipzig Univer-

sity in philosophy and journalism and moved to the

Federal Republic of Germany in 1977. He published vari-

ous volumes of poetry and was awarded many literary

prizes, among them the Georg Trakl Prize, the Geschwis-

ter Scholl Prize and the renowned Georg Büchner Prize.

72 pp., HardcoverJuly 25, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

Rights to previous titles sold (selec-tion): F (Cheyne, Seuil); I (Adelphie, Einaudi); JAP (Shobunsha); NL (Liverse); SP (Alfaguara, Circulo de Lectores); USA (Green Integer)

Wittenhagen in Brandenburg: Hedwig Leyden-

frost is living in the village of her childhood

with her brother Leonhardt, a retired librarian.

Her family wants to celebrate her ninetieth

birthday next summer and combine this with

a fundraising campaign for refugees. It is the

year in which the Chancellor says: ‘We can do

it’. The months go by, winter comes, and it is

bitterly cold in the margraviate province. Ice

and snow is followed by sloes and apple blos-

som. The seasons change, and Hedwig Leyden-

frost’s big celebration grows closer. Possibly the

last spring, the last summer after a long life …

For the first time in thirty years, following his

highly-praised autobiographic and cultural

historic books about Brandenburg and Prussia,

Günter de Bruyn has written a story set in con-

temporary Germany. It is a moving story about

the suffering from politics, about the value of

our memories and an unaccustomed era.

“One of the best German writers.” Klaus Hübner, Tagesspiegel

GÜNTER DE BRUYN (1926) has been awarded numer-

ous prizes, including the Heinrich Böll Prize and the

Thomas Mann Prize. Among his most significant works

are the two cultural-historical essays Als Poesie gut and

Die Zeit der schweren Not, the autobiographical volumes

Zwischenbilanz and Vierzig Jahre, as well as the novels

Buridans Esel and Neue Herrlichkeit.

272 pp., HardcoverSeptember 26, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

Rights to previous titles sold: Buridans Esel: I (Costa & Nolan), SRB (Fabrika); Das Leben des Jean Paul Frie-drich Richter: JP (Kyushu); Mär kische Forschungen: JP (Dogakusha); Neue Herrlichkeit: UK/USA (Northwestern University Press); Vierzig Jahre: NL (Arbeiderspers); Zwischen bilanz: NL (Arbeiderspers)

GÜNTER DE BRUYNThe Ninetieth BirthdayA Country Idyll

REINER KUNZEThe Hour with YourselfPoems



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404 pp., PaperbackAugust 22, 2018Fischer Taschenbuch VerlagSample Translation Link

When MELANIE LEVENSOHN took on her husband’s last name at their wed-

ding, she became the namesake of his French second cousin who was killed in

Auschwitz. Her tragic story inspired this novel. Melanie Levensohn lives on a

vineyard in Napa Valley in California together with her family. She was born in

1970 near Frankfurt, studied political sciences and literature in France and Chile

and later worked as a press aide for the World Health Organisation in Geneva

and for the World Bank in Washington D.C.

MELANIE LEVENSOHN

A Whole Life Between Us

Three women, separated by more than half a century, bound together by a promise

Paris, 1940: The City of Lights under German occupation. Christian, the son of a bank director, falls in love with Judith, a Jewish girl. The young couple secretly plans to flee, but sud-denly Judith disappears. Christian begins a frantic search.

Montreal, 1982: Shortly before his death, Lica Grunberg con-fesses to his daughter, Jacobina, that she has an older half-sister, Judith. Lica escaped the Nazis but lost all contact with his first-born daughter. Jacobina must promise the old man that she will find the sister she never knew. It takes her twen-ty years to begin her search, assisted by her much younger friend, Béatrice, a French diplomat, who is going through a painful midlife crisis. At the Holocaust Museum in Washing-ton D.C., they meet Grégoire. Not only does he turn Beatrice’s head, he also uncovers clues to Judith’s whereabouts.

Soon the two women discover a dark family secret, stretching over two continents and six decades. It will change their lives forever.

• One destiny, two great loves – hugely gripping women fiction • Inspired by a true story• For readers of Alex Capus, Jojo Moyes, Kristin Harmel and Hanni Münzer

Melanie Levensohn, the cousin of the autohr’s father in law




COMMERCIAL FICTION | FICTION 12

PATRICIA KOELLEHeaven at Our FeetChristmas novel

ELKE VESPERLoss and EmergenceThe Story of the Wolkenraths (Volume 5)

Amrum, Christmas Eve 1944. Surf crashes

onto the island’s beach. But a lamp is burning

in Birke’s house. Huddled together, the oc-

cupants sit around the small Christmas tree.

Fuel has to be saved; food for the festivities is

meagre. While everyone stares into the flicker-

ing candlelight, Birke begins to recount how it

all started one autumn. When they found two

refugees hidden in a cave on the coast and took

them in …

• Wonderful Christmas novel by the successful author of Das Meer in deinem Namen and Wenn die Wellen leuchten• SPIEGEL bestseller author Patricia Koelle: more than 300 000 books sold

PATRICIA KOELLE is an author from Berlin with a

passion for the sea and writing, through which she

expresses her never-ending wonder about human

beings and our incredible planet.

