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. . . and other books by Friedrich Dönhoff Joey Goebel · Hartmut Lange Donna Leon · Loetscher & Vollenweider Petros Markaris · Schünemann & Volić H. U. Steger · Viktorija Tokarjewa and Tomi Ungerer Cinema Exhibitions Doris Dörrie Anthony McCarten Tatjana Hauptmann Has turned her own novel Director and screenwriter Fairytale – Exhibition to the All Inclusive into a script and Oliver Ziegenbalg starts Brothers Grimm with illustra- will direct the fi lming in fi lming the movie adaptation tions by Tatjana Hauptmann spring 2013. of The English Harem in from The Giant Book of Fairy August 2013. Production: Tales. Heinrich Heine Institut, Black Forest Films, sat1. Pro7 Düsseldorf, until 31.12.2012. Director and screenwriter Media AG. Film opening: Hossein Amini is fi lming Autumn 2014. Tomi Ungerer, The Two Faces of January. New exhibition at the Musée Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Bernhard Schlink Tomi Ungerer, Strasbourg: Mortensen, Oscar Isaac. The movie adaptation of his Tomi amuses himself. Games Production: Timnick Films, novel The Weekend is featured and Toys from the Tomi Ungerer StudioCanal, Working by Katja Riemann, Sebastian Collection until 31.3.2013. Title Films. Film opening: Koch and Barbara Auer. Followed by From Duel to Duo. December 2013. Directed by Nina Grosse. The French-German Tandem Production: ufa Cinema, The shooting for Carol / Satirically Illustrated, 1870 – 2012, dis tribution by Warner Bros. The Price of Salt is scheduled which shows German and French Film opening scheduled for 2013. for spring 2013. caricaturists like F. K. Waechter and Tomi Ungerer. Direction: John Crowley. Martin Suter Screenplay: Phyllis Nagy. From 12.4. to 14.7.2013. The movie adaptation of Cast: Mia Wasikowska and The Cook is scheduled for 2013. Cate Blanchett. Production: F. K. Waechter Direction: Ralf Huettner. Film4, Number 9 Films. Haus des Buches, Frankfurt Screenplay: Ruth Toma. shows the literary estate to Production: Network Movie, celebrate his 75th birthday, until Senator Film und C-Films AG. 31.12.2012. Distribution: Senator Film. 75 years Wilhelm Busch-Museum Tomi Ungerer for Caricature and Illustration, Executive producer and director Hanover: Anniversary exhibition Stephan Schesch fi lmed Moon with Loriot, Tomi Ungerer and Man as animated cinema movie. F. K. Waechter, until 29.9.2013. Screenplay: Stephan Schesch and Ralph Martin in co-operation with Tomi Ungerer. Distribution: Neue Visionen. Film opening of the French-German-Irish co-production in 2013. Brad Bernstein (Fools Day Productions) fi lmed the American documentation Doris Dörrie MartinMartin S Suteruter DerDer KochKoch Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: AllesAlles inklusive The Tomi Ungerer Story. Estimated completion date RomanRoman · DDiogenesiogenes RomanRoman · DiogenesDiogenes

in 2013. Photo: © Fools Day Productions / Sam Norval Photography Norval Sam / Productions Day Fools © Photo: Awards Theatre Petros Markaris Alfred Andersch Patricia Highsmith In July 2012 he was awarded the The Father of a Murderer The Talented Mr. Ripley › International Prize ‹ of the 34th Theater tri-bühne, Schaubühne am Lehniner edition of the › Fregene Prize for Platz, Berlin Journalism, Literature, Scientifi c Jakob Arjouni and Cultural Research ‹. Cherryman Anthony McCarten Bad Credit was awarded the Hunts Mister White Death of a Superhero › Premio Negra y Criminal ‹ for Theater Junge Generation, Junges Ensemble Stuttgart best novel in Spanish in 2011. Dresden Sławomir Mrożek Otto A. Böhmer Anton Čechov Policija Received the › Hermann-Hesse- Krankenzimmer No. 6 Uckermärkische Bühnen, Grant ‹ and will be in attendance Deutsches Theater, Berlin Schwedt at the Hesse birthplace at Calw from February to April 2013. Doris Dörrie Patrick Süskind Mimi and Mozart The Double Bass Kinder- und Jugendtheater Theatriki Orizontes, des Neuen Theaters Halle Schauspielhaus Bochum Miscellaneous Pesti Szinhaz, Budapest Friedrich Dürrenmatt Theater im Bauturm, Cologne Anthony McCarten The Visit Münchner Volkstheater Aft er fi nishing the movie State National Theater, National Theatre Ivan Vazov, adaptation of his novel Death Ankara Sofi a of a Superhero Vakhtangov State Acedemic Deutsches Schauspielhaus, (Direction: Ian FitzGibbon, Theatre, Moscow Hamburg Screenplay: Anthony McCarten), Teatro di Parma Tomi Ungerer he realises now the musical The Conformist together with Paul Brown. Foro Quinto Piso / The Three Robbers Ecos Sordos, San Jeronimo Stadttheater Berne Play Strindberg The Malthouse, Victoria

