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RIGHTS LIST
RECHTEKATALOG
AUTUMN / HERBST 2017
NEW BOOKS FOR INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS (INCLUDING GERMAN)
NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
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RIGHTS LIST / RECHTEKATALOG AUTUMN / HERBST 2017
NEW BOOKS FOR
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
INCLUDING GERMAN
1. Per Molander: Condorcet‘s error (nonfiction, popular science)
2. Sara Lidman: Cloudberryland (fiction)
3. Cecilia Hansson: Hopeless, but not serious (nonfiction)
4. Astrid Seeberger: Goodbye, Bukarest (upmarket fiction)
5. Sverker Sörlin: Anthropocene (nonfiction, popular science)
6. Agnes Lovise Matre: Appearances are deceptive (Norwegian crime novel)
7. Martin Engberg: An outstanding career (literary fiction)
8. Hilde Lindset: Goodbyes from Judith (literary fiction)
9. Stefán Máni: Skuggarnir / The Shadow
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PER MOLANDER
is born in 1950, has a background in applied physics and holds a Ph.D. in control theory. He has worked
for many years with public sector policy analysis, (OECD countries, the FSU area, the Middle East and
North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa). He has held leading positions in policy reform and has also served
as Director General of the Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate which he built from scratch. Per
Molander’s list of publications comprise around 100 scientific papers, reports and books. This includes
books on political and moral philosophy.
CONDORCET’S ERROR – STATE AND The struggle between the modern and the archaic
DEMOCRACY UNDER THREAT regime is essentially a struggle between political Left
and Right. Genuine Enlightenment is politically radi-
Non-fiction, 300 pages, cal. The purpose of the present book is to show that
Weyler Förlag October 2017, Sweden Enlightenment values such as rationality, democracy
and freedom are as brittle as equality. The natural
Marquis Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-1794) is one of the fathers regime in the province of human beings is neither
of modern democracy. Writing his intellectual testament while rational nor democratic. The development and defence
hiding from the security police during the French Revolution, of the modern regime requires an institution with the
Condorcet outlined an optimistic vision of humanity liberated capacity of carrying out these tasks – a strong state.
from the yoke of ignorance and political and religious oppres-
sion. His vision has in part materialised. Universal suffrage is A STRONG STATE IS NEEDED TO DEFEND
the norm across the globe, and basic education is considered a DEMOCRACY, RATIONALITY AND EQUALITY
human right.
QUOTES ABOUT THE ANATOMY OF INEQUALITY
On the other hand, negative signs abound. Although the global
economy continues to grow, political freedom is now declining. “Why are all societies unequal–and can you do something about
Religious fundamentalism is on the rise, and anti-liberal parties it? Per Molander scrutinizes the issue with astonishing eruditi-
have gained momentum in both new and old democracies. on. … brilliant and relevant.” – Stefan Jonsson, Dagens Nyheter
So what became of Condorcet’s vision? What was the error that “Molander is a calm yet challenging voice. He offers no simplifi-
he committed when assuming that humanity would more or cations to comfort us, only the well-founded belief that the jour-
less automatically liberate itself once the oppressive schemes ney is worth the effort.” – Ulrika Knutson, Sverigesradio
of the Ancien Régime had been revealed?
English synopsis available
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SARA LIDMAN
is born in 1923 in the North of Sweden, acquired her final diploma through working and moved to
Uppsala where she studied English, French and Education. All her life, she remained conscious of her
working-class family background and decided to raise the awareness for their struggle to survival
among academics, rather than bringing the literature of the elite to the villagers. She wrote 17 books,
received several literary prizes, among other the Nordic Council Literary Price. She died in 2004.
HJORTRONLANDET (CLOUDBERRYLAND) The work is a master portrait of people and society,
imbued with a strong passion for social justice and
Novel, 274 pages, First published in 1955, executed with realism including strong elements of
Albert Bonniers förlag, Sweden humor. The fate of a single man is turned into a col-
lective fate and the outcome is a detailed overview
HJORTRONLANDET is Sara Lidman’s second book and generally of a social structure including its moral weaknesses.
regarded as her most distinguished one. In a unique and im-
pressive language she depicts the lives of impoverished tenant FOR THE READERS OF HARPER LEE
farmers in her former home province in the North of Sweden.
The destinies of five families are told in parallel fashion: all had
come in order to settle the meager countryside, cultivate it suc- QUOTES
cessfully and hope to become the rightful owners in the end.
Main character Claudette gets born as the daughter of the most “A juwel in Lidmans crown.” – Ulla Torpe, literary
productive tenant, Franz, and his second wife, Frida. The story is scholar
largely told from her perspective including her experiences of
the rough environment and living conditions. The tense atmo- “[Lidman] is striving to develop the narration through her cha-
sphere due to the social struggles is adding to a very strong de- racters, which means, that social criticism is produced by con-
piction of the human soul with all its interpretations and distor- fronting different minds with each other. The narrator – if
tions. Many problems arise from perceiving the own truth as an noticeable at all – stays very close to the minds of the figures.”
objective truth; in fact a common feature of the works of Sara – Jutta Kerber, literary scholar
Lidman. Franz is deeply absorbed in work, joylessly trying to out-
play everyone else and to scale up as the first free tenant. His “HJORTRONLANDET is neither a story about the outskirts, nor
father Stefan is married to Anna, who is well known for being about the centre.” – Kristianstadsbladet
a strong woman, midwife and wise woman. Then there is the
family of Jani and Stina who make the place worth living – they A REMARKABLE 20TH CENTURY CLASSIC NOVEL FROM
are efficient, they are able to fight and agree with each other RURAL SWEDEN
again, they carry out conflicts in public.
English and German Sample translation available
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CECILIA HANSSON
is born in 1973 in Northern Sweden, is a writer, journalist and translator from German into Swedish,
including poetry by Nora Gomringer and Monika Rinck. Hansson has lived in Vienna and holds a Master
degree in German. She has published several books of poetry.
HOPPLÖST, MEN INTE ALLVARLIGT – KONST QUOTES
OCH POLITIK I CENTRALEUROPA (HOPELESS,
BUT NOT SERIOUS) “Writers and Intellectuals are of a significant value and art is
more than political agitation.” – Svenska Dagbladet
Non-fiction, 320 pages, Natur & Kultur 2017, Sweden
“The book contributes to an understanding of today’s Europe; it
This remarkable collection of interviews with the 18 most im- documents a development and a developing path, Europe could
portant Austrian, Hungarian and Romanian contemporary artists follow in the future.” – Dalademokraten
serves as a key to understanding the political situation in Europe
today. The conversations with artists such as Marina Abramović, “A certain sense of humour can rise from resignation, this is also
Michael Haneke, Péter Esterházy, Péter Nádas und Herta Müller what the title can tell us. The quotation stems from World War II,
sharpen the reader’s awareness for the challenges that define a German and an Austrian report the situation: „The situation in
life in post-communist or post-fascist Europe. The interviews Berlin is serious, but not hopeless; the situation in Vienna is hope
explore the impact of politics and censorship on art. less, but not serious.” A possible interpretation would suggest
the assumption that the Prussian fights until the end whereas
A short introduction at the beginning of each section serves to the Austrian would admit the defeat and enjoy the good sides of
shed light on the political environment in the respective country. life.” – Dagens Nyheter
Conversations oscillate between privacy and professionalism.