224 pp., PaperbackOctober 24, 2018Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

1952: The entire Wolkenrath family now lives

together again in the house in Kippingstraße.

Lysbeth and Aaron work as doctors and are ap-

palled to see how many old Nazis are still hold-

ing important positions within society. Stella

is continually drawn to the city of her birth,

Dresden, where she is confronted with the real-

ity of Eastern Germany. Meanwhile the Beatles

are singing in clubs in Hamburg, students are

protesting on the streets against a thousand

years of fustiness and women start fighting for

their rights. What will the new era bring for the

Wolkenrath family?

• The story of the family from Hamburg continues• More than 70 000 copies of the entire series sold• For fans of Carmen Korn’s centennial trilogy • Volume 5 of the Wolkenrath series

ELKE VESPER was born in Hamburg. She studied French

literature to PhD level. She has had various professions,

spending a year in France and nine years in Spain.

She has worked for several different broadcasters and

published numerous novels revolving around strong

female characters. Alongside her writing, Elke Vesper is

a psychotherapist, has three adult children and lives in

Hamburg.

544 pp., HardcoverSeptember 28, 2018Krüger Verlag



FICTION 13

ALEXANDRA HOLENSTEINThe Heinrich Problem

JUDITH PINNOWThe Giraffe Prophecy

A humorous and poetic novel for all those who yearn for more magic in their daily life.

Suddenly there is a series of strange changes in

the life of the completely inconspicuous prima-

ry school teacher Hanna: mineral water starts

flowing from her taps, and she receives parcels

of things she never ordered. A stranger moves

into a caravan in her garden. Not to mention

the giraffe that she catches eating leaves from

her acacia tree. Hanna’s best friend Svenja,

who has a penchant for romance, knows that

this accumulation of strange events means

something. Now Hanna has to find out what

and how she can stop this magical series. If she

actually wants to that is …

• In the modern fairy tale for adults trend • For readers of Mariana Leky and Frederik Backman

JUDITH PINNOW (1973) works as an actress and televi-

sion presenter. Her novels Läuft da was? and Versprich

mir, dass es großartig wird were published by Krüger

Verlag.


Exacting revenge on a man – what could be nicer?

Berti Fischer, a woman no longer in the prime

of life, hardly believes her ears when her hus-

band Heinrich tells her that he is not intending

to grow old with her. Berti soon finds out that

she’s not the only one Heinrich is playing dirty

tricks on. It seems he’s been beguiling several

women at the same time, giving each of them

the feeling that she was the only one.

Berti wants revenge. Should she collude with

the other women to do so? What if they don’t

all lay their cards on the table and long-hidden

things suddenly come to light? The women

make their plan between Zurich and Ascona on

Lake Maggiore. Now Heinrich really does have a

problem …

• The perfect book for the best age reader: a huge target group

ALEXANDRA HOLENSTEIN lives and works in Swiss

Ticino. The Heinrich Problem is her first novel. The

occasional Heinrich has crossed her path, but luckily,

without lingering for too long.

368 pp., PaperbackFebruary 20, 2019Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag



FICTION 14

When MIA WILLIAMS first came to Lake Tahoe, it immediately cast a spell over

her with its deep blue coves, craggy rock faces, golden beaches and romantic

timber huts. When she’s not there, she dreams her way back there and takes

her readers on a sizzling and romantic journey.

256 pp., Paperback / October 24, 2018 / Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

Since her parents’ death, Liz is responsible for her sisters, her families indebted American diner and her old timber house on Lake Tahoe. Relationship? Love? Sex? No such luck. This changes instantly when she meets Cole. He is sexy and confi-dent and makes her forget all the rules in an irresistible whirl of desire and feelings. What Liz doesn’t know: the hot affair could soon cost her a lot more than just her heart.

• The new irresistible series for fans of CALENDAR GIRL and LOST IN LOVE • Sizzling passion and strong feelings at the most beautiful place in the world

256 pp., Paperback / January 23, 2019 / Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

Fiona leads a breathless life between parties and meaningless affairs far away from her home on Lake Tahoe – all in order to forget the painful memory of her parents’ death. But now she has to return to the lake. Attractive bad boy Evan is a wel-come distraction, and the two of them dive into a passionate adventure. Fi is determined not to let this go any further. As she’s meaning to leave again soon …

Pure Desire – Between Us(Volume 2)

MIA WILLIAMS

Pure Desire – Only You (Volume 1)



CRIME FICTION 15

A murderer is on the loose in Frisia. One who

kills women in their holiday homes. They don’t

know each other and yet the women have

something in common: they all had a tattoo

– a so-called power animal. A strange feeling

creeps over Frank Weller. His daughter has a

new boyfriend and not only that. She also has a

tattoo like that.

• A total of 5 Million copies sold• The new book from the number 1 rated thriller series • On the SPIEGEL bestseller list for more than 45 weeks

KLAUS-PETER WOLF is one of the most successful

crime writers in Germany. His Ann Kathrin Klaasen

novels are mega bestsellers and are regularly found in

the prime position of SPIEGEL bestseller list.


