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F I C T I O N ALEX CAPUS Alex Capus’ new novel tells the story of three reluctant heroes – a young man who dreams of peace but ends up building bombs; a girl who sets out to be a singer and winds up as a spy; and an art student who travels to the ancient city of Troy, where he becomes the greatest forger of all time. © Marco Grob Jumped on the Bestseller List instantly after publication! Reviews on Léon and Louise: »With the lightness of touch of a French film, Capus has created not one, but three characters to warm to. One almost hears the chansons of Charles Trenet in the background to these snatched shared moments.« The Times Literary Supplement Young pacifist Felix Bloch studies under Heisenberg in Leipzig, specialising in nuclear physics. In 1933 he leaves Nazi Germany and flees to America – only to find himself working at Los Alamos, helping Robert Oppenheimer build the first atomic bomb. Laura D‘Oriano, the rebellious daughter of a musician, tries her hand at a singing career but is forced to realise that she lacks the talent for stardom. At the outbreak of the war she moves from Marseilles to Italy as an allied spy – what she doesn’t know is that Mussolini’s agents are watching her every move. Art student Emile Gilliéron follows Schliemann to Troy, where he designs vases and restores frescoes. He also fabricates reproductions on commission – and comes to realise that it’s only a small step from there into the shady realm of forgery. The three protagonists could only have met once – in November 1924 at Zurich Central Station, where the story begins. Their journeys take them onwards to separate destinies, yet their fates remain strangely linked. Alex Capus excels himself once again at his definitive melange of fact and fiction. With a subtle blend of gentle, tongue-in-cheek humour, impeccable concision and his proverbial deftness, he traces the scrupulously researched biographies of his heroes, who are forced by circumstance to abandon their dreams – and yet manage to pluck victory from the jaws of defeat. Alex Capus Der Fälscher, die Spionin und der Bombenbauer The Forger, the Spy and the Bomb-Maker Novel. 272 pages. Hardcover Publication date: July 2013 Alex Capus was born in 1961 in Normandy, and now lives in Olten. In 1997 he published his first novel Munzinger Pasha, which was followed by a further fourteen books of short stories, novels and reportage. His books Leon und Louise (2011), Fast ein bisschen Frühling (new edition, 2012) and Skidoo: Meine Reise durch die Geisterstädte des Wilden Westen have also been published by Hanser. »The most wonderful story…we all loved it.« BBC Radio »The eccentric charm keeps you tearing through the pages.« Book of the Week in O, The Oprah Magazine Sales to Foreign Countries F (Actes Sud), UK/USA (Haus) Léon und Louise: BR (Record), BG (Atlantis-KL), FIN (Atena), F (Actes Sud), IL (Armchair/ Yediot Aharonot), I (Garzanti), ROK (Munhakdongne), NL (Mouria), N (Ganesa), PL (Weltbild Polska), SRB (Laguna), E (Salamandra), S (Norstedts), SLO (Cankarjeva), UK/USA (Haus) »A gem of a novel.« The New York Times 7 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 8 F O R E I G N R I G H T S HANSER
F I C T I O N VICTOR EROFEYEV Victor Erofeyev (Jerofejew) Die Akimuden Akimudia Victor Erofeyev, legendary chronicler of Russia’s perpetual apocalypse and author of the cult book The Good Stalin, makes a stunning return to the stage of world literature. Akimudia is a breathtaking dystopian thriller, a blend of history and science fiction that ventures a glance into the future to apply the lessons of the past to a world in which Russia decides its fate. Translated from Russian by Beate Rausch Novel. 480 pages. Hardcover Publication date: August 2013 © Brigitte Friedrich »Miracles are our most important resource; the scope is infinite…« Moscow witnesses the embassy opening ceremonies of a land you won’t find on any map. The mysterious country goes by the name of Akimudia. The relationship between Moscow and Akimudia sets off a chain of extraordinary events running the gamut between comedy and absurdity, poetry and tragedy, involving lovers and spies… But first, the dead return. It is a veritable invasion: they take over completely, moving into the homes of the living, and total chaos holds sway . The supreme commander fires orders at his ministers and the Patriarch of Russia declares Akimudia to be the land of the Devil. Meanwhile, the beautiful Katya – working under cover as Fink – is dispatched to keep tabs on the Akimudian ambassador, who ends up being crucified on Red Square. Is he the new son of God? Has he been sent to redeem Russia, and will Russia in turn redeem the world? Victor Erofeyev born in 1947 in Moscow, is one of Russia’s leading authors. The editor of the first Russian edition of Nabokov, he writes regularly for The New York Review of Books and the New Yorker, as well as Geo, Die Zeit, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Previous German editions of his novels include Die Moskauer Schönheit (1994) and Der gute Stalin (2004). »The Mick Jagger of contemporary Russian literature« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung »Victor Erofeyev may well be the most important writer to emerge from the rubble of the Soviet Union.« The Boston Globe »Viktor Erofeyev lays bare the new Russia. Sparkling, lurid, extreme in every way, simultaneously vulgar and elegant – and invariably primed with irony.« Die Tageszeitung »One of the most pre-eminent chroniclers of the turbulent and disturbingly fascinating years that paved the way for a new Russia.« Die Zeit Sales to Foreign Countries PL (Czytelnik) Moskauer Schönheit: BR (Record), BG (Narodna Koultura), CZ (Mlada Fronta), FIN (Otava), F (Albin Michel), GR (Exantas), H (Európa), IL (Domino Press), I (Rizzoli Libri), J (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), ROK (Open Books), NL (Arena), PL (Czytelnik), P (Gradiva), RO (Est Samuel), E (Castilian: Anagrama/Catalan: Columna), S (Alba), UK (Hamish Hamilton), USA (Viking Penguin) Der gute Stalin: CHN (Beijing Shuoliang Culture Development), HR (Fraktura), EST (Tänapäev Publishers), FIN (Like/Rosebud), F (Albin Michel), GR (Potamos), H (Európa Kiado), I (Einaudi), Latvia (Jumava), NL (Meulenhoff), PL (Czytelnik), RO (Editura Paralela), SRB (Geopetika), SK (Kalligramm), SLO (Modrijan) 9 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 10 F O R E I G N R I G H T S HANSER
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