Coming from neutral Sweden, Cecilia Hansson’s approach helps CONVERSATIONS ON ART AND POLITICS
make some difficult topics accessible and numerous amusing IN CENTRAL EUROPE ENGLISH SAMPLE
and remarkable anecdotes ease reading and lighten the burden TRANSLATION AVAILABLE
of historical truths.
The book’s interdependencies render it unique, as all interviews
are directly or indirectly linked to each other. Although the Artist’s
initial situations do not differ to any great extent, their answers
and opinions most certainly do.
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ASTRID SEEBERGER
is born in 1949, grew up in South Germany. At the age of 17 she moved to Sweden. She studied
philosophy, theatre and film studies and medicine. Seeberger became a renowned doctor, an enthu-
siastic scientist and a popular lecturer. Writing has always been her passion; this is her third novel.
The touching story of pilot Bruno, who was imprisoned in the Sovjet Union until 1954, and his fate
thereafter, told by his niece Astrid.
GOODBYE, BUKAREST QUOTES ON HER PREVIOUS
BOOK “NEXT YEAR IN BERLIN”
Novel, 230 pages, Weyler Bokförlag 2017, Sweden
“Nothing less than a literary
Only after her mothers’ death Astrid was informed that her uncle highlight.” – Dagens Nyheter
Bruno did not die during WWII. Instead he survived a Siberian
labour camp and moved to Bukarest together with his fellow “Next Year in Berlin is her fiction-
friend Dinu, a Rumanian composer, facing dictatorship again. debut. It is not an exaggeration
to propose – it as a brilliant one.
But Astrid receives this information step by step. Like piecing In summary it can be said that
together a puzzle she searches for people who met her uncle, this book answers the question:
and while telling their often harrowing fate, scene by scene how can we understand our his-
European history and the impact of Totalitarian dictatorship tory, WWII and all this incompre-
reveals the touching story of refugees. hensive stuff?” – Sydsvenskan
A story of oppression and fear, sorrow and despair, but also of
love and happiness.
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SVERKER SÖRLIN
is Professor for History of Environment at KTH (The Royal Technical University) in Stockholm. He has
published, in Sweden and internationally, some 50 books in his field and received some of the most
prestigious Swedish literary prizes, like the August Prize for his “History of Ideas”.
ANTROPOCEN. EN ESSÄ OM MÄNNISKANS “…a dense and absolutely neces-
TIDSÅLDER – AN ESSAY ABOUT THE AGE OF sary book on our new age.” –
MANKIND Dagens Nyheter
Non-fiction, 228 pages, Weyler förlag 2017, Sweden “One at the same time sensitive
and academically exact essay.” –
ANTHROPOCENE – is an essay in the meaning that it comes Expressen
with a cause, a direction. Sörlin makes a reading of the Anth-
ropocene, historicizes the concept, and argues – in distinction
from many others – for its usefulness. English Synopsis available
It is very personal and Sörlin argues in an emotional way for his
own smallness, for human smallness, against aggrandizing us
as humans, as some Anthropocene proponents do. He embraces
a resurrection of politics, reading some of the most awkward
sides of Anthropocene as an outcome of an uber belief in neo- A CALL TO ACT RESPONSIBLE IN GEOLOGICAL AND
liberal globalization. HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS – BY THE AUGUST PRIZE
WINNER
In a last chapter, the argument for Anthropocene as a useful
concept is carved out very much in the context of the political
turmoil of the last few years of neo-nationalism and nostalgic
populism. It rests on the idea of a necessary transition to a more
sustainable society, for which it is a healthy and realist point of
departure.
QUOTES
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AGNES LOVISE MATRE
was born and raised in a small village in Norway and moved to Haugesund, a town on the west-coast of
Norway. She has been working as a teacher in secondary school since 1995. Her first novel STRYK MEG
OVER HÅRET / STRIKE MY HEAD was released in 2012 and her second novel, KLEDD NAKEN / UNDRESSED,
in 2015.
SKINNET BEDRAR (APPEARANCES ARE APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE is the first instalment
DECEPTIVE) of a new Norwegian crime fiction series, in which the
plot is located in the beautiful Øystese in Hardanger.
Crime Novel, 350 pages, Gyldendal 2017, Norway The second novel, ISKALD / ICE-COLD, is planned for
release in 2018.
Hardanger’s District Sheriff, Bengt Alvsaker, has taken a two
week summer holiday. He wants to spend it with his eleven-year-
old son Thomas, whom he has never met before. The following QUOTES
day Bengt’s twelve-year-old neighbour girl Ina asks him for help,
as her younger brother Anders has disappeared. “Agnes Lovise Matre‘s Crime novel is about something
happening in one way or another every single day.
Bengt realizes that he is the last one to have seen Anders alive, That makes it both sore and painful but also credible.”
in the early morning of the day he disappeared. The boy was – Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Dagbladet
strolling along on the main road by himself in his pyjamas. For
Bengt, life is turned upside down, but not only for him. “A tasteful Westcoast Crime story … SKINNED BEDRAR depicts
how we fail to look past each other‘s facades, and it also proves,
A massive search operation is launched for the boy, and little literally, that you should not always judge a book by its cover.” –
by little a network of violence, alcoholism, failure of care, sexual Kjersti Gullvåg, Hamar Arbeiderblad
abuse and hidden secrets is revealed. In a small community
where everybody knows everybody else, packs of lies are as com-
mon as seashore pebbles. Adults know the game, know whom A NEW THRILLING DETECTIVE SERIES FROM NORWAY
to trust. But who protects the children when they are betrayed
by the grownups? German rights sold!
English Sample available
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MARTIN ENGBERG
was born in 1974 and studied creative writing at the University of Gothenburg. Since 2005 he has
worked for Ord & Bild, the oldest culture magazine still in print in Sweden, of which he was chief editor
from 2010 to 2014. He is also one of the founders of the literary magazine jmm. He now lives in
Gothenburg with his family.