Rights to previous titles sold: Totenstille im Watt: NL (Storte-beeker); Karma Attacke: TR (Yurt); Mord am Leuchtturm: NL (Sybesma); Ostfriesenblut: EST (Atlex), PL (Media Rodzina); Ostfriesenfeuer: F (Piranha); Ostfriesengrab: PL (Media Rodzina); Ostfriesenkiller: PL (Media Rodzina); Ostfriesenwut: RUS (AST)

KLAUS-PETER WOLFFrisian Nights (13th Case)

JÖRG MAURERDeath Never Catches Cold

Inspector Jennerwein wants to celebrate with

his team in a snow-covered mountain hut,

sitting cosily around the fireplace, telling

stories, without the pressure of an investiga-

tion or a manhunt. But what is the meaning of

these blood-red drops in the snow? Why is a

drone circling above the hut? And what are the

sinister shadows roaming through the night?

While the police station in the town below lies

abandoned and a lifeless body is found tied up

in the cellar, Jennerwein realises he has fallen

into a trap. If he wants to save his team, he has

to go sledging with death …

• Nr.1-Bestselling author Jörg Maurer: sold more than 2 million books • Suspense and humour: Maurer masters this art like no other German crime author

JÖRG MAURER is a No.1 bestselling author, he lives and

works in Bavaria. He has received numerous awards,

both as an author and musical cabaret performer.

432 pp., HardcoverOctober 24, 2018Scherz Verlag



EVA EHLEYFake Lustre

In their seventh case, Bastian Kreuzer, Sven Winterberg and Silja Blanck get a deep insight into the chasms of the human soul, where the need for admiration and desire don’t stop even before death.

The young and extremely attractive salesman

Adnan Jashari is found dead in a jewellery shop

in Kampen on the island of Sylt. His throat has

been cut, his eyeballs removed. Two expensive

earrings are found in the eye sockets, a ring in

his mouth.

First indications show that the dead man came

from a criminally active Arab clan that is based

in Berlin. Because large amounts of money

were moved in and out of his account, a case of

money laundering is presumed. When Winter-

berg, Kreuzer and Blanck find out about Jasha-

ri’s relationship to his much older female boss,

jealousy also becomes a motive. But then the

discovery of another body, also decorated with

jewellery, causes all theories to collapse …

EVA EHLEY has been a regular instigator of murder on

the island of Sylt – if only on paper. She has twice been

nominated for the Agatha-Christie-Prize for Crime Fic-

tion, in 2012 and 2013.

362 pp., PaperbackApril 15, 2019Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

STEPHAN LUDWIGZorn 8 – Blood and PunishmentThriller

CRIME FICTION 16

When Inspector Claudius Zorn makes his

usual weekly visit to an elderly gentleman one

Wednesday evening, he suddenly finds himself

in the middle of a crime scene. The old man

has been brutally murdered, and Zorn knows

that he now has to carry out one of the most

difficult tasks of his career. The daughter of the

murdered man is no other than Frieda Borck,

Zorn’s former boss and girlfriend. Zorn and

Schroeder work at fever pitch to find the per-

petrator. But another murder soon takes place.

Both victims have a row of numbers burned

into their skin, but otherwise there seem to be

no connections between them. And then the

most important person in Zorn’s life is put in

danger and he’s about to lose his mind …

• 370 000 books from the Zorn series sold

STEPHAN LUDWIG has worked as a theatre technician,

musician, and radio producer. He has three daughters,

one son, and no cats. He discovered writing through an

accidental concatenation of unplanned events. He lives

and smokes in Halle.




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ARNO STROBEL, born in 1962, is among Germany’s most successful thriller

writers. All his thrillers are bestsellers.

384 pp., PaperbackJanuary 23, 2019Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

Rights to previous titles sold: Der Sarg: F (L’Archipel), NL (Mistral), PL (Prószyn-ski), ROK (Thenan); Das Skript: CHN (Beijing Alpha), E (Pàmies), I (Garzanti), PL (Prószynski), ROK (Thenan), TR (Pegasus), TW (Global); Das Wesen: CHN (Beijing Alpha), E (Pàmies), PL (Prószyn-ski), TR (Pegasus), TW (Global); Der Trakt: CHN (Beijing Alpha), E (Pàmies), F (L’Archipel), PL (Prószynski), TR (Pegasus)

ARNO STROBEL

In the Mind of the Murderer – Death ScreamThriller

Inspector Max Bischoff is afraid. For his sister Kirsten, who hasn’t felt safe for weeks. A stranger is watching her, knows where she is, sends her threatening messages. And then the event that Max always feared the most happens. A stranger kidnaps Kirsten and wants to force Max to take the bullet for her. If he doesn’t, Kirsten will die.

• The grand finale: the third volume of the bestseller trilogy ‘In the Mind of the Murderer’ • Arno Strobel is one of the most successful thriller authors in Germany• A total of 900 000 Arno Strobel books sold by FISCHER Taschenbuch

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Der Trakt / Das Wesen / Das Skript / Der Sarg / Das Rachespiel / Das Dorf / Die Flut / Tiefe Narbe / Kalte Angstall by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

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FICTION 18FISCHER TOR 18

BERNHARD HENNENThe Chronicles of Azuhr – The White Queen

DENNIS EHRHARDTSinclair – Dead Zone

The Living Pulse Beat of Magic In the island of Cilia, the conflict between the

league of city states and the Duchess of the

Sword Forest escalates. The league’s military

supremacy is overwhelming, and the forest

inhabitants’ hope rests on an old saga that the

White Queen, the former ruler of the forest, will

return in the greatest hour of need. But how

great must the need be until this is fulfilled?

