»Faces are known to tell stories. This book shows that our gaze on these faces also has a story, and tells it in a captivating, enlightening, and contemporary way.«

Barbara Bleisch, philosopher and bestsellling author

»I’ve had very few conversations about the longing for beauty as fascinating as the ones with Rabea Weihser. Her observations are so clever, thought-provoking and entertaining that one could listen to her for hours.«

Daniel Schreiber, essayist and bestsellling author
 
»When Rabea Weihser writes about the face, she’s actually writing about everything. About the façades and dungeons, about decorations and the dramas behind them, about vibrant dreams and cold compulsions. She has an incredibly precise and delightfully friendly view – on humans, their bodies, their faces and the stories they tell us.«

Thomas Pletzinger, author and director

»It takes a grand, calmly narrated text to show how humans redefine attractiveness across all eras – and that there’s one thing that always remains the same: beauty promises a comforting view of life. How happy I am that Rabea has finally taken the time to write it.«

Mely Kiyak, author

»Magnificent! An elegant measuring of aesthetic customs, preferences, absurdities and mysteries. This Biography of the Face is also a story about how humans shape their life and give meaning to it.«

Prof. Daniel Hornuff, author

The press coverage is going to be huge: a great number of book reviews and interviews with Rabea Weihser by the leading German language media has been announced.

We will publish this book within a few days. Please let us know if you would like to see our sample translation by Katy Derbyshire.

»He has written a timely and engaging piece of literature, and in a very original way, shows where the possibilities and limits of AI lie.«
Oliver Nowack / WDR, Cologne

»It is a comedic take on a the subject that will seriously concern us, but here, we have a light and entertaining approach to it.«
Hans von Trotha / Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Cologne

»An original, entertaining and smart novel
about the other, artificial kind of intelligence
coming into power.«

Thomas Andre / Hamburger Abendblatt

»Charles Lewinsky presents yet another
inventive text with sparkling humour, gently
exploring the serious question of the
meaning of genuine writing in times of AI.«
Rainer Moritz / Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich

»An accomplished interplay that demonstrates AI doesn’t have to signify the end of literature.«
Juliane Krebs / WDR, Cologne

Italian edition by Giunti, Florence.

French edition by Points, Paris.