EN ENASTÅENDE KARRIÄR QUOTES
(AN OUTSTANDING CAREER)
“An author who really has the capacity to create a new Swedish
Novel, 200 pages, Norstedts 2017, Sweden novel that¬ dares to risk everything.” – Helsingsborg Dagblad
Jonas fails to obtain his doctorate in a humiliating way. In the “Martin Engberg writes about the sides of ourselves that we
following weeks he loses control over his life and his relationship, would rather keep a secret, like our longing for acknowledgment
ending up with nowhere to stay and no plans for the future. and to be told so. He skilfully portrays how it is to sway between
The only remnant of his former life is his job at the library. So, he feelings of superiority and to be constantly misunderstood. A
drifts aimlessly around the campus and starts a love affair with smart book about class, culture and the fragile self.” – Damemas
his second supervisor Pia. värld
When Stefan, the Rockstar-professor and Jonas’ first supervisor,
returns from one of his many stays abroad, a plan slowly evol- “The nation’s failed geeks eagerly absorb the smell of old profes-
ves. If Stefan had helped him with his PhD, he would not have sors and disgrace that rests heavily on Martin Engberg’s loveable
failed, would he? Jonas lures Stefan gem, and they chuckle huskily at square jokes that were covered
into the maze of the library, clai- in dust for a while.” – M-magasin
ming he had found another, as yet
unknown, letter written by Michel
Foucault… AN INTELLECTUAL AND ENTERTAINING NOVEL ABOUT
THE FEAR OF FAILING, AND NOT EVEN DOING THAT
“A WIN FOR LITERATURE” – CONVINCINGLY.
AFTONBLADET
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HILDE LINDSET
is born in 1978 and holds degrees in Nordic literature and theatre studies. She has taught Norwegian
and Norwegian literature at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and currently lives in Berlin. Her literary
debut was with JEG BURDE SPERRET DEG INNE / I SHOULD HAVE LOCKED YOU UP in 2012.
In GOODBYES WITH JUDITH she assembles a novel by telling ten short stories about one woman.
INTIMATE AND REMOTE SCENES CREATE A SPARKLING NOVEL
AVSKEDER MED JUDITH QUOTES
(GOODBYES WITH JUDITH)
“This is a graceful structured relay novel, easy to be impressed
Episodic novel, 180 pages, Cappelen Damm 2017, Norway by.” – Stavanger Aftenblad
First-person narrators describe their meetings with Judith in “An exciting project done with sparkle and shine.” – Hamar
ten short stories. Although the stories are unsorted and idiosyn- Arbeiderblad
cratic – maybe even because of this – the woman Judith slowly
takes shape. “Hilde writes novels better than most others.” – Dag og tid
Even at the beginning of their relationship, her first boyfriend
realized that he was far too ‘normal’ for her. Judith’s former
school friend, with whom she lives after the sudden end of a
long relationship, realizes that Judith is unable to deal with
feelings and Judith makes her feel inferior. Judith’s Berlin lover
oppresses her and sees it as a game, but then abandons her for
the mother of his child. Unable to open her heart, Judith hurts
and gets hurt.
Lindset portrays the melancholic picture of a present day human
being both ingeniously and subtly. A person unable to handle
her own feelings or the feelings of others – a betrayer, as well as
a being betrayed
FOR THE READERS OF RICHARD FORD AND JUDITH
HERMANN9 NEW BOOKS FOR INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
STEFÁN MÁNI
has published more than fifteen novels that all share the harsh, cold, loneliness of Icelandic nature
that reflects the people populating his novels. In 2006 The Ship became an international bestseller
and was translated into nine languages.
The stories often take place in the grey area between good and evil, full of suspense and adventure.
Although firmly set in the real world his stories also give a feeling of magic realism through their
connection to Icelandic sagas and folklore.
SKUGGARNIR (THE SHADOW) QUOTES
Mystery, 234 pages, Forlagíd November 2017, Iceland “Scarily and well written, well plotted and a very exciting story.“
(Brynhildur Björnsdóttir) Fréttablaðið, about Nautid (The Bull).
Kolbrún (Kolla) and Tímóteus (Timmi) are going on a hiking
trip in the fall, crossing a barren Icelandic highland. Timmi is a “Stefán [Máni] is a writer of a higher calibre than others who
41 year old married photographer and Kolbrún is a 29 year old write crime fiction. And it shows.” – Þorgeir Tryggvason, literary
kindergarten teacher with a history of mental illness. It will be critic, on Facebook, after reading The Bull.
just them and the elements for a few days. Timmi is looking for
an abandoned farmhouse on the highland, Kolbrún is trying to “Thus, this novel is like a nightmare that constantly takes you
save their relationship, and her sanity. The story goes back and back to those situations in which something terrible began
forth; it takes place on their trip over the highland (present) and again. A reliable companion for nights
non-linearly in Reykjavík (past) before their trip, exploring how wrought with fever and cold chills.” – Der
they met, her childhood, their complex relationship and explai- Spiegel about The Ship
ning some of the reasons for their decision to cross the high-
land together.
MYSTICAL SUSPENSE AT ITS BEST –
As always in Stefán Mánis’ books, violence and sex form a ma- LONG ENGLISH SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE
jor part of the story. At the same time, his narrative style is so
literary and convincing, that you can’t put the book down. THE ICELANDIC ANSWER TO
STEPHEN KINGRIGHTS LIST / RECHTEKATALOG AUTUMN / HERBST 2017
NEW BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS FOR
GERMAN PUBLISHERS
1. Antje Backwinkel: Else – nach dem Tod gleich links (fiction)
2. Elfi-Marein Conrad: Worttrunken (fiction)
3. Marlis Rösler: Cupcake-Sommer (commercial fiction)
4. Heike Sonn: Lampenfieber (commercial fiction)
5. Erica Fischer: Feminismus revisited (nonfiction)
6. Stig Sæterbakken: Through the Night (fiction)
7. Maria Hamberg: To my very best friend (fiction)
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ANTJE BACKWINKEL
geboren 1975, lebte nach abgeschlossenem Jurastudium und einer Heilpraktiker-Ausbildung mehrere
Jahre in Asien. Die scheinbaren Gegensätze der östlichen und westlichen Sichtweise von Leben, Tod
und Schicksal sind ihr Inspiration für ihr Schreiben. Heute lebt sie in Mainz und arbeitet im Bereich der
Erstellung psychiatrischer Gerichtsgutachten sowie an ihrem nächsten Roman.
ELSE – NACH DEM TOD GLEICH LINKS Derweil macht Else sich auf die Suche nach Detlef, um ihn da-
von zu überzeugen, dass Bernhard noch nicht sterben darf. Un-
Roman, ca. 400 Seiten terstützung findet sie beim manischen Tobi, der magersüchtigen
Leda und einer Gruppe von Obdachlosen.