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Praise for Astrid Rosenfeld’s debut Adam’s Legacy:

»This wonderfully energetic and funny debut is a powerful and compelling story, establishing Rosenfeld as an exciting and original new talent.« New Books in German, London AstridAstrid RosenfeldRosenfeld »Adam’s Legacy is a book written with great AAdamsdams Erbe empathy, a narrative tragicomedy, whose RomanRoman · DiogenesDiogenes sometimes black humour is reminiscent of the plays of George Tabori.« Adam’s Legacy Novel, 2011 Augsburger Allgemeine

Rights sold to: »From the very fi rst pages of this novel Gallimard (France) the fi lm starts rolling in your head. Mondadori () It is no easy fare that author Astrid Rosenfeld Laguna (Serbia) has served up in her fi rst novel, Adam’s Legacy, but it is told in such Published by: a wonderfully vivid way that Dasan Books (Korea) it is hard to put the book down.« De Bezige Bij (Netherlands) Bolero, Cappelen Damm (Norway) Muza (Poland) Lumen () Thorén & Lindskog (Sweden)

Astrid Rosenfeld was born in Cologne in 1977. Aft er her high-school graduation, Rosenfeld went to California for two years, and worked at a small theatre. Aft er that she began to train as an actress in Berlin, before quitting the course one and a half years later. Since then she has held a variety of jobs in the fi lm industry, as a casting director amongst others. Her debut, Adam’s Legacy, was on the longlist of the › German Book Prize ‹ 2011. Astrid Rosenfeld

lives in Berlin. © Diogenes Verlag / Photo: Gerster Gaby Astrid Rosenfeld Elsa Strange

s!STRID2OSENFELDSEAGERLYAWAITED second novel. s!NENSEMBLEOFUNFORGETTABLECHARACTERS  and a story full of humour, tragedy and love. s(ERDEBUTAdam’s Legacy sold over 40,000 hardcover copies in the only.

Lorenz Brauer is the new star of the inter- national art scene. But hardly anyone suspects Astrid that his meteoric ascent is due not just to Rosenfeld talent, but to the cunning plan of two very influential women. His younger brother knows Elsa that, however. And he also knows that the ungeheuer up-and-coming artist’s enigmatic paintings point back to their childhood – the time when Lorenz and Karl had just lost their mother, and when Elsa came into their lives. Elsa, with Roman · Diogenes her matchstick arms, cocky mouth and extra- vagant dresses. The girl one brother lost his heart to, and the other his illusions. The girl neither of them can forget. Tenderly and Novel mercilessly, Astrid Rosenfeld’s story spans approx. 288 pages from a crazy childhood in the countryside to March 2013 the glamour and perversions of the modern World rights are handled by Diogenes. art world. Film rights are available.

Astrid Rosenfeld’s debut has been published in 10 languages. »Defi nitely recommended!« Brigitte, Hamburg

Praise for Christian Schünemann’s The Hairdresser:

»This is a story of vanity, intrigue and murder. One thing becomes quickly apparent: here is an author who not only writes well, ChristianChristian SSchünemannchünemann but is marvellously entertaining.« Der FrisörFrisör ChChristiatiann Berliner Morgenpost Schünneemann Der Brududerer Ein Fall füfür den Frisör

RomanRoman · DioDiogenesgenes RoRoman · Diogenesiogenes Praise for Christian Schünemann’s Daily Soap: The Hairdresser The Brother Novel, 2004 Novel, 2008 »This Daily Soap is a refreshing crime novel of a special kind – simultaneously exciting and light-hearted!« Unser Magazin, Hamburg

»Lively, realistic and exciting. Schünemann Christiantian steers clear of clichés and the all too Schünemanannn DDieie S Sttudentidentinn predictable. Instead, this whodunit is written EinEin Fall füfür den Frisör with pleasing restraint and ChChristiatiann Schünemann exudes a beguiling, unobtrusive charm.« DDaiaily SSoapoap Frankfurter Neue Presse Ein Fall füfür den Frisör

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Christian Schünemann, born 1968 in Bremen, studied Slavic Philology and Journalism, and worked in Moscow and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Christian Schünemann lives in Berlin.

