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F I C T I O N THOMAS GLAVINIC Jonas is a driven man. Possessed by a mysterious inner force, he travels the world in search of solar eclipses – and one day his quest takes him to the legendary Mount Everest. Thomas Glavinic’s new novel is a journey into the unknown – and a book sure to linger in your memory long after you have put it down. Thomas Glavinic Das größere Wunder The Greater Miracle © www.pertramer.at Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2013 »Few writers working today so brilliantly reveal the terrors that dwell beneath the surface of conventional life; Thomas Glavinic is one of the great adepts of coolly regarded horror, a worthy successor to Patricia Highsmith and Camus and even Kafka himself.« John Burnside »He stared at the flapping canvas of the tent. He was so cold that his teeth chattered uncontrollably, sometimes clamping down on his tongue. He tasted blood but felt no pain. Muted by the constant shriek of the wind, he could hear the muffled rumble of avalanches and the voices of people outside.« Jonas is a tourist in the death zone, taking part in an expedition that will lead him to the highest point on Earth. The individual stages of the ascent – each more harrowing than the last – are characterized by oxygen deprivation and life-threatening swings in the weather. Jonas is haunted by memories long suppressed: his wild childhood with Werner, the offspring of a Mafia-like clan; his brother Mike’s dreadful fate; his ceaseless travels that took him to Havana, Tokyo, Jerusalem and Oslo; and finally Marie, the love of his life, who transformed his world completely. Thomas Glavinic presents his magnum opus with Das größere Wunder – an incomparable book, at once absorbing and deeply disturbing, brimming with passionate energy and inescapable evocative force. Here, the bizarre becomes normality as life’s implicit certainties fall away - and in the end, all that remains is an insatiable lust for life. Novel. 528 pages. Hardcover Publication date: August 2013 Thomas Glavinic was born in Graz in 1972, and lives in Vienna. His debut novel, Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden, was published in 1998, followed by Herr Susi in 2002, Der Kameramörder in 2001, and Wie man leben soll in 2004. Hanser published his novel Die Arbeit der Nacht (2006), which was translated into several languages, as well as Das bin doch ich (novel, 2007), Das Leben der Wünsche (novel, 2009), Lisa (novel, 2010) and Unterwegs im Namen des Herrn (2011). In 2010 he received the Literature Award of the Cultural Committee of German Business. »Everyone knows that you should be careful when making wishes, in case they come true. But if one were to wish for a novel which encapsulates the reality of life, then this wish would be completely fulfilled – albeit in an eerie and unsettling fashion – by Thomas Glavinic’s latest work.« Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung on Wishes have a Life of their Own »One of the most remarkable, innovative and versatile writers of his generation.« F.A.Z. Sales to Foreign Countries Das größere Wunder: Netherlands (Signatuur) Die Arbeit der Nacht: China (Horizon Media), Estonia (Varrak), France (Flammarion), Italy (Longanesi), Korea (Younglim Cardinal), Netherlands (Contact), Poland (PIW), Slovenia (Modrijan), Spain (Siruela), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), UK/USA (Canongate) 1 F I C T I O N F O R E I G N R I G H T S HANSER F I C T I O N 2 F O R E I G N R I G H T S HANSER
F I C T I O N HELENE HEGEMANN Helene Hegemann was feted as the brightest new star on the literary firmament for her spectacular debut Axolotl Roadkill, which sold more than 100,000 copies. With Jage zwei Tiger she cements her reputation as a remarkably confident and radical writer. © Alexandra Kinga Fekete Reviews on Axolotl Roadkill: The rock crashes through the windscreen and kills his mother instantly. Kai (11) survives the accident, and in a state of shock decides never to be dependent on anything or anyone ever again. Thrust abruptly into maturity, he flees from the overtaxed first-aiders and takes refuge in the woodland bordering the road. The next day he chances upon a goat, and shortly afterwards a down-at-heel circus family. Then he meets Samantha, who was part of the group of teenagers that threw the rock from the motorway bridge 24 hours earlier. Two years later, Cecile, a seventeen-year-old cocaine addict, moves in with her new boyfriend – who happens to be Kai’s father. Kai, now thirteen, is still in love with Samantha, and together with Cecile he sets off in search of her. Fast-paced, witty and radically irreverent, Helene Hegemann describes the quest for love and redemption in a shallow, frenzied world. Helene Hegemann Jage zwei Tiger Hunting Two Tigers Novel. 288 pages. Hardcover Publication date: August 2013 Helene Hegemann was born in 1992 in Freiburg and lives in Berlin. In 2008, she was hailed as one of the year’s greatest discoveries for her first film Torpedo, which won her the Max Ophüls Prize. In 2010 she made her debut as an author with the novel Axolotl Roadkill, subsequently translated into 20 languages. She works as a director for theatre and opera, and has a column in Interview magazine. »A book that is startlingly intelligent, pleasantly grotesque and deliciously eloquent.« Die Welt »This book is phenomenal. And Hegemann is a phenomenon. This book is already a literary sensation.« Süddeutsche Zeitung »This book is driven by a constant search, packed with spot-on observation and surprising ideas. Helene was offered the big stage – She jumped on it.« Der Spiegel »Such a debut is very rare… a masterfully narrated surrealism… In its ripping rhetoric movement Axolotl Roadkill renders into an apocalyptic speech, in its literary gestures almost into absurdity.« Die Zeit »Helene Hegemann is the sensation of this season… Axolotl Roadkill is the big coming-of-age-novel for the Generation Zero.« F.A.Z. Sales to Foreign Countries Axolotl Roadkill: BR (Intriseca), BG (Enthusiast), CZ (Euromedia), DK (C&K), FIN (Otava), F (Editions du Rocher), GR (Agra), IL (Modan Publishing), I (Giulio Einaudi), ROK (The Open Books Co.), NL (Arbeiderspers), N (Forlaget Oktober), PL (Swiat Ksiazki), RO (Litera international), S (Natur & Kultur), SK (Ikar Bratislava), E (SUMA Santillana Ediciones), E Castilian (Ara Libres), TR (Pegasus), UK (Constable & Robinson) 3 F I C T I O N F O R E I G N R I G H T S HANSER F I C T I O N 4 F O R E I G N R I G H T S HANSER
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