Mit 59 meint Else, endlich die große Liebe in Schlagersänger
Bernhard Bardensiehl gefunden zu haben. Doch Bernhard ver- Auf ihrer jeweiligen Ebene sorgen sowohl Else als auch Detlef
unglückt. Else kann den Tod – in Form von Detlef, dem neuen für ordentliches Chaos, und bis sich die Wogen wieder glätten
Außendienstmitarbeiter der Life Limited Ltd. – zwar mit Mühe und eine Lösung für die unvereinbaren Gegensätze gefunden
und ihrem beherzten Auftreten davon abhalten, Bernhards Le- werden, wird ein Paketschnurmörder gefasst, ein Hausverkauf
bensfaden durchzuschneiden, doch Bernhard fällt ins Koma. verhindert, ein Liebespaar findet sich, und auch wenn Bernhard
am Ende stirbt, findet Else die Liebe – in sich selbst.
Die Gesellschaft Life Limited Ltd. ist ein modernes Unternehmen,
das seinen Börsengang vorbereitet und stolz auf die Software
ist, die seit den 80er Jahren die Arbeit des Todes trotz steigernder Ein Roman über die großen Fragen nach Liebe, Leben, Tod
Anzahl von Lebewesen und Mitarbeitern fehlerfrei ermöglichte. und Schicksal – und die kleinen, nur allzu menschlichen Nöte,
Fehlerfrei? Detlefs Vorgesetzter ist entsetzt, als er von dessen Zweifel, Sehnsüchte und Missverständnisse, die damit im
Versagen hört, zumal Bernhard nicht der einzige bleibt, der sei- Zusammenhang stehen.
nem vorgesehenen Tod entgeht. Detlef gefällt sich in seiner Rolle
als Lebensretter, und als er von Arbeitszeitregelungen, Gewerk-
schaften und weiteren Arbeitsrechten erfährt, gründet er eine FÜR DIE FANS VON JONAS JONASSON, DAVID SAFIER
Bewegung, die sich für den freien Willen des Einzelnen beim UND THEES UHLMANN
Sterben einsetzt und mehr Selbstbestimmung auch für die Tode
fordert.2 NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
ELFI-MAREIN CONRAD
hat erst einige andere Leben gelebt – als Musikerin, Lehrerin im sozialen Brennpunkt einer deutschen
Großstadt, Wissenschaftlerin –, ehe sie zum Schreiben von Romanen fand. Während sie für einen
Fachbuchverlag ihr zweites Buch begann, entdeckte sie die spannende literarische Welt jenseits wis-
senschaftlicher Fesseln. Ihr Hauptthema sind die vielschichtigen Beziehungen zwischen Mann und
Frau und Menschen jeden Alters vor gesellschaftlichem Hintergrund und fast immer das Meer, wo
immer man es sehen, riechen und schmecken kann.
WORTTRUNKEN Al unternimmt mehrere Versuche, sich aus dieser Abhängigkeit
zu lösen: raffinierte Näherungen an ihren sexunlustigen Ehe-
Roman, ca. 250 Seiten mann; Treffen mit einem Kunden aus der Buchhandlung, der
gern Gedichte von Alfonsina Storni vorliest; Vertiefung in die
Die Endvierzigerin Alfonsina (Al genannt) könnte ihr Leben ge- Wissenschaft ihres Mannes, u.a. auch um die geistige Bezie-
nießen: Halbtags arbeitet sie als Buchhändlerin, den Rest des hung zwischen ihm und einer Doktorandin zu unterwandern.
Tages widmet sie sich ihrer siebenjährigen Tochter und ihrem Alle Versuche sind nur kurzfristig von Erfolg gekrönt.
Mann Demian, dem Professor für Semiotik. Doch dann trifft
Al ihren Jugendfreund Jago wieder, dem sie ihren ersten Kuss Als sich am Schluss des Romans für Al und den Jugendfreund
verdankt. Auch er lebt in einer langjährigen Beziehung und hat nach über einem halben Jahr endlich die Gelegenheit ergibt, all
Kinder. das Ersehnte und detailliert Ausgemalte wirklich werden zu las-
sen, zögert Al…
Zwischen ihnen entspinnt sich eine E-Mail-Korrespondenz voller
Sehnsucht und Erotik, die für Al schnell zum beherrschenden
Moment in ihrem Leben wird und den Blickwinkel auf ihr Leben Eine Frau zwischen ihrer Sehnsucht nach Leidenschaft und
grundlegend ändert. Die Ausübung ihrer Aufgaben werden zu ihrem Wissen um deren Vergänglichkeit
einer etwas lästigen Pflichterfüllung und die Höhepunkte des
Familienlebens – Weihnachten, Silvester, Sommerferien in Ita-
lien, Winterferien in den Alpen – verkommen zu einer Routine- FÜR DIE FANS VON ZERYUA SHALEV UND BENOÎTE
übung. Nur beim Empfangen jener speziellen Mails verspürt sie GROULT
Lebendigkeit, die manchmal langen Zeitspannen dazwischen
empfindet sie als unerträgliche Leere.3 NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
MARLIS RÖSLER
geboren 1979, war weltweit als Sportfotografin unterwegs, inzwischen lebt sie mit drei Kindern, ihrem
Mann, zwei Hunden, acht Hühnern, zwei Pferden und zwei ehemaligen Jahrmarktponys auf einem
Einödhof bei Regensburg, beschäftigt sich mit Tomatenzucht und schreibt Bücher
CUPCAKE-SOMMER Da muss erst mal ein Cupcake von der süßen Bäckerin Miriam
her, die wie sich herausstellt selbst in den Halbitaliener verliebt
Liebesroman, ca. 350 Seiten ist. Die drei Frauen planen Miriam und Luca näherzubringen,
genauso wie Miriams ungestüme Großtante Rosa, aber Luca
Charly liebt ihre Schwester Bell und würde alles für sie tun. Als hat eigentlich nur Augen für Charly. Ein großes Dilemma, denn
Bell sie bittet während der Sommerferien zwei Wochen auf ihre er glaubt Charly sei verheiratet und die Mutter der vier Terror-
vier Kinder und den frisch bezogenen Bauernhof in der Oberpfalz Kinder. Finden die beiden zusammen?
aufzupassen, sagt sie zu. Während Bell mit Kind Nummer fünf
schwanger ist und mit strenger Bettruhe auf dem Sofa liegt,
versucht Charly ihren neuen Aufgaben gerecht zu werden. Was Wie fehlendes Internet neue Verbindungen schafft –
die fitte Fotografin nicht weiß: vier kleine Kinder, Pferde, Hühner, der moderne Landhaus-Roman
griesgrämige Großtanten und sexy Nachbarn sind anstrengender
als gedacht und dann hat das Haus noch nicht einmal WLAN!
