Foreign Rights List — Spring 2021 Diogenesest• 1952 Aus der Mitte des Sees Mitte des der Aus MoritzMoritz Heger Moritz Heger Heger Moritz FromAus der the MitteDepth ofdes the Sees Lake Roman · Diogenes »Sasha Filipenko is one of those young writers who immediately gained a reputation for Sasha Filipenko being a serious author. If you want to get inside the head of modern, young Russia, read Filipenko.« Red Crosses Svetlana Alexievich A booksellers’ favourite and a Spiegel Bestseller for several weeks Sasha Filipenko comments on Praise for Red Crosses: the current political events in Belarus, his home country »Young Sasha Filipenko has written an essential book which is here to stay.« »An important, necessary book. His article was published Marko Martin / Die Welt, Berlin Both for Russia, which suffers in leading international newspapers. from historic amnesia, and Here’s an excerpt: Europe which is also running »A tour de force. A book full of sound and Kreuze Rote fury, but also greatness and gentleness.« the risk of losing its historic »All that Lukashenko cared for over all Astrid de Larminat / Le Figaro littéraire, Paris memory.« those years was Belarusian Ice Hockey, Dmitry Glukhovsky and as we know, our national team plays »This is gripping contemporary history worse year by year, thanks to his kind that exerts a unique pull on the reader.« attention. [. .] Lukashenko disdainfully Ursula May / HR2 Kultur, Frankfurt Filipenko Sasha looked down on the people (which he Sasha called his own), and the citizens sought »The author expertly interlaces the Filipenko to overlook the rowdy politician, fictitious story with the original Rote Kreuze discussed the future of the country in documents and transposes history Rights sold: their kitchens and placed their hopes into the present.« Roman · Diogenes in the the chief of state’s thyroid gland Lerke von Saalfeld / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Croatian (Božičević) (there were rumours).« Czech (Pistorius) Published in August 2020 in Germany (Die Welt), »First, this book is very Dutch (Meridiaan) Poland (Gazeta Wyborcza) Original edition published in 2017 by Vremya, Moscow, and Sweden (Dagens Nyheter) sophisticatedly constructed. Second, English / world (Europa Editions) under the title Krasny Krest it tells an outrageous story.« French (Éditions des Syrtes) Novel 288 pages, 2020 Peer Teuwsen / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich Hungarian (Európa) Italian (Edizioni e/o) Japanese (Shueisha) World rights are handled by Diogenes. Polish (Agora) Film rights are available. Russian original publisher: Vremya »He deftly forges links with modern-day Russia, Spanish (Alianza) a land that often suppresses the sinister aspects of its history.« Swedish (Ersatz) Felix Münger / SRF 1, Zurich Sasha Filipenko’s books have been published in 14 languages. FICTION »It seems to me that a cult writer Sasha Filipenko of the first twenty years of the 21st century has appeared in Russia, replacing Viktor Pelevin.« The Ex-Son Mikhail Davidson After the success of Red Crosses, we’re proud to announce Sasha Filipenko’s debut – Rote Kreuze Rote his second novel to be published in German. What is life like after ten years of coma? Sasha Filipenko Filipenko Sasha Sasha Filipenko In today’s Belarus, it might mean that every- Rote Kreuze Roman · Diogenes thing in your family has changed, whereas the country around you stayed exactly the same. Intentions The Hunt Red Crosses Back to Prison Novel, 2015 Novel, 2016 Novel, 2017/2020 Novel, 2019 With witty dialogues, a poetic atmosphere, and concise descriptions. Nicht mehr euer Sohn euer mehr Nicht Praise for The Ex-Son: After being trampled at a mass panic in his Belarusian home town, 16-year-old music »Despite its brevity and »When I had opened the book by Sasha student Zisk falls into a coma. Most people Sasha Belarusian style, you are holding Filipenko, I saw a great novel about the give up on him, his girlfriend, his mother, Filipenko a really big Russian novel – events taking place today in Belarus.« his doctor. Only his grandmother Elvira perhaps the one that literature Sergei Chuprinin, Literary critic and Der ehemalige has been awaiting for years.« jury president for the ›Russian Prize‹ Alexandrovna stays by his side and sees to Sasha Filipenko Filipenko Sasha Sohn Mikhail Idov / GQ Russia, Moscow it that he is taken care of — for days, »The book is extremely lyrical. months, years. Zisk’s mother falls in love »If we leave out Svetlana Alexievich, I don’t think I’ve ever read with the doctor and has a baby with him. Roman · Diogenes who is already a classic, today the anything better about a grandmother’s After ten years, at the very moment when love for her grandson.« leaders of the literary course are Zisk is told that his grandmother has died, Alex Dubas (Russian author) Algerd Bakharevich in the Belarusian- he wakes up. He realizes that his family speaking segment and Sasha Filipenko Original edition published 2014 by has moved on to another period in their in the Russian-speaking segment.« »A powerful, dense, surprisingly Vremya, Moscow, under the title Byvshi syn sincere text.« lives, that they don’t want him anymore. Novel Nikolai Khalezin, playwright and director April 2021 of the Belarus Free Theatre Natalya Sindeeva, founder and CEO of Rain TV The country as a whole, however, is still governed by the same authoritarian ›Russian Prize‹ 2014 president, the general brain drain persists, Finalist in the 2016 ›Big Book Award‹ the police quickly smother any kind of (›Bolshaya Kniga‹) protest. Will Zisk find his place in Belarus? Sasha Filipenko’s books Rights sold: sasha filipenko, born in Minsk in 1984, is a Belarusian author have been published in 14 languages. who writes in Russian. After abandoning his classical music training, Japanese (Shueisha) he studied literature in St. Petersburg and worked as a journalist, World rights are handled by Diogenes screenwriter and author for a satire show. The Ex-Son is his second novel to be published in German. Sasha Filipenko is a passionate except Russian. football fan and lives with his family in St. Petersburg. Verlag © Diogenes / Lienhard Lukas Photo: FICTION Moritz Heger From the Depth of the Lake »You sent pictures. What were you expecting? For me to write back straight away? A spontaneous ›cute!‹ or even a ›just like daddy‹ with a smiley? That’s pro- A monastery — a place of longing for those bably what someone would expect from their best in need of time out. But what impact does it have on those who seek refuge there? friend, and we still are best friends, aren’t we? Your Is it a cure for the restlessness and detach- leaving was free of conflict, by and large, insofar as ment of modern life? that’s possible. And our goodbye was warm-hearted. About the essential things in life: about love, closeness and death; No bitter or poisonous word; on the contrary, we about creation and nature. were both in high spirits at the end, as though we’d A book of disquiet that makes the heart and spirit soar, written in a wonder- grown even closer to one another through our Sees des Mitte der Aus conversations, even though of course they were pain- fully precise and rich language. ful too, and as though there weren’t this division in A Benedictine monastery, idyllically located the house. We were best friends here. And ›here‹ means by