Milan Tormeno tries to evade the turmoil of

war, as in his eyes neither side is fighting for

a just solution. But there is further danger:

mythical figures are coming to life all over the

island. Milan slowly begins to understand how

he can control these magical creatures – and

change reality.

• Germany’s No. 1 fantasy author• More than five million books sold worldwide

“Bernhard Hennen is currently the most successful fantasy author in the German-speaking world.” Express

“Bernhard Hennen’s Elven novels are among the best fantasy books ever written.” Wolfgang Hohlbein

BERNHARD HENNEN, born in 1966, is a German schol-

ar, archaeologist and historian. Since publishing The

Elves (Die Elfen), his books

regularly top both German

and international bestseller

lists.

624 pp., Trade PaperbackSeptember 26, 2018FISCHER Tor

The Rebirth of a Cult Figure

London, December 2017: The Baltimore ex-

plodes in a remote dock. One victim on board:

Detective Inspector John Sinclair, who at the

time of the accident is investigating a serial

killer case. Sinclair’s death throws up ques-

tions: was the killer also on board? What did

Sinclair discover on The Baltimore? Sinclair’s

partner Detective Sergeant Gan Zuko takes

up the investigation, together with Sinclair’s

replacement Shao Sadako. The inconsistencies

mount up, and the boundaries to reality be-

come blurred. All the more so when the two of

them realise that John Sinclair is alive…

‘Sinclair – Dead Zone’ tells the development

history of the ghost hunter – completely new

and right from the beginning. Sinclair was

never more contemporary, scary or darker.

• John Sinclair is cult – now as a modern mystery thriller • The Ghost Hunter John Sinclair is the most successful German dime novel series, Alongside Perry Rhodan• For newcomers and all those who want to rediscover John Sinclair

DENNIS EHRHARDT is publisher, radio play creator and

author.

400 pp., Trade PaperbackJanuary 23, 2019FISCHER Tor


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ANDREAS RÖDDER, born in 1967, is considered one of the most renowned

German historians. In brilliant manner, he makes history seminal to an under-

standing of our immediate presence. His articles are well-received both nation-

ally and internationally. He has been Professor for Modern History at the

Johannes Gutenberg University since 2005. His most recent work 21.0 – Eine

kurze Geschichte der Gegenwart was on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for several

weeks.

368 pp., HardcoverSeptember 26, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

ANDREAS RÖDDER

Who’s Afraid of GermanyThe Story of a European Problem

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How strong can Germany be? How weak can Germany be? Why is a German leadership so difficult – and what oppor-tunities does it provide? Germany faces a dilemma. Everyone expects it to take over the political leadership. But if it does so, there is an immedi-ate allegation of German domination. The renowned historian Andreas Rödder tells the story of the ambivalent feeling that a strong German nation generates among its neighbours ever since the end of the 19th century. How can the country face these fears and conflicts today? How can German power and European common good be com-bined? And how can Germany use its position in Europe to position itself in the world? Andreas Rödder guides the his-torical analysis through to up-to-date proposed solutions.Written by the historian and SPIEGEL bestseller author Andreas Rödder.

• Important perspective/contribution to a highly-topical issue: how to continue with Europe?• 35 000 copies of 21.0. Eine kurze Geschichte der Gegenwart sold

“Germany and Europe – a pressing book on one of the most pressing subjects of our time written by the ‘Historian of the hour’.” Tagesspiegel



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Volume 2 of the much-praised Hitler biography – the path-way to war, the holocaust and decline 1939, the beginning of the Second World War, followed by the war of destruction in eastern Europe and the systematic mur-der of Jews. Which role did Adolf Hitler play in the dynamic that led to the greatest crime in the 20th century? Which characteristics of his personality were decisive here? How did Hitler use his power as supreme commander, which decisions did he take alone, which in consultation with the Wehrmacht leadership, with his generals? Volker Ullrich approaches these deciding questions cautiously, always on the basis of sources and literature. Once more, he manages to make the person Adolf Hitler palpable, while at the same time painting a por-trait of German society within National Socialism: it is only the interaction of both factors that allows the reader to un-derstand how it all happened – and which place Adolf Hitler occupies in history.

• Volume 1 was a US bestseller, numerous international licences sold, hymnal reviews• Volume 2 is not just the sequel to volume 1, but a stand-alone volume• More than 40 years after Joachim Fest comes the great Hitler biography by a German historian

“A masterful book.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

VOLKER ULLRICH, born 1943, studied philosophy, literature and history, in

which he also holds a doctorate. He writes for Die Zeit, is co-editor of the Zeit-

Geschichte magazine, and lives in Hamburg. From 1990 to 2009, he headed the

Hamburger Wochenzeitung’s political book review department. Ullrich has written

numerous works on 19th and 20th century history, most recently Adolf Hitler: Die

Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889 – 1939: Biographie, published by S. Fischer. For his work in

publishing he has been awarded the Alfred Kerr Prize and an honorary doctor-

ate from Jena’s Friedrich-Schiller-University.