Jelena Volić was born in Belgrade and studied Literary Criticism and Italian, Slavonic and Germanic Studies. She currently lectures in Modern German Literature. She

divides her time between Belgrade and Berlin. peitschphoto.com / Photo: Peitsch © Peter Diogenes Verlag Photo: Archive Christian Schünemann & Jelena Volić Cornflower Blue

s4HEPRELUDETOTHElRSTEVER'ERMAN language detective series set in Belgrade. Further volumes are forthcoming: Crimson Red and Lily White. s!VOYAGEOFDISCOVERYINTOAFASCINATING city and a country with a dramatic history. s!NATMOSPHERICDETECTIVENOVELWITH a new inspector, whom readers will take to their hearts.

On the night of the 11th of July, two guardsmen from the Serbian elite unit are making their Schünemann rounds in the Topčider military camp. The & Volić next morning, they are found dead. The mili- tary court issues an official report claiming Kornblumen- that they were the victims of a dishonourable blau ritual suicide, and the investigation is prom pt- Ein Fall für Milena Lukin ly closed. Roman · Diogenes Lawyer Siniša Stojković is commissioned by the parents of the dead guardsmen to launch a private investigation. He asks his old friend, Milena Lukin, a specialist in international law, A Case for Milena Lukin for her assistance. But her investigations start Novel to irritate certain individuals, and her life ends approx. 368 pages up in grave danger. A dreadful suspicion be- March 2013 gins to build: it seems that the guards saw something they shouldn’t have seen. Could it World rights are handled by Diogenes. have had something to do with the anniversary Film rights are available. of the worst massacre in European history since World War II? »Savoy Blues is an exciting and briskly written thriller with lots of diff erent strands which all come together in a terrifi c fi nale.« Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Essen

Praise for Friedrich Dönhoff ’s Savoy Blues:

»Readers can only hope Sebastian Fink gets some more cases. Because in his debut thriller Dönhoff has given us a highly Frieriedriricchh fi lmable plot and taken a fresh look at a DDöönhhoffoff sensitive historical subject.« Friedrich Deerr e engngliischesche DDöönhohoffff Tänzeerr Die Welt, Berlin SSaavoy Blueess Eiinn Fallll f füürrSeSebaastianstian Fiinnk Ein Fall füfür Sebastian Fink

RRooman · Diogenesiogenes RRoomaann ··DDiiogenesogenes »Dönhoff ’s writing is a model of clarity, and Hamburg transpires to be a most alluring Savoy Blues The English Dancer Novel, 2008 Novel, 2010 setting for crime. [. . .] In Fink, however, we have a detective of our time, from his Praise for Friedrich Dönhoff ’s unusual family situation to his experiences in The English Dancer: the singles’ scene. [. . .] . . . this rising star of the police world . . .« »Once again the way Sebastian Fink New Books in German, London snoops around the intrigues of the schemers is masterly – and turns out »Savoy Blues is a novel of psychological to be extremely exciting.« suspense in the Patricia Highsmith mould. Weser Kurier, Bremen We look forward to the next case.« MDR, Halle / Saale »Friedrich Dönhoff makes virtuoso use of the ways the genre off ers him to ratchet up the tension. He lays cunning trails, allows plot strands to develop, and at the end brings them together again in a skilfully dramatic way. Aside from that, Inspector Fink is a fi gure who is as likeable as he is pleasantly disorganised.« Hamburger Abendblatt

Friedrich Dönhoff , born in Hamburg in 1967, grew up in Kenya. Aft er completing his studies in history and political science, he made a name for himself as a non-fi ction writer – in particular with his bestseller The World is the Way You See It, memories of Marion, Countess Dönhoff . Friedrich

Dönhoff lives in Hamburg. Photo: Zilm © Marvin Friedrich Dönhoff Sea Breeze

s4HESETTING(AMBURG3EBASTIAN&INKS third case leads the reader into the brackish waters of one of the biggest container docks in the world. s!BOUTSHIPEMISSIONSANDTHEIRDESTRUCTIVE quality. sA page-turner with depth.