Dem Himmel sei Dank hat der gut aussehende Nachbar Luca,
ein vom Burnout geplagter Computerspezialist, perfekt funkti-
onierenden Internetempfang. Wäre da nur nicht der Groll, den
Charly dem miesepetrigen Luca gegenüber hegt, nachdem sie
halb nackt in seinem Garten versucht hatte ein ausgebrochenes
Pony einzufangen.4 NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
HEIKE SONN
Als medizinische Fachangestellte und selbstständige Kauffrau liegen der Bremer Autorin Heike Sonn
besonders die Kontakte zu Menschen am Herzen und so „menschelt“ es auch in ihren Texten. Seit
2010 belegte sie diverse Kurse zu Kreativem Schreiben, einen einjährigen Online-Autorenkurs bei Lea
Korte und ist dort weiterhin aktives Mitglied der Schreibgruppe
LAMPENFIEBER Mit klopfendem Herzen sagt Tessa zu, und plötzlich steckt sie
mitten im bunten Alltag von Bens singender Großfamilie. Tessa
Unterhaltungsroman, ca. 330 Seiten fühlt sich so wohl und so gebraucht wie nie zuvor. Mit zwei Pro-
blemen hat sie aber richtig zu kämpfen: da ist zum einen Inga,
Tessa (28) möchte nach ihrer gescheiterten Ehe nie wieder eine die älteste Schwester und Managerin der Band, die in Tessa ein
Beziehung eingehen. Sie wohnt wieder in ihrem Elternhaus, fut- Groupie vermutet und sie nicht im Haus haben möchte. Und
tert sich ein paar Seelenkilos an, will ihr Leben ändern und um dann ist da ihr Herz, das sich bedenklich in Richtung Ben neigt
nichts in der Welt die Unterstützung ihres Noch-Mannes an- und ihren Vorsatz, nie wieder eine Beziehung einzugehen, in
nehmen. Ein richtiger Job muss her und um sich endlich be- Gefahr bringt. Energisch kämpft die junge Frau gegen ihre Prob-
haupten zu können, dringend mehr Selbstbewusstsein. leme an, wenn auch nicht immer zielgerichtet…
Tatsächlich überwindet Tessa ihre Schüchternheit, als Sänger
Ben (24) und sein Bruder Andy (10), Mitglieder der berühmten Mit Lampenfieber ist Heike Sonn ein wunderbar warmherziges
Familienband „Tyscon“, in einem Kaufhaus von hysterischen und Mut machendes Debüt gelungen, dem weitere Unterhal-
Fans bedrängt werden, und startet ein Ablenkungsmanöver. Zu tungsromane folgen werden
ihrer Verwunderung gelingt ihr Plan, und noch erstaunter ist
sie, als die Brüder später bei ihr zuhause auftauchen.
Einige Verwicklungen und einen turbulenten Tag später bietet
Ben Tessa die gerade frei gewordene Stelle als Kinderfrau für
seine jüngeren Geschwister an. Tessa hat mit ihrer unprätentiö-
sen Art den frechen Zehnjährigen bereits sehr für sich einge-
nommen.5 NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
ERICA FISCHER
geboren 1943 in der englischen Emigration der Eltern, aufgewachsen in Wien, Studium am Dolmet-
schinstitut der Universität Wien, 1972 Mitbegründerin der autonomen Frauenbewegung in Wien,
freie Journalistin, Autorin und Übersetzerin, lebt seit 1988 in Deutschland, seit 1994 in Berlin.
FEMINISMUS REVISITED Auch die Frauen, die Erica Fischer befragen möchte, sind vielfäl-
tiger geworden. Feministinnen mit migrantischem Hintergrund
Sachbuch, ca. 280 Seiten, ca. 50 Seiten liegen vor melden sich zu Wort und bringen ihre spezifische Sichtweise
ein, die ein plattes „Frauen gemeinsam sind stark“ nicht mehr
Ausgehend von eigenen Erfahrungen als eine der Gründerinnen zulässt. Auch die Debatte um Frauen als „Opfer“ von Patriarchat
der österreichischen Frauenbewegung Anfang der 1970er Jahre und Männergewalt hat sich gewandelt. Auf dem Hintergrund
wirft die Autorin einen neugierigen Blick auf den erneuten Auf- von Xenophobie und Nationalismus können Opfer in bestimm-
bruch junger Frauen heute. Was treibt sie heutzutage um? Wie ten Situationen auch TäterInnen sein.
werden die immer noch ungelösten Fragen von damals heute
debattiert, und welche sind neu dazugekommen? Als Form ist eine Mischung aus autobiographischem Essay (sie-
he Beispieltexte) und unterschiedlich gestalteten Interviews
Die Themen umfassen das gesamte Spektrum der weiblichen und Reportagen angedacht. Die Interviewten sind vor allem
Existenz: Körper – Gewalt – Arbeit – Sexualität – Sprache – Liebe Frauen, die einen neuen Ansatz in die Debatte einbringen und
und Familie – Kultur – Politik – Umwelt. Doch anders als in für die der Feminismus mehr ist als Quoten und Frauen in die
den 1970er Jahren ist das Motto der jungen Frauen nicht mehr Aufsichtsräte. Auch wenn dies selten wahrgenommen wird, ist
„Frauen gemeinsam sind stark“. Heute werden Gender, Klasse Feminismus ein gesamtgesellschaftliches Projekt, von dem die
und Race in den Blick genommen. Der intersektionale Zugang Zukunft unseres Planeten abhängt. Heute vielleicht noch mehr
wirft einen differenzierteren Blick auf die altmodische „Frau- als 1970.
enfrage“ und ist aus dem heutigen Feminismus nicht mehr
wegzudenken. Die Gesellschaft ist komplexer geworden. Sexis-
mus wird nicht mehr ohne Rassismus, Homo- und Transphobie DIE PROMINENTE AUTORIN VOM WELTBESTSELLER
diskutiert. Und mit den Geflüchteten sind die Kriege in unsere ‚AIMEE UND JAGUAR‘ ÜBER EIN WICHTIGES GESELL-
Nähe gerückt. SCHAFTSTHEMA – ERZÄHLT ANHAND PERSÖNLICHER
ERLEBNISSE6 NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
STIG SÆTERBAKKEN
(1966-2012) was one of Norway‘s most critically acclaimed authors. His books have been compared to
works by artists such as Beckett, Bernhard and Polanski. Sæterbakken‘s novels often explore the inner
life and morality of human beings. Darkness looms in his stories, and yet they are written in a brilliant
language.
GJENNOM NATTEN (THROUGH THE NIGHT) QUOTES
Novel, 272 Pages, Cappelen Damm, Norway “This could have been the story of surviving hell … a book that
never ends. In the same way as Sæterbakken never dies.” –
Grief takes so many forms. It’s like a light switching on and off. Jan Arnald (Arne Dahl)
It’s on and it’s unbearable; then it goes off because it’s unbea-
rable, because you can’t have it on all the time. It fills you up “Garanteed one of this year’s best novels … This is Sæterbakken
and it drains you. I forgot that Ole-Jakob was dead a thousand at his best, and Norwegian literature doesn’t get much better
times a day. I remembered a thousand times a day. Both were than this.” – Adresseavisen
unbearable.