832 pp., HardcoverOctober 4, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

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VOLKER ULLRICH

Adolf HitlerThe Years of Decline 1939 – 1945

Die Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889 – 1939 Biographie1088 pp., Hardcover / October 8, 2013S. Fischer Verlag

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140 pp., HardcoverOctober 24, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

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FLORIAN ILLIES

1913What I Really Kept Meaning to Say

1913 – The year before the storm – new, surprising and delightful stories

In his brilliant bestseller 1913, Florian Illies masterfully unfolds the

panorama of an unforgettable year. 1913 is the year our present day

begins, a key moment in history. A magnificent book, a great best-

seller. But there is so much more to say, further surprising, delight-

ful and remarkable moments: Hermann and Mia Hesse want to give

it another go, Egon Schiele can’t get enough of his muse Wally, after

several rejections, Proust is desperately searching for a new pub-

lisher, Tilla Durieux is driving all men crazy and the high-wire artist

and rogue Otto Witte from Berlin-Pankow is crowned King of Alba-

nia. The elegant stylist Florian Illies was unable to relinquish the

year 1913 and so he has gathered together additional stories and

events from a splendid year in which our present day began in this

wonderful new volume.

• One of the most successful and accomplished German authors of non-fiction continues with his bestseller• ‘1913’ was translated into 24 languages and sold 750 000 copies • With familiar and new protagonists, incredible source findings, entertaining and remarkable references • Literature and art, gossip and tittle-tattle, knowledge and history: all in one volume!• For the first time with an index for both this and the first volume of ‘1913’ in order to gain quicker access to all heroes

FLORIAN ILLIES was born in 1971, studied art history in Bonn and Oxford, and

became features writer of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 1997. From 1999

to 2001 he headed the FAZ’s “Berlin pages” and went on to edit the magazine for

the newly-founded Sunday paper, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. He

was a co-founder and editor of the art journal Monopol. In 2008, he became head

of features and literature at Die Zeit. Illies is now a partner in “Villa Grisebach”,

the Berlin auction house, where he is responsible for 19th-century art. His four

previous books, including Generation Golf (2000) and 1913 – The Year Before the

Storm (2012), have sold over a million copies.



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Professor Dr. DIETRICH GRÖNEMEYER, one of the most well-known doctors in

Germany, held a chair of radiology and microtherapy at the University of Wit-

ten/Herdecke. In 1997, he founded the interdisciplinary-focused Grönemeyer

Institute for Microtherapy in Bochum. As a doctor, scientist and author, Dietrich

Grönemeyer is considered one of the most determined advocates of medicine

between high tech and traditional healing. He has committed himself to numer-

ous such projects in his foundation. His books Mensch bleiben, Mein Rückenbuch,

Lebe mit Herz und Seele, Der kleine Medicus and Grönemeyers neues Hausbuch der

Gesundheit were all bestsellers as was his most recent work Dein Herz, which

appeared with S. Fischer in 2010.


DIETRICH GRÖNEMEYER

World MedicineOn the Pathway to Holistic Healing

The entire medical knowledge from cultures around the world compiled in one book for the first time ever. An indis-pensable compendium.World medicine – that is Professor Dietrich Grönemeyer’s life project. For decades he has dedicated himself to the question how alternative healing methods can enrich our conventional medicine. In order to find the answer, Germany’s most well-known doctor travelled around the world and asked healers and shamans to share their centuries of knowledge with him: from herbal medicine, to meditation, right up to traditional Chinese healing. He travelled to Africa, Tibet, Brazil, Australia, Korea and many other countries. Now Professor Grönemeyer uses his knowledge to answer essential questions: how can meditation help regulate the heart? Can people be healed through the laying on of hands? Why do Acupuncture and Ayurveda work? Professor Grönemeyer shows us what really works.How century-old knowledge can regenerate conventional medicine.

• Medical knowledge from all cultures: what really heals?• A journey around the world with Professor Dietrich Grönemeyer, Germany’s most well-known doctor• How centuries of knowledge enrich conventional medicine and change it into a new form of holistic medicine• From Ayurveda to the Aborigines’ herbal medicine right up to shamanic medicine and meditation – The quintessence of medical world knowledge • For those interested in medicine and adherents of alternative healing methods

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THILO BODE, born in 1947, studied sociology and economics. He became the

Chief Executive of Greenpeace Germany in 1989 and of Greenpeace Interna-

tional in 1995. In 2002, he founded the consumer law organisation ‘foodwatch’,

which he heads up to this day. Thilo Bode’s works include: Die Demokratie verrät

ihre Kinder (2003), Abgespeist (2007) as well as Die Essensfälscher (2010). Recently

he published the huge bestseller: TTIP – Die Freihandelslüge. Warum TTIP nur den

Konzernen nützt – und uns allen schadet (2015).