Conflict is rife between Ecopolis activists and the Köhn shipping company. One is con- cerned about the environment, the other about their competitive power. When the Friedrich corpse of a ship owner is found at the fish Dönhoff market, Inspector Sebastian Fink starts inves- tigating. The case leads him to a bitter manager Seeluft in a modern glass palace high above the docks, Ein Fall für Sebastian Fink a sport-obsessed widow in the country and a student couple in St. Pauli. Sebastian already Roman · Diogenes was busy with the case – then his grandmother turns up on his doorstep one morning and con- fronts him with a long-hidden family secret. A Case for Sebastian Fink Novel approx. 320 pages March 2013

World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. »Master narratives about the magical power of discretely looming shadows. Dark prose which shines brightly.« Neues Deutschland, Berlin

Praise for Hartmut Lange’s The Wanderer: »Anyone who reads The Wanderer and who has a penchant for incomprehensibilities HartmutHartmut LangeLange will almost certainly want to read more DDerer WanWandererderer HartmutHartmut HartmutHartmut LangeLange LangeLange by Hartmut Lange. The Wanderer is an LeptisMagna DerDer ZweiZwei NoveNovellenllen TherapeutTherapeut Drei NovellenNovellen enticing story, which leaves much room for DDiogenesiogenes NovelleNovelle·Diogenes · Diogenes DiogenesDiogenes thought and poses questions for Leptis Magna The Wanderer The Therapist which there are no certain answers.« Two Novellas, 2003 Novella, 2005 Three Novellas, 2007 World Literature Today, Oklahoma

Praise for Hartmut Lange’s The Therapist: »Hartmut Lange has been cultivating the form of the short story for quite some time. His new collection The Therapist HartmutHartmut Hartmut Lange LangeLange impressively demonstrates its relevance for DerAAbbgrund ImIm MuseumMuseum deess Endlicichenhen Drei Novellen present-day audiences.«

Diogeneiogeness DiogenesDiogenes Der Spiegel, Hamburg The Abyss In the Museum of the Finite Weird Episodes, 2011 Three Novellas, 2009

Hartmut Lange, born 1937 in Berlin, studied theatrical production. In 1960, he became theatrical producer at the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. From a trip to former Yugoslavia he did not return to the former German Demo- cratic Republic. He settled in West Berlin where he worked as theatrical producer and director at renowned stages. He has been honoured with several awards for his plays, essays

and prose. Mangoldt Photo: von © Renate Hartmut Lange The House on Dorothea Street

s.OVELLASABOUTEXISTENTIALCRISES  about life’s breaking points. sWritten in crystal clear language.

Five novellas that play out in the south west of Berlin, and through which the Teltow Canal winds its way like a red thread, with its black crows, secluded villas and impenetrable forests. Above it, the sky is suddenly sealed off by an ash cloud. After his wife’s unexpected death, a man gives up everything that connects him to the past. But what can he cling to now? – An established politician suddenly becomes convinced that a Hartmut crow is sitting on the back seat of his car like a Lange crouching shadow. – A journalist is summoned Das Haus in der to cold and damp London for a job and hopes Dorotheenstraße his wife will follow him. But when an Icelandic volcano seals off the skies with its ash cloud, Novellen ⋅ Diogenes his imagination runs wild. – A man follows mysterious sounds of cello music in the woods and finds a famous cellist, but unfortunately Five Novellas she has already been dead for twenty-five years. approx. 128 pages – The fifth novella is about a hotel consultant, March 2013 married and more and more away on business. Why can his wife, who loves him, only keep World rights are handled by Diogenes. him with her as a shadow? Film rights are available.

Hartmut Lange’s books have been published in 9 languages. The Catcher in the Rye for a generation that grew up with the Simpsons.

Praise for Joey Goebel’s Torture the Artist: »As long as new writers like Joey Goebel appear on the scene, we need not be worried about our future.« Die Welt, Berlin

JoeyJoey GoebelGoebel VincentVincent JoeyJoey GoebelGoebel Praise for Joey Goebel’s The Anomalies: Freaks »Against this type of storytelling, RomanRoman · DiogeneDiogeness RomanRoman · DiogenesDiogenes the contemporary stars of American realism –

Torture the Artist The Anomalies from Philip Roth to Jonathan Franzen – Novel, 2005 Novel, 2006 as well as the established postmodernists – from the late Donald Barthelme to Paul Auster – seem like a bunch of schmucks. At the moment, Joey Goebel is only surpassed by himself.« Die Zeit, Hamburg