“A black, merciless masterpiece from Stig Sæter-
Dentist Karl Meyer experiences his worst nightmare when his bakken. It is painful, but also rewarding to read,
son Ole-Jacob commits suicide. The tragic case of the death of first and foremost because Sæterbakken writes
his son is the initial point of this multilayered novel that will extremely well. The language never becomes a
confront the readers with the extremes of human experiences. shield or a filter, to the contrary, it drills into the
How deep can a man be driven into despair? Already the first darkness, with a precision and ingenuity in the use
part of the book reveals the extent of sorrow and grief – focu- of images which paradoxically feels like a relief.” –
sing on the collapse of the family. The second, shorter part is Dagbladet
following Karl Meyer through a part of Europe dominated by
legends and myths which finally brings him to a house in Slovakia.
In the final part he gets confronted with the worst experiences German and English sample translation available.
in his life in a never-ending loop. Through the night is the pow-
erful fusion of dream, adventure and ghost story.
DER NORWEGISCHE KULTAUTOR – EINE
ECHTE ENTDECKUNG!7 NEW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR GERMAN PUBLISHERS
MARIA HAMBERG
is born in 1954 and lives in the North of Sweden. She has worked as a welder, in an ironworks and on
a truck assembly line, but is now a freelance journalist and author. Her first two novels received high
praise from reviewers and she was awarded the Ivar-Lo Prize in 2012.Hamberg established herself as
one of the strongest voices within modern Swedish working class literature and an innovator of the
genre
TILL MIN ALLRA BÄSTA VÄN brings them close and lays the foundation of a friendship that
(TO MY VERY BEST FRIEND) will come to last for the rest of their lives, despite leading com-
pletely different lives in different countries and under very diffe-
Novel, 280 pages, Ordfront förlag 2017, Sweden rent circumstances.
Kristina, a woman in her late fifties, her tongue loosened by
powerful cortisone injections, her memory stirred by the im- QUOTES
minence of a dangerous brain operation, tells the story of her
life, uncovering bits and pieces of her lifelong-lasting friendship “Hamberg‘s novel is a high quality page-turner,
with Anabel, whom she first met in London at the age of eigh- both in its depiction of social class and friendship.”
teen. – Oline Stig, Sydvenskan
In 1972 Kristina leaves her harsh but caring family and the farm “TILL MIN ALLRA BÄSTA VÄN is a deeply moving story,
in Ångermanland in the North of Sweden and goes to London characterized by an irresistible combination of
to work as a nanny in a wealthy family, where the two little girls nostalgic glow and acute topicality.” – Västerbot-
suffer from the emotional coldness of their parents and where tens-Kuriren
money has more value than feelings. Both Kristina and the kids
are in fear of the daily supervisions, and Kristina understands
that she now belongs to the serving class. The Swedish answer to Elena Ferrante
It is only when Kristina meets Anabel, the nanny in the flat be-
low, that life lightens a bit. Anabel, daughter of a Welsh miner, is
an independent spirit with the ambition of making something A LIFE-LONG-LASTING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO
of herself. The two young women soon become friends and YOUNG WOMEN DREAMING OF A BETTER LIFE, AND
during the year that Kristina spends in London they help and THE PRICE THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
support each other through almost impossible situations. ItRIGHTS LIST / RECHTEKATALOG AUTUMN / HERBST 2017
BACKLIST AND
LONGSELLERS
1. Lars Mytting: Norwegian Wood (nonfiction)
2. Lars Mytting: The sixteen trees of the Somme (fiction)
3. Lars Gustafsson: Etudes for an old typewriter (poems)
4. Fredrik Sjöberg: The Flytrap (nonfiction)
5. Erling Kagge: A poor collector’s guide (nonfiction)
6. Stefán Máni: Black Magic (Icelandic crime fiction)
7. Pedro Carmona Alvarez: Weather changed (literary fiction)
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LARS MYTTING
is born in 1968 in Fåvang. Mytting worked as lector and journalist for Norway’s largest newspaper Af-
tenposten before he published the novels VÅROFFERET and HESTEKREFTER. His first non-fiction book
NORWEGIAN WOOD spent more than a year on the non-fiction best-seller list in Norway.
HEL VED (NORWEGIAN WOOD: ALL ABOUT living in Scandinavia but also readers from all over the world,
CHOPPING, DRYING AND STACKING WOOD — living in all kinds of environments, will be amused by Mytting’s
THE SCANDINAVIAN WAY) anecdotes about wood choppers and his thoughts about the
correlation between their ways of chopping and stacking the
Non-fiction, about 150 pages, Kagge Forlag, Norway wood and their characters.
What is it that makes Lars Mytting’s new nonfiction book about Reminding his readers that it’s the simple things in life that
wood chopping so special that people all over the world can’t matter and showing how people all over the world share the
get enough of it? One of the reasons for its great success is defi- wish to live in a warm and safe place with their loved-ones,
nitely its informative content: from different qualities of wood, NORWEGIAN WOOD will most certainly continue to brake sales
tools and supplies to the best time for cutting the wood and records in more countries.
the quantity of food a wood chopper needs a day to the types of
ecological worthwhile stoves- no possible question one might
have about the subject of wood British Book Industry Award – Nonfiction Book of the Year 2016
will be left unanswered.
Translation rights sold to: Catalan (Ara Llibres), Czech Republic
But unlike other nonfiction (Euromedia), Denmark (Gyldendal), Estonia (Sinisukk), Finland
books treating the same subject, (Bazar), France (Gaia), Germany (Suhrkamp / Insel), Great Britain
Mytting provides so much more (MacLehose), Italy (Utet), Korea (Open Books), Latvia & Lithua-
than just dry facts and little tips. nia (Mansards), The Netherlands (Atlas Contact), Norway (Kag-
He invites all of his readers, even ge), Poland (Smak Slowa), Russia (Eksmo), Spain (Alfaguara),
those who never held an axe in Sweden (Natur&Kultur), USA (Abrams) per August 2017
their hands, to discover the fas-
cination that is attached to the 600.000 copies sold worldwide!
process of making firewood and
to think about the environmental
and cultural aspects related to
it. Not only middle-aged men2 BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
LARS MYTTING
was born in 1968 in Fåvang. Mytting worked as lector and journalist for Norway’s largest newspaper
Aftenposten before he published the novels VÅROFFERET and HESTEKREFTER. His first non-fiction
book NORWEGIAN WOOD spent more than a year on the non-fiction best-seller list in Norway.