THILO BODE

Corporate DictatorshipHow Global Companies Are Damaging Us and Destroying Democracy

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The whole picture – for the first time: how global companies are damaging us and destroying democracy

International companies are evading taxes, damaging the en-vironment, contravening human rights and dictating bills to politicians. Most of the time quite legally. But that is not all: they are growing evermore brazen, using leeway and loop-holes more unrestrainedly, a new level of exploitation has been achieved. In his new book, Thilo Bode presents the whole picture of this corporate dictatorship, whose stranglehold citizens increas-ingly get into. Using numerous examples, the independent and passionate ‘Advocate of the people’, graphically explains the connections and clarifies: the power of the companies can be broken – we can reclaim our sovereignty!



FRIDO MANNThe White House of Exile

WERNER HAMACHERJustice in Language

A political place of exile – then and now: the ‘Thomas Mann House’ in Pacific Palisades

Thomas Mann moved into his new house in Pa-

cific Palisades in 1942. It was a refugium for the

writer, an exile meeting place and a place of

refuge for his grandchild. In March 2018, Frido

Mann sets off on the vestiges of his memories,

shortly before the house was to be opened as a

centre of transatlantic dialogue by the Federal

Government. Frido Mann recalls the politi-

cal commitment of the man in exile and finds

himself confronted with the question what

effect open dialogue can still develop today – in

Trump’s America. His essay is a radical plea for

responsibility and understanding in a time of

global crisis.

FRIDO MANN, born in 1940 in Monterey/California,

worked as a clinical psychologist in Münster, Leipzig

and Prague following his university studies of music,

theology and psychology. He now lives in Munich as a

freelance writer. He recently published: An die Musik.

Ein autobiographischer Essay and together with Christine

Mann, Es werde Licht. Die Einheit von Geist und Materie in

der Quantenphysik.

208 pp., HardcoverWith IllustrationsAugust 22, 2018S. Fischer VerlagSample Translation Link

In the current debate about human rights and

rational law, personal rights and international

law, reference is often made to justice. But how

should it be understood? Following on from

classic political philosophy, internationally

renowned literary theorist Werner Hamacher

assumes that language is the foundation of

justice. Using studies on Plato, Aristoteles,

Kant, Milton, Locke, Mendelssohn, Hamann,

Celan and Legendre, he portrays the history of

language reduction in prevailing legal theories

and responds with a reminder of language

that is not restricted to rulings, but that works

towards the extension and dissolution of the

boundaries of language. An inspiring and im-

portant contribution to an essential debate.

“Human rights do not ensure human justice.” Werner Hamacher

WERNER HAMACHER (1948 – 2017) was, until recently,

Professor of General and Comparative Literature at the

Goethe University Frankfurt and Emmanuel Levinas

Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate

School Saas Fee. From 1984 to 1998 he was Professor of

German and Humanities at John Hopkins University in

the USA. From 2003 to 2006 he was Distinguished Global

Professor at New York University.

400 pp., HardcoverJuly 25, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

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HARALD WELZERWelzer MarvelsRetrospectives on the Future of Today

MARTIN SEELNot Wanting to Be RightMind Games

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Harald Welzer’s popular column from National Geographic magazine

Every month since 2014, Harald Welzer marvels

in the German version of National Geographic

magazine: about our inner cities that always

look the same, about roast goose in the South

Pacific, the efficiency pitfall, smartphones and

their users, about summit meetings, beeping

diggers, old environmentalists, instant grati-

fication, hyper consumerism and whatever

else he comes up with. Always concise, always

funny, always political. These columns have

now been compiled for fans, newcomers and

all those who want impulses for their thought

processes.

HARALD WELZER, born 1958, is the director of Futur-

zwei – Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit as well as professor

of transformation design at the University of Flensburg.

He also lectures at the University of St. Gallen. His

works have been published in 21 countries.


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Krytyka, Naukowe Scholar), PT (Companhia, Geracao), RO (Litera Inter-national), ROK (Chaek-se-sang, Hanul, Minumsa, Orot, Younglim), RU (EKSMO), SE (Daidalos, Brombergs), UK/US (Knopf, Polity)

Do those who philosophise always have to be

right, even then when they write? No, says

Martin Seel: They don’t have to if they’re free

enough to play mind games without being

afraid of the adventures of art. This book shows

how it works in three rounds. The first explores

ways of escaping the need to always be right.

The second relinquishes itself to these paths

in a firework of thoughts and images. The third

recounts how the author came to be someone

who does not want to be at peace with himself.

A simultaneously philosophical and literary

venture develops along the fine line between

philosophy and literature around the relation-

ship of both styles of writing and their position

towards the rest of life.

“Those who take thinking too seriously, don’t take it seriously enough.”

Martin Seel

“No philosopher today writes as elegantly as the Professor from Frankfurt!”

Gerhard Mack, NZZ am Sonntag

MARTIN SEEL, born in 1954 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein,

is a Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang

Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. Previously

S. Fischer published Paradoxien der Erfüllung (2006),

Theorien (2009), 111 Tugenden, 111 Laster. Eine philosophi-

sche Revue (2011), Die Künste des Kinos (2013) as well as

‘Hollywood’ ignorieren. Vom Kino (2017).