»We got it: this book of youth revolution – which might bring to mind High Fidelity JoeyyGoGoebel Heeartartlaannd by Nick Hornby – this crazy comedy in which the irony is › pushed to its peek ‹,

RoRomaann ·D· Diiogenesogenes as the author said by himself, this book is a means to denunciate our mass culture.« Commonwealth Le Monde, Paris Novel, 2009

Joey Goebel, born 1980 in Henderson, Kentucky, where he lives and teaches writing. He is the author of the novels The Anomalies, Torture the

Artist and Commonwealth. Diogenes Verlag / Photo: Mosimann © Regine Joey Goebel I Against Osbourne

s!LL*AMES7EINBACHREALLYMEANTTODO that day was ask the girl he fancied if she would go out with him, but what actually happens exceeds both his wildest dreams and his worst fears. s!BOOKFORALLTHOSEWHOSESCHOOLDAYS were most definitely not the best time of their life. s4HE!MERICANHIGHSCHOOLASAMICROCOSM of society.

It’s a completely normal school day. But at Joey Goebel Osbourne High School, shy James is stressed: wearing his recently deceased father’s suit, he Ich gegen seems like the only responsible adult in an un- Osborne restrained, over-sexed society. He can’t stand his fellow students, who want to be cool but are actually just callous and vulgar and con- Roman · Diogenes stantly wear each other down. And now even the girl he likes, Chloe, a kindred spirit, seems to have discovered her feminine side while on holiday in Florida – and then some! Novel Seeing no other option, James declares war: Original English title: I Against Osbourne! Not just against the I Against Osbourne principal, whom he blackmails with know- 432 pages ledge about his sex-escapade with a female March 2013 student, but against the entire high school. The › outsider of all outsiders ‹ resolves to stir World rights are handled by Diogenes. up Osbourne High in a way that none of the hipsters ever has.

Joey Goebel’s books have been published in 16 languages. »No one knows the labyrinthine world of Venice or the way favouritism and corruption shape Italian life like Leon’s Brunetti.« Time Magazine, New York

International Bestseller Donna Leon Tiere und Töne Auf Spurensuche in Händels Opern Mit Bildern von Michael Sowa

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Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has lived in Venice since 1981. Commissario Brunetti made her books world-famous – but baroque music is just as close to her heart. Donna Leon lends her personal support to the

recently founded orchestra › Il Pomo d’Oro ‹. Diogenes Verlag / Photo: Mosimann © Regine Donna Leon Beastly Things

s%ACHBrunetti case on the Spiegel and inter- national bestseller lists. s(IGHLYTOPICALISSUE-EATCONSUMPTIONAND cattle industry.

When a bloated corpse is found in the canal one early morning, an elegant leather shoe is the only clue Commissario Guido Brunetti has. That and his own memory: Even though the dead man’s eyes are closed, the Commis- sario is convinced he knows their colour from somewhere. But from where? The dead man has a bull neck, a medical condition reportedly Donna Leon caused by a rare illness. But despite his grue- some appearance, he had a gentle soul, as Tierische Brunetti and Vianello discover in the course of Profite their investigations. A case that leads them Commissario Brunettis into the bowels of Venice, to Mestre. einundzwanzigster Fall Family life, strolls and regular visits to the Roman · Diogenes local bars and cafes – Brunetti needs all of this more than ever, while he is solving this upset- ting case. Commissario Brunetti’s Twenty-First Case Original English title: Rights sold to: Beastly Things Calmann-Lévy (France) approx. 352 pages June 2013 Published by: World rights are handled by Diogenes. Grove /Atlantic (USA) W. Heinemann (UK) Seix Barral (Spain) De Bezige Bij (Netherlands) Edicions 62 (Catalan)

Donna Leon’s books have been published in 34 languages. »Viktorija Tokarjewa writes like the Trans-Siberian Railway on ecstasy – full steam ahead to total catastrophe!« Doris Dörrie

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Praise for Viktorija Tokarjewa’s Praise for Viktorija Tokarjewa’s Happy End: Love’s Terror:

»Viktorija Tokarjewa’s motto is to avoid »Viktorija Tokarjewa’s stories are suff used superfl uous details and get to the essence with charm and warm humour, of things and of human beings without at arm’s length and closely involved deviations. Her stories have a truly elemental at the same time.« force. She is a masterly writer.« Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Viktorija Tokarjewa, born in St. Petersburg in 1937, worked as a music teacher before studying scriptwriting at the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. 15 fi lms have been made from her scripts. She published her fi rst story in 1964 and since then has devoted herself entirely to writing. She

now lives in Moscow. Photo: © Isolde Ohlbaum Viktorija Tokarjewa Soft Music Behind the Wall

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Who says that true love only comes once in a lifetime? Someone must have. But they were wrong. Ada’s grandparents had to keep their aristocra- tic origins a secret in the Soviet Union, but still managed to hold onto their principles, along Viktorija with some of the family jewels. Ada’s mother Tokarjewa is a gifted singer at the Bolshoi Theatre. And Ada herself? Leise Musik Ada had no clearly defined talents, apart from hinter der Wand the talent of pleasing people. Everyone liked her, without exception: young and old, clever Roman · Diogenes and stupid, cats and dogs, military and bureau- crats. And Ada herself didn’t discriminate; she just wanted to love and be loved, nothing more. Novel The times change: Perestroika makes its en- Original Russian title: trance; the Soviet Union disintegrates, the era Tichaja muzika za stenoj of Mafia-like capitalism dawns. But Ada is still approx. 144 pages Ada – even though the objects of her affection April 2013 change. World rights are handled by Diogenes Whether a man is a kgb agent or a dissident, except Russian rights. Ada always loves him for who he is beneath Film rights are available. that. This is the story of a woman who never stops believing in happiness.

Viktorija Tokarjewa’s books have been published in 18 languages. numerous awards voice of contem 1990s. Today, Petros Markaris isthebest-known Greek Petros Markaris beganwritingcrimefi ction inthemid of Germandramatists, like Brecht andGoetheintoGreek. since the1960s. He isaplaywright, andtranslated theworks Petros Markaris, born1937 inIstanbul,haslived inAthens is oneofthemostprominent commentators oftheGreek crisis.« Petros Markaris hasbeenawarded the: aknBluesBalkan B la Bluesalkan Markaris M › German ThrillerAward ‹, 2005 Balkan Blues Stories, 2005 »The world-famous crimefiction writerPetros Markaris Petros P › Raymond ChandlerAward ‹, ar DiogenesD › Pepe Carvalho Prize ‹, 2012 etro iogene k aris 2011 for hislife’s work rgn Pie‹ 2012 ‹, Prize › Fregene s porary literature. Hisnovels have received s internationally. Biographical Essays, 2008 A Life BetweenAthens, Ein L holungst h and olungst M Markaris e W W W W b P en ien ien ar D Diogenes zwischenwisc I etr etr ie ie io u u k nd nd A g SonntagsZeitung, Zurich d d enes aris h A os os er er en then then äter äter I bul, stan bul, stan - - of the most multi-talented and successful of themostmulti-talentedandsuccessful that reveals thedark sideofAthens.« »Petros Markaris isconsidered one », thelandofidlesunshine? Praise for Petros Markaris’ Praise for Petros Markaris’ a lookbehindthescenes.« A Life Between Athens, Süddeutsche Zeitung,Munich »A portrait ofasociety Petros Markaris takes Vienna and Istanbul: authors inGreece.« Buchjournal, Frankfurt Balkan Blues: Die Welt, Berlin

Photo: © Regine Mosimann / Diogenes Verlag Petros Markaris Time of Disorder

s)NSPIREDBYHIGHLYCURRENTEVENTS s%NTHUSIASTICALLYRECEIVEDBYTHEPRESS sw%SSENTIALREADINGFORANYONEWHOWANTS to have a better understanding of the Greek existential crisis.« (Wiener Zeitung)

The Greek crisis and its impact on the people – told and interpreted by Petros Markaris, one PetrosPetros of the sharpest observers of Hellenic society. MarkarisMarkaris In twelve articles and an interview, he observes and commentates the new Greek tragedy, FinstereFinstere ZeZeiteniten in expectation of the bitter end – and a new Zur Krise in GriechenlandGriechenland beginning. He saw the crisis coming. Even before the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, at a time when the building boom seemed never-ending, Petros Markaris was already posing the fol- lowing question in his novel Live!: And who DiogenesDiogenes is supposed to pay for all this? In his articles for German-speaking media such as Die Zeit and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, he writes about big politics and little people, about perpetra- The Crisis in Greece tors and victims, about Brussels, Berlin and Essays Athens. They appear here in one volume for 176 pages the fi rst time, off er a comprehensive and multi- published in September 2012 faceted picture of the situation. World rights are handled by Diogenes except Greek rights.

