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It’s a simple and deeply moving story – the story of a lifetime. Robert Seethaler Ein ganzes Leben A Lifetime 160 pages. Hardcover When Andreas Egger comes to the valley where he will spend the rest of his life he is Publication date: July 2014 about four years old, but no one knows for sure. Stocker the mountain farmer reluctantly takes him on, and Egger grows up to be an accomplished farmhand; all that remains of his origins is a vestigial recollection of warmth. As a young man, he joins a team of labourers Robert Seethaler to build one of the first mountain railways — bringing light and noise to the valley along born in Vienna in 1966, is with electricity. Then comes the day when he witnesses old Hörnerhannes narrowly evade a multiple award-winning death and sets eyes for the first time on Marie, the love of his life. But he will lose her soon author and screenwriter. His novel Der Trafikant was and they won’t be reunited until many years later, when the world beyond the valley has published to great public long changed and Egger is facing his final journey. acclaim. Ein ganzes Leben is his first book under the Hanser Berlin imprint. Seethaler divides his time between Vienna and Berlin. © Urban Zintl Jumped on the bestseller list instantly after publication »Do yourself a favour and read this book. It is food for the soul — so quiet, so subtle, yet with resounding reverberations.« Christine Westermann, WDR »A magnificent author who moves us so profoundly with an unforgettable book.« Elke Heidenreich, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sales to Foreign Countries »He has now succeeded in crafting a book which has to be described as more poignant France (Sabine Wespieser), Italy (Neri Pozza), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), UK/USA (Picador) and harrowing than anything written in a very long time.« Christoph Schröder, taz »Every nuance, every word, every sentence – everything is precisely in place. An admirable achievement for such a slim volume.« Elmar Krekeler, Die Welt 1 F I C T I O N F I C T I O N 2 FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER FICTION STORIES Two solitary gentlemen walk the beach, deep in discussion. Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill – two leviathans of world We’ve all experienced moments when it feels history – were as different as chalk and like our whole world is falling apart and there’s cheese, yet the impoverished tramp and no safe haven in sight. It’s those moments – and the great statesman became close friends. their repercussions – that Karen Köhler sets out In Michael Köhlmeier’s intriguing new novel to capture in her vibrant short stories. Ecstatic, © Peter-Andreas Hassiepen they experience the century together. rich in imagery, laconic and close to the bone. © Julia Klug Michael Köhlmeier Karen Köhler Zwei Herren am Strand Wir haben Raketen Two Gentlemen geangelt on the Beach Fishing for Rockets It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, but after their first encounter in the thirties they 256 pages. Hardcover A young woman sits at a gas station in Death Valley, destitute and thirsty to the point 240 pages. Hardcover Publication date: with unique design never lost touch with one another. Churchill and Chaplin were both blessed with fame, yet of dehydration. When an Indian brave appears telling her he wants to save her life, she August 2014 Publication date: they were great depressives who repeatedly suffered prolonged episodes of melancholy thinks she’s hallucinating. But next thing she knows they’re sharing an outsize burger, August 2014 and struggled to overcome them — one by becoming the greatest comedian in history, the going to the casino together and ending up in the sort of run-down motel that looks like other by leading his country through the war against Adolf Hitler. It was a battle they both something from a movie set. Michael Köhlmeier fought to the bitter end: one through his masterpiece, The Great Dictator, the other by mo- was born in 1949 in Hard Karen Köhler bilizing a spirit of dogged resistance that swept the whole country along with him. am Bodensee; he lives and Afloat with buoyant melancholia and dramatic lightness, Karen Köhler’s short stories was born in Hamburg in writes in the Vorarlberg town take us from the civilization of Western Europe to the desert and the Siberian wilderness. 1974. She studied acting at of Hohenems and in Vienna. With the unerring eye of the first class imaginative raconteur, Michael Köhlmeier reco- Whether it’s a woman in a cancer ward with a Cuban commandante as her companion or the Academy of Music and Köhlmeier’s previous novels, Theatre in Berne, returned gnized what this incredible couple represents: nothing less than the complete history of including Abendland (2007), a female animator running away from her life on a cruise ship: all her characters are first to Hamburg in 2008 and the 20th century, spanning art and politics, comedy and tragedy. Madalyn (2010) and most class survivors. works as a playwright and recently Die Abenteuer des illustrator. She is the re- Joel Spazierer (2013), as cipient of numerous awards Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2014 well as the poetry volume including the Hamburg Der Liebhaber bald nach Literature Bursary. Wir dem Frühstück (Edition Lyrik »Looking for stories that’ll keep you warm on the coldest night? Want to play cowboys haben Raketen geangelt is Kabinett 2012) have also her debut novel. Find her on »Michael Köhlmeier has written an enchanting novel about the remarkable friendship and Indians again? How about rockets? It’s all here – and more!« Saša Stanišicˇ been published by Hanser. twitter: @KareninaKoehler between Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill. The story is so well-told the fiction appears more plausible than the naked facts.« Uwe Wittstock, Focus »There’s no question: this is a masterpiece of virtuousity.« Ursula März, Die Zeit »A stunning achievement; sublimely entertaining and written with unparalleled sleight of hand.