160 pp, HardcoverAugust 22, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

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ANDREAS BERNARDThe Hashtag DictateAbout a Principle of the Current Debate Formation

#MeToo is the most current prominent exam-

ple: nowadays discussions are conducted via

hashtag. With its help, input is bundled and

assigned: everything has to focus on a mutual

tag. This principle ensures a stronger presence

and orientation of collective arguments, but it

has a risky and sometimes questionable con-

sequence. As the hashtag formally reinforces

exactly that content which is being criticised,

differences blur and the unequal becomes

equal. In his trenchant depiction, Andreas Ber-

nard follows the steep rise of the hashtag and

convincingly shows how our current debates

are structured by a principle that has become

as incidental as powerful. Those wanting to

understand our public discussion culture will

not get around this book.

ANDREAS BERNARD, born in 1969, is a Professor of

Cultural Sciences at the Centre for Digital Cultures at

Leuphana University in Lüneburg and writes for Die

Zeit magazine as well as for the Frankfurter Allgemeine

Sonntagszeitung. The Fischer Verlag has published: Die

Geschichte des Fahrstuhls: Über einen beweglichen Ort der

Moderne (2006), Kinder machen: Neue Reproduktionstech-

nologien und die Ordnung der Familie (2014) and recently

Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes: Das Selbst in der digi-

talen Kultur (2017).


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AHMAD MANSOURStraight Talk on Integration Against False Tolerance and Scaremongering

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Neither populist scaremongering nor false tol-erance will get us anywhere! It’s time to speak frankly.

The most pressing task in our society is inte-

gration. But no other subject polarises more

strongly. So far, state and society have faced

this task haphazardly – without specific con-

cepts, or unbiased, objective debates or long-

term plans. The psychologist and bestseller

author Ahmad Mansour, himself a Muslim

immigrant, has been dealing with the problems

and opportunities of integration for several

years. He travelled through Germany, visited

prisons, schools and refugee shelters and

spoke to politicians, teachers and social work-

ers. He was able to gain an insight like no one

else, how cohabitation works and how it can

fail. He openly addresses, without false consid-

eration, in which societal areas there is a need

for change, where politics or individuals are

required to help, and which values are non-

negotiable.

AHMAD MANSOUR, born in 1976, is an Arab Israeli and

has been living in Berlin since 2004. He is a qualified

psychologist and works on projects against extremism.

He is also a tireless campaigner against antisemitism.

His bestseller Generation Allah appeared in 2015.




PETER TRAWNYHeidegger FragmentsA Philosophical Biography

What remains of Martin Heidegger? An extraordinary portrait by one of the best Heidegger authorities in the world

Martin Heidegger is one of the 20th century’s

most important philosophers, but also one of

the most controversial. After the publication

of the ‘Black Notebooks’, which exposed his

antisemitism, Heidegger seemed finished as a

philosopher. But we cannot get away from his

thinking that easily. In this book, Peter Trawny,

renowned Heidegger expert, approaches Hei-

degger’s life and thinking in an unusual man-

ner. He enters into a dialogue with this thinker

in short fragments, grapples with him, ques-

tions him, examines his contradictory life,

shirks no conflicts and sounds out what Hei-

degger has to say to both him and us in the

present day. A book that is both literature and

philosophy, that draws the reader into Hei-

degger’s thinking, and thinking in general and

touches the substance, the existential heart of

philosophy.

PETER TRAWNY, born in 1964, studied philosophy in

Bochum and completed his doctorate at the Univer-

sity of Wuppertal on the subject of Martin Heidegger.

He then taught at several universities in Germany and

overseas and founded the Martin Heidegger Institute

at the University of Wuppertal in 2012, which he has

headed up ever since. He is co-editor of the collected

works of Heidegger and was particularly responsible for

the ‘Black Notebook’ edition,

which has re-ignited the

debate around Heidegger’s

antisemitism.

320 pp. HardcoverSeptember 26, 2018S. Fischer Verlag

VALENTIN GROEBNERRetro LandHistorical Tourism and the Yearning for Authenticity

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Trend topic historical tourism: the absurdity and fascination of journeys into a past that we believe really was that way

Historic old towns decorated with geraniums,

colonial idylls on tropical islands, untouched

Mediterranean beaches and unspoilt Alpine

villages: journeys to places where time appears

to have stood still are everyday business for the

tourism industry. It has to be real, authentic,

like it used to be – but what exactly is it that

visitors want to find there? Valentin Groebner

recounts the emergence of historic tourism and

its hotspots, from romantic Luzern to pictur-

esque Sri Lanka. In his elegantly written travel

report, he shows that the actual commodity

of the tourist industry is not culture, sun and

landscapes, but the promise of paradise and

the rediscovery of our own roots. But what do

you do with them once you’ve found them?

VALENTIN GROEBNER, born in 1962 in Vienna, is a

Professor of Middle Age and Renaissance History at

the University of Luzern. He is the author of numerous

books on cultural and scientific history; he has been

a member of the German Academy for Language and

Poetry since 2017. His most recent publication with

S. Fischer was: Ich-Plakate. Eine Geschichte des Gesichts als

Aufmerksamkeitsmaschine.

224 pp., Paperback With IllustrationsAugust 22, 2018S. Fischer Verlag



MAIKE VAN DEN BOOM8 Hours More HappinessWhy Work Makes People in Scandinavia Happy and What We Can Learn from Them

There is a life before you clock off for the eveningWe spend more time at work than we do

at home. If we’re not happy there, then be-

ing completely happy is going to be difficult.