A FAMILY SAGA OF EPIC SCALE
SVØM MED DEM SOM DRUKNER THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME is a poetic mystery, a tale of
(THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME) desperate searches, of loss and love, visiting three generations
and European historical events, all seen through the clever eye
Novel, 440 pages, Gyldendal 2014, Norway of a rural boy with an intense emotional register, especially for
trees and nature, a register that will grow at a painfully quick
In 1971, a French-Norwegian couple dies when they step on pace as he unravels the past.
an unexploded grenade at the old battlefields of the Somme.
Their three-year old son Edvard has disappeared, and is found
alone four days later in a town many miles away. The tragedy Prize of the Norwegian Bookseller Association 2014
remains unsolved, and the sensitive, restless boy grows up with
his grandparents at a desolate farm in Norway. Translation rights sold to: Denmark (Rosinante), Estonia (Var-
rak), Finland (Sammakko), France (Actes Sud), Germany (Suhr-
At age 23, Edvard discovers that an unknown person delivered kamp), Great Britain (MacLehose), Iceland (Forla-
a coffin to the funeral agency many years ago, intended for his gid), Italy (De Agostini Planeta), Lithunia (Alma),
grandfather. The coffin is a splendid piece of craftsmanship, The Netherlands (Atlas Contact), Poland (Smak
made of beautiful flame birch. Edvard believes it to be made by Slowa), Russia (Eksmo), Spain (Alfaguara and Ara
his grand uncle, a master carpenter who bitterly left the family Llibres for Catalan), Sweden (Bonniers)
decades ago and worked in France during the art deco era of the Film rights sold
1930s, then disappeared. Strangely, he seems to be connected 160.000 copies sold in Norway alone.
with the tragic incident in 1971.
“An intricate story about war, family, secrets and,
Edvard is haunted by guilt, never having felt true grief for his yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read“ – The
parent’s death. He sets off to a journey for the truth and to revive Times
his sorrow, and the quest brings him to places as diverse as the
Shetland Isles, Edinburgh and back to the old battlefields where
he once disappeared.3 BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
LARS GUSTAFSSON
(1936-2016), the Swedish poet, novelist, and scholar studied theoretical philosophy in Oxford and
Uppsala, where he earned his PhD with a dissertation on the philosophy of language of the 19th century.
He worked as a critic and editor and taught creative writing at several universities throughout the
world. Gustafsson’s work is still relevant. His novels have been published worldwide and translated
into around thirty languages. His awards include the Swedish Academy’s Nordic Prize in 2014, the
Thomas-Mann-Prize in Germany in 2015, the Nonino Prize for Literature in Italy and the Zbigniew
Herbert Prize in Poland in 2016.
ETYDER FÖR EN GAMMAL SKRIVMASKIN lifetime. ETUDES FOR AN OLD TYPE WRITER is his last, finished
(ETUDES FOR AN OLD TYPE WRITER) only a few months before he died. He impresses with elementa-
riness, a mixture of memories, philosophical considerations and
Novel, 70 pages, Hardcover, Albert Bonniers Förlag thoughts about death.
(Sweden) 2016, Carl Hanser Verlag (Germany) 2017
QUOTES
Poet, novelist, and philosopher Lars Gustafsson was one of Eu-
rope’s leading literary figures. Much of his writing is concerned “In ETUDES FOR AN OLD TYPE WRITER Lars Gustafsson‘s poetry
with the search for moral consciousness and the relationship reaches its absolute peak. On the threshold of death, he finds
between personal experience and self-awareness, imbued with the great simplicity. The poems are a master‘s last words.” –
a philosophically founded skepticism toward language. Bo Gustavsson, Upsala Nya Tidning
Already as a young man he knew he wanted to write poems and “Lars Gustafsson is gone. His poetry lives on alongside Ekelöf and
about twenty collections of poems were published during his Tranströmer. It belongs to the immortal.” – Per Wästberg, Expressen
I det hånfullt ironiska vinterljuset In the mockingly ironic winter light *this poem as well as all other
gled två blå skuggor two blue shadows glided poems in this volume were
translated into English by
mot barriären av nyfallen snö. towards the barrier of new-fallen snow. John Irons (John Irons has
Först skuggan av en liten hund First the shadow of a small dog been a professional translator
och sedan and then from Danish, Swedish, Nor-
wegian, Dutch, German and
den mannens skugga the shadow of the man French to English since 1987)
som äger hunden. who owns the dog
Så föreföll den mindre skuggan And the smaller shadow seemed to be
visa den större vägen. showing the larger one the way. *4 BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
FREDRIK SJÖBERG
would certainly describe himself as a solitary person. He is one of the friendliest wolves in sheep‘s
clothing, a biologist, an honorary professor at several universities, author of a now long series of books,
which he dedicated to the theme of passion in many different ways. His books have been translated
into fourteen languages
FLUGFÄLLAN ( THE FLY TRAP) certain issues. For example, regarding the fact that everything
nowadays moves faster and faster: “What a pity. But, wouldn’t it
Essayistic novel, 220 pages, Nya Doxa Förlag, Sweden be far worse if it were the other way around –everything going
slower and slower?” – Dagens Nyheter
Based on the extraordinary biography of the Swede René Malaise,
the man who invented the fly trap, the literary critic Fredrik “Full of charm, a book about how to find meaning in life” – The
Sjöberg has written a novel about Life. It’s a joy to read, though Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
in its abundance, it is difficult to summarize. The most important
question is introduced on page two: What am I doing here, and “Ease and seriousness, in connection with great expertise and
why? With curious mind, the author explores the life of René humour makes you think of the elegance of an Anglo-Saxon
Malaise, who travelled to Kamchatka, Burma and other exotic essayist. It really is as exciting as it sounds.” – VLT
places. Sjöberg investigates his own passion for catching and
collecting flies and tells us a story about a tumbled-down
house, which he almost bought because Elias Tegner had used Nominated for the August Prize
the privy there. In an entertaining way, he tells us about D.H. Nominated for the Yasnja Polyana Award 2016 (Russia)
Lawrence and illuminates human existence. Winner of IG-Nobel prize 2016 in category literature
Translation rights sold to: Catalan (Pabst& Pesch),
QUOTES Denmark (Hr. Ferdinand), France / Canada (LesAllusifs),
Germany (Eichborn), GB (Penguin) and USA (Pan-
“Style and humour are of the kind that one thought was lost. The theon), Iceland (Bjartur), Italy (Iperborea), Netherlands
magic of this narrator even manages to change a hover fly into a (Donker), Norway (Spartacus), Russia (Corpus), Spain
literary heavyweight.” – Stern (Pabst&Pesch), Turkey (Monokl)
“The reassuring voice of the storyteller guides you through the Full English translation available
adventures of the novel. Furthermore, Fredrik Sjöberg finds time
to follow extraordinary trains of thoughts, whenever he explores5 BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
ERLING KAGGE
is born in 1963 and a Norwegian mountaineer, lawyer, publisher and art collector. His passion for ad-
venture led him to becoming the first person to complete the ‘Three Poles Challenge’ walking throug-
hout the Nord and the South Poles and summiting Mount Everest. Similarly, his love and dedication
to art led him to collect a remarkable number of artworks, most of which have been exhibited at the
Love Story exhibition at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art.
