We are overjoyed to hear that Seraina Kobler has just been nominated for the ›Ingeborg Bachmann Prize‹. Her book Valley of Swallows, which is just out, was recommended by ›New Books in German‹ and has received lavish praise by the press.
She wasn't the only one: Esther Schüttpelz' Green Wave received glowing reviews, too. Shelly Kupferberg's Hours Like Days and Daniel Fassbender's Heaven's Gate were also very warmly received.
Bernhard Schlink's books are doing very well, internationally: We have just sold French and Spanish rights of Justice to Gallimard and Anagrama. And we cheered every raving French review for The Late Life.
Lastly, Takis Würger's For Polina is travelling on into the world.
Seraina Kobler nominated for ›Ingeborg Bachmann Prize‹
Seraina Kobler has just been nominated for the ›Ingeborg Bachmann Prize‹. She will read as one of 14 select authors from Austria, Germany and Switzerland in Klagenfurt during the 50th ›Days of German Language Literature‹ (24–28 June 2026).
We have just published Seraina Kobler's climate fiction novel Valley of Swallows, which is featured by ›New Books in German‹.
»Linguistically, the book is even-tempered and coherent. […] This endeavour to write a book about the human’s place in an over-engineered world turned out successful.«
Peer Teuwsen / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich
We have commissioned an English sample, please find it here.
Bernhard Schlink’s Justice: French and Spanish rights sold
We have just sold French rights for Bernhard Schlink’s Justice to Gallimard and Spanish rights to Anagrama.
Here’s the list of rights sold so far: Dutch (Cossee) French (Gallimard) Greek (Kritiki) Macedonian (Ili-Ili)
Spanish/world (Anagrama)
Our edition garnered a raving review by 3sat Kulturzeit. Furthermore, the author was interviewed on the subject by Shelly Kupferberg for public radio WDR. Moreover, public radio HR did a triple interview on the topic of justice, in which Bernhard Schlink also spoke.
The eminent German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung joins the choir and featured the book with a comprehensive, laudatory review, from which it is a delight to quote:
»In his lucid language in which his readers recognise the serene tone of his novels, Schlink has written a manual to thinking for oneself.«
Achim Brosch / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Fantastic press for Esther Schüttpelz' Green Wave
Here are the latest press quotes:
»What remains, is uncertainty. And that is an absolute strength of the novel.«
Leonore Kogler / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
»Esther Schüttpelz enriches this emotional journey with razor sharp, witty observations. […] The suspense holds until the very last page.«
Tim Felchlin / ORF Radio Ö1 "Ex libris"
»Schüttpelz has a distinctive, immediate voice that unfolds this story of two women’s friendship in meticulous detail, making you feel present yet not directly involved.«
Achim Lettmann / Westfälischer Anzeiger, Hamm
Published in March. Polish rights sold to Pauza. Please find our English sample by Katy Derbyshire here.
Takis Würger's For Polina sells 275'000 copies
Takis Würger's For Polina keeps pleasing German language readers and we have now sold 275’000 copies.
Internationally, Armenian rights for Takis Würger’s For Polinahave been secured by Antares Publishing House. With that, the bestseller will be published in 28 languages, and we can’t wait to see For Polina enthusing international audiences.
Heaven’s Gate by Daniel Fassbender sells 20'000 copies
We have just sold 20'000 copies of Daniel Fassbender's Heaven's Gate.
»The story unfolds in sun-drenched landscapes one moment, in hermetically sealed worlds the next— the settings rarely stay harmless for long.«
Sabine Glaubitz / Frankfurter Neue Presse
»A thriller between surfer’s paradise and serious crime.«
Ulla Müller / Bayern 1
Spanish rights sold to AdN. Please find our English sample by Alexandra Roesch here.
Even more jubilant press for Shelly Kupferberg's Hours Like Days
»The story of Martha, the Schöneberg apartment building and Liana Berkowitz must be told —and Shelly Kupferberg does so with wisdom, empathy and care.«
Gerrit Bartels / Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin
»With her novel Hours Like Days, Shelly Kupferberg – not least – restores the honor of a woman who showed courage and humanity in the Nazi era and has so far received hardly any recognition.«
Anna Ostrowski / Harper’s Bazaar Online
»A quiet book that unfolds tremendous power.«
Münchner Merkur, Munich
Please find our English sample by Ruth Martin here.
New Books in German interview with Charles Lewinsky
New Books in German did a wonderful interview with Charles Lewinsky on his new book A Different Story, conducted by Sheridan Marshall, which you can find here.
Moreover, A Different Story is a top ten Swiss bestseller for eight weeks now (and counting).
Please find our English sample by Ruth Martin here.
Gallimard's edition of Bernhard Schlink's The Late Life praised by the press
»With this story about a man’s final weeks, we’re spellbound in these suspended days – harrowing, because they are his last, but also because they reveal secrets, lies, and unexpected impulses.«
Le Monde des Livres, Paris
»Schlink’s novel is to be ranked next to Julian Barnes’. It sounds like a goodbye, with something uncannily sweet about it.«
Le Figaro littéraire, Paris
»The Late Life resembles [The Reader]: the same sobriety in the elegant phrasing, the same paradoxical gravity in the thread of a story that’s peaceful and tormented at the same time.«
Le Nouvel Obs, Paris
»Honed to the essentials and free of sentimentality, you devour The Late Life — heart clenched, eyes brimming.«
Florence Colombani / Le Point, Paris
Soon to be published in translation: In a Hidden Cove by Luca Ventura in Italy
Rights to any title in the series currently sold: Estonian (Tänapäev) Italian (Giunti) Spanish/world (Enciclopèdia Catalana) French (Livre de Poche) Catalan (Enciclopèdia Catalana) Arabic (Al-Arabi)
... and the most recent novel in the series, Poisonous Blossoms, is a constant fixture on the Swiss and Austrian bestseller list (for nine weeks now, and counting).
Now published in translation: Kalmann by Joachim B. Schmidt in Israel
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