Petros Markaris’ books have been published in 13 languages. »One of the ten best modern European crime writers.« The Observer, London

Petros Markaris has been awarded the: › German Thriller Award ‹, 2005

PetrosPetros › Award ‹, MMarkarisarkaris PetrosPetros HeHellasllas MaMarkarisrkaris 2011 for his life’s work ChannelChannel Live!Live! EinEin Fallf fürür PetrosPetros EinEin Fall f fürür KKostasostas C Charitosharitos MMarkarisarkaris Kostas CharitosCharitos › Pepe Carvalho Prize ‹, 2012 NachtNachtfalterfalter Ein Fall für Kostas C Charitosharitos › Fregene Prize ‹, 2012 RomanRoman · Diogenes RRomanoman · Diogenes RomanRoman · Diogenes

Deadline in Athens Zone Defence Live! Novel, 2000 Novel, 2001 Novel, 2004 Praise for Petros Markaris’Live!:

International International International Bestseller Bestseller Bestseller »Markaris paints a tremendously living picture of today’s Athens.

Petros With wit, charm and irony, he recounts MMarkariarkaris Der Groß-ß Peetrtrooss PetrosPetros an enthralling, intricately woven crime story, aktiontionär MMarkariarkaris MarkarisMarkaris Ein Fall füfür Diiee Kiinndeerrfrraau Kostas Charitos Eiinn Fallll f füür Faule Kredite peopled by extremely realistic characters.« Koostasstas Chharitosaritos Ein Fall für KKostasostas CCharitosharitos Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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PetrosPetros where the public mood is at boiling point.« MaMarkarisrkaris ZZahltagahltag Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Essen Ein Fall fürfür Kostas CharitosCharitos

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Petros Markaris, born 1937 in Istanbul, has lived in Athens since the 1960s. He is a playwright, and translated the works of German dramatists, like Brecht and Goethe into Greek. Petros Markaris began writing crime fi ction in the mid 1990s. Today, Petros Markaris is the best-known Greek voice of contemporary literature. His novels have received

numerous awards internationally. Diogenes Verlag / Photo: Mosimann © Regine Petros Markaris Crossing Athens

In his detective novels, Petros Markaris sends Inspector Charitos through the labyrinths of Athens – this time, he takes his readers along, travelling across the city with them on Line 1 of the venerable metro.

If you take the old city train, affectionately known as ›the electric‹ by the locals, you can cross Athens in less than an hour. From the disreputable harbour area of Piraeus to former working-class quarters, today’s mile of culture and cuisine to the city centre and the parlia- ment building on Syntagma Square with its stunning views of the Acropolis and Lykavet- tos Hill. And from there he takes us onwards Petros to Plaka, the heart of the city’s night-life, over the lively Omonia Square and then through Markaris the poorer suburbs with their potholes and Quer durch Athen concrete blocks of flats to the pine-strewn von Piräus nach Kifisia Kifissia where the royal family used to have their summer residence. With his excellent Diogenes insider knowledge, Markaris invites us on his journey. He knows where to find the last anti- quarian books written in German, where the A Journey from Piraeus to Kifissia best tavernas are, the last hot-food stalls and With 24 maps why a › submarine ‹ is a vital part of the Athens approx. 176 pages coffee experience. August 2013 Revised and updated edition

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Petros Markaris’ books have been published in 13 languages. »Hugo Loetscher – one of the most interesting writers of our time.« Rias, Berlin

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Hugo Loetscher (1929 – 2009) was one of ’s most renowned authors (e.g. The Immune Man) and a pas- sionate traveller.

Alice Vollenweider (1927 – 2011) dedicated her entire life to

literature, the culinary arts, and the links between the two. Photo: © Sabine Dreher Photo: © Claus Gretter Alice Vollenweider & Hugo Loetscher Culinarities

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A cookery book for the stomach and the mind: Alice Vollenweider, connoisseur of Italian AliceAlice VollenweiderVollenweider cuisine and culture, literary critic and author HHugougo LLoetscheroetscher of many cookbooks, and Hugo Loetscher, the KulinaritätenKulinaritäten EinEin BriefwechselBriefwechsel überüber cosmopolitan, well-travelled Swiss author in- diedie Kunst undund timately acquainted with cuisines from all over diedie Kultur der KücheKüche the world, exchange letters full of recipes, refl ections, teasing, culinary bon mots and mutual admiration. DiogenesDiogenes Their letters are like a condensed cultural his- tory of the kitchen. The reader fi nds out about the origins of well-known and less well- known dishes and modern-day cookery, about the authors’ own approach to food – and about practical details too, like how to make Correspondence on Culinary Arts the perfect risotto. and Culture. approx. 144 pages »This correspondence about food and its May 2013 preparation between a hard-hitting, expert chef and an intellectual man of letters World rights are handled by Diogenes. is a pure joy.« Schweizer Familie, Zurich

Hugo Loetscher’s books have been published in 18 languages. »A brilliant author of children’s books. His books for children are timeless.« Libération, Paris

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Tomi Ungerer was born 1931 in Strasbourg, Alsace. In the KEYSTONE middle of the 1950s, he went to New York, where his incre- dible career as an artist, illustrator and children’s book author began. He lives with his family in southwest Ireland and in Strasbourg, where the French state dedicated a museum to him. His children’s books have become modern classics. He

received the › Hans Christian Andersen Award ‹ in 1998. / Photo: © Gaëtan Bally Tomi Ungerer & Johanna Spyri Heidi

s4RANSLATEDINTOOVERLANGUAGES s.UMEROUSADAPTATIONSFORSTAGE  film and television. Heidi Lehr- und Wanderjahre Von Johanna Spyri Mit Zeichnungen von Tomi Ungerer Who doesn’t know them, Alm-Öhi, Peter the Diogenes goatherd, Aunt Dete and poor Klara in Frank- furt – Heidi enchants them all. Their story is as old as it is topical, a parable that has attained the status of a classic, a tale about the victory of humaneness and the power of love in a soci- ety that has become heartless. The first edition of the children’s book classic was published in 1880 when the dark side of technological pro- gress was beginning to make itself felt. It is no coincidence that love of nature prevails over the blessings of modern civilisation.

Tomi Ungerer’s wonderful sketches, all the more realistic and lively for their minimalism, allow the text to shine, just adding the finish- ing touch here and there – a refreshing addi- Heidi’s Years of Learning and Travel tion to one of the most beautiful children’s With illustrations by Tomi Ungerer classics in the world! First published in 1978 224 pages April 2013 »The Heidi edition for the next 100 years.« Heidi Makes Use of What She Has Learned Der Spiegel, Hamburg With illustrations by Tomi Ungerer First published in 1978 176 pages April 2013

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Tomi Ungerer’s books have been published in 40 languages. We congratulate H. U. Steger on his 90th birthday When Kubaki Comes

Who would have thought that a whole world was hidden in a forgotten corner of an old bric-à-brac shop? Nick, Anni and Kubaki, a strange old wooden horse, embark on a jour- ney of discovery, passing through such fantasy worlds as Maharajovia and Slidestan, exciting cities like Aquaville, where ships sail above the skyscrapers and climb to the roof of the world, from where one can throw paper planes that fl y as far as the horizon . . . A dream-like jour- ney around the world in twenty-one colourful illustrations. A book for those – like Nick and The fi rst edition was Anni – yearning to discover the world beyond published by Diogenes Verlag the garden fence. in 1976 48 pages March 2013 »With its multi-faceted illustrations, this book precisely captures the world of fantasy in World rights are handled by Diogenes. which children immerse themselves when they are absorbed in play.« Neue Presse, Hanover

»A picture book that draws on unlimited resources. A fantasy story that turns every- thing upside down.« Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt, Hamburg

H.U. Steger, author and illustrator of children’s books, was born in Zurich in 1923. He studied at the Zurich School of Applied Arts, where he later worked as a teacher for 20 years. His fi rst cartoon was published in Nebelspalter. Since 1945 his illustrations have been published in the Welt- woche, the Zürcher-Woche and in the Zurich-based Tages-

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Theodor the Teddy Bear is getting on in years: He’s missing an ear, and an eye too – but does that mean he belongs in the rubbish bin? It certainly does not! Instead, he sets off to a land full of promise, a place he once saw in a dream: the fishing village of Tripiti. The little The first edition was Greek island is home to lots of children, and published by Diogenes Verlag they all want to play with Theodor. And it in 1967 isn’t long before others join him there: Kaspar, 48 pages the limping wooden horse, Resi the puppet, March 2013 Mischa the one-armed tractor driver – all of World rights are handled by Diogenes. them want to go to Tripiti and share Theodor’s adventures.

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