A POOR COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO BUYING QUOTES
GREAT ART*
“Through the many personal experiences Kagge allows the
Nonfiction, 100 pages, Kagge forlag Norway reader to take part in, the book is both entertaining and educa-
tional. It shows how unpredictable and absurd the art market
This book illuminates all aspects of becoming an expert at is.” – Art-Magazin
buying art that one will enjoy for many years. It explains how to
get started, how to take one‘s tastes seriously, how to do a tar- “[The book] is as informative as it is enjoyable. Aimed at an audi-
geted search for pieces, how to learn to appraise prices and how ence that can easily afford to pay 5,000 US dollars for first expe-
to find trustworthy partners. Kagge‘s practical yet entertaining riments.” – Die Zeit
step-by-step guide also includes ways to identify and avoid
pitfalls and deceptive temptations. As an extreme athlete he “You want to enter the art market but have neither the budget
knows how to follow rules, but also when to trust his instincts. nor the knowhow? Then let the art collector, lawyer and extreme
mountaineer Erling Kagge show you with a lot of humour how
On his way to becoming a passionate art collector himself, to remedy your deficiencies step by step.” – Men’s Health
Norwegian adventurer Erling Kagge had to learn the ropes and
answer this exact question. His years as a mountaineer and
trekker to both poles undoubtedly helped him explore and as- Translation from English or Norwegian
sess the extremes of the art market. Translation rights worldwide except English and
Norwegian are available!
Wonderfully and richly illustrated with artworks from Kagge’s Already 15,000 copies sold!
personal collection and written in an easy-going style, A POOR Korean, Chinese, Russian and Turkish translation
COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO BUYING GREAT ART is a mine of infor- rights sold
mation for anyone wishing to become an expert art buyer and
collector. * The author adapts the book to national requirements.
Copyrights for layout and photos are with the author
and free of charge.6 BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
STEFÁN MÁNI
was born and raised in a small fishing village in Iceland. He has published more than fifteen novels
for both children and adults, all of which have the harsh, cold, loneliness of the Icelandic nature in
common. The stories often take place in the grey area between good and evil and are full of suspense
and adventure. Their connection with Icelandic sagas and folklore give his stories a feeling of magic
realism, despite being firmly set in the real world.
SVARTIGALDUR (BLACK MAGIC) QUOTES
Crime novel, 373 pages, Sögur 2016, Iceland “Svartigaldur is a traditional crime fiction that stretches into the
supernatural and intertwines the dark arts with grey everyday
Police officer Hrafn dreams of a career as a detective. On being reality. The plot is very clever with unexpected leaps and turns
called to a suicide at a warehouse rented by the dead man, he and when the supernatural and the morbid elements of the story
finds a number of weird books about hypnotism annotated by a reveal themselves it has been so cunningly prepared that it
notorious anarchist called Aron. makes perfect sense to the reader.” – Brynhildur Björnsdóttir,
Fréttablaðið newspaper
That night, a member of the Icelandic parliament is stabbed to
death. While cordoning off the crime scene and gathering infor- “I didn’t dare to read the last few pages until the next day, in
mation, Hrafn realizes that the strange man he had noticed the daylight, in a crowded café in the west side of town. I made it to
previous evening in a pub could be the murderer. the finishing line, despite the fear and the horror, and I want to
read more!” – Þóra Hallgrímsdóttir, Herdubreid
With a little research and his good – in fact exceptional – powers
of intuition, Hrafn soon has an idea of the circumstances. He
believes that because of his dangerous political views, Aron will Several weeks on the Icelandic bestseller list
kill two further statesmen in the near future. Hrafn’s theory is TV movie by True North in cooperation with Dynamic
that Aron has the potential murderer drugged by two members TV for German ZDF
of his gang and then controls him through hypnosis.
Long English Synopsis available
Hrafn informs those in charge of the case of his theory but, as
Aron is in prison at that time, he is not taken seriously. Follo-
wing a second murder, however, Hrafn is asked to join the in-
vestigations. Using his intuition, he comes closer and closer to
Aron, but his involvement then puts his new girlfriend in danger
of death…7 BACKLIST AND LONGSELLERS
PEDRO CARMONA-ALVAREZ
is born in 1972 in La Serena, Chile. As a ten year old he and his family fled to Argentina, and later the
family moved to Norway. He made his debut with a collection of poems in 1997, and has since then
published four well received novels. He has been awarded several literary prizes, most notably the Sult
Prize 2005, The Norwegian Poetry Book Club Prize 2005, the Diktartavla 2010 and the P2-Radio-liste-
ners novel prize 2012
THE WEATHER CHANGED, SUMMER CAME motion, and he does so with style.” – Klassekampen
AND SO ON
“Powerful opening of a trilogy from Bergen [...] As an
Novel, 230 pages, Kolon Forlag, Norway American in Norway, Johnny experiences life without
roots. He falls between languages and cultures, brilli-
They meet in New York in the late 1950s. They fall in love. They antly expressed through dialogues composed of ha-
get married and move to Asbury Park. They have two daughters cking syntax and where the language switches bet-
who are killed in an accident a few years later. Life grows dark. ween American English and Norwegian Carmona-
In 1967 they move to Norway. The next year they have another Alvarez, […], has an awareness of nuances in language
daughter, Marita. and syntax that provides an underlying structure for
the theme.” – Bergens Tidende
A short novel about big themes – about love, loss and estrange-
ment, about being rootless, about living a tragedy and growing ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS NOVEL RUST
up in death’s shadows
“Rust is one of the few novels that will truly have an impact
NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS NORWEGIAN this literary fall (...) It represents Carmona-Alvarez’s great break
BOOKSELLERS‘ PRIZE AND NOMINATED FOR THE through and will remain bright and luminous as other books
DUBLIN INTERNATIONALY LITERARY AWARD 2017 fade from the fall’s literary sky.” – Karl Ove Knausgård
QUOTES „A beautiful and riveting story“ – VG
“Pedro Carmona-Alvarez has written an astute book, a sentient, Rights for sold to: Denmark (Turbine), Germany (Open House),
poetic book. [...] The book’s greatest strength is found in its ob- Turkey (Miklagard), India-UK-USA (Seagull), Czech Republic (Dy-
servations of the close interactions between people: the young bbuk)
couple in love, the son in conflict with his father, the rivalry bet-
ween sisters. All of the dynamics are familiar, archetypical. It is
then up to Carmona-Alvarez‘s language and tone to set them inYou can also read