Norwegians, Swedes and Danes are repeatedly

counted as the happiest people in the world,

with surprising economic success. What are

they doing right? And what can we copy from

them? Maike van den Boom packed her bags

and travelled through Scandinavia for almost

six months, speaking to builders, nurses and

managers, German guest workers, fetched

children from school, interviewed experts and

people on the street. She discovered curious,

brave and self-confident people who want to

achieve more together than alone. The word

love in a business context. The freedom to be

oneself. An honest give and take. Astonishing

efficiency.

MAIKE VAN DEN BOOM is a sought-after happiness ex-

pert and bestseller author: Wo geht’s denn hier zum Glück.

She was born in 1971 in Heidelberg and studied art

therapy in Holland. After various management jobs in

the free market economy and sojourns in Holland and

Mexico, she now works as a speaker, trainer and advi-

sor. The subject ‘Values to happiness’ is her trademark.


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BJÖRN KERNOutdoors – Adventures on the Doorstep

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Forests, fields, solitude – the yearning for au-thentic nature experiences continues unabated

Björn Kern is convinced of the fact that you

don’t need to book a long-distance journey to

escape the daily routine. The outdoors that he

refers to is on our doorsteps. Take some fresh

air, breathe freely, clear your head, switch off

your mind, calm yourself. In twelve concise

chapters, Björn Kern tells us about the magical

world that is so close that we almost miss it …

and he starts his journey in the outdoors with

a night spent in the local forest. Full of humour

and inspiration, he reveals an exit strategy to

all stressed out city dwellers, hysterical office

autists and lethargic couch potatoes, which

doesn’t cost anything and for which there is

no excuse. Regardless whether it’s summer or

winter: you can always go outside.

BJÖRN KERN, born in the Black Forest in 1978, lives in

Berlin and the Oderbruch region. Published so far with

FISCHER Das Beste, was wir tun können, ist nichts – a guide

to less work and more time so as not to miss the best

things in life




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DR. PETER MODLER, born in 1955, started studying law and went on to gain

a PhD in Catholic theology. He spent many years in charge of personnel and

output in the media industry, and was a labour court judge for five years. He has

lectured at the University of Freiburg since 2004 and at the Mannheim Univer-

sity of Applied Sciences. He is the inventor of “Arrogance Training®”.

The business world is still a man’s world. If you don’t speak the language you have no chance of surviving its constant power play. So it’s important to learn this ‘language’ so as to be taken seriously by male colleagues, to express your own ideas and to keep up with the pace. The business consultant Dr. Peter Modler shows how to do so, using numerous inter-esting case studies. An important book that provides specific help for women in dealing with male colleagues, bosses and business partners.

• 100 000 copies sold in Germany• A classic of its genre• Author has many years of experience in training both men and women

“Many examples and tips will help women who work in leading positions to make their daily work experience more convenient. This book is generally a solid base for every woman’s career.”

business-wissen.de

“Whenever a top dog thumps the table at a board meeting and finally carries his point, although the female colleagues would have had the better ideas – then it’s time for the Arrogance Principle!”

Daniela Heggmaier, managerin-mag.de

PETER MODLER

The Arrogance PrincipleGreater Career Success for Women

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KATJA KRAUSWhat RemainsStories of Experience and Insight

True Crimes. True Stories.

Raquel Erdtmann takes her readers into the

courtroom, turning it into the stage of life. Her

depictions are so vivid that they feel they are

witnessing the events themselves. A look be-

hind the scenes and into human abysses.

A woman takes a knife to seek revenge for

years of humiliation. A man kills his father.

Someone kills, just like that. Small and large

scams like a marriage-imposter or a kosher

butcher who sells sausage meat stuffed in pig’s

intestine. Thieves, robbers, murderers, driven

by jealously or tradition who become offenders

in a brief moment of uncontrollability.

RAQUEL ERDTMANN studied theatre at the College

of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main.

Since completing her studies, she works as a freelance

actress, author and illustrator. She regularly writes col-

umns about spectacular court cases for the Frankfurter

Allgemeine Zeitung.

208 pp. PaperbackJanuary 23, 2019Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

RAQUEL ERDTMANNAnd I’D Do It AgainTrue Court Stories

The quintessence of life

Which period is the happiest in a life? Which

decisions set the course for important change?

And what remains of that which we once

started? In conversation with Katja Kraus, peo-

ple from politics, industry, society and culture

talk unusually openly about their lives and the

testimony spanning almost a century. Katja

Kraus is interested in knowing what it’s like

to shift from a shaper to an observer. She asks

her interview partners how they perceive the

repetition of history and what their fears for

the future are. In general, what role does time

and Zeitgeist play when the days dwindle? An

equally multifaceted and inspiring book about

the importance of experience-based knowledge

and the gains and losses of a life lived.

KATJA KRAUS was responsible for communication and

marketing on the management board of the Hamburger

SV football club for eight years. She was the first and so

far, the only woman to reach the management level in

professional football. She studied German literature and

political science and was goalkeeper on the German

women’s football team, winning the European champi-

onship and placed second in the world cup.

256 pp., PaperbackMarch 27, 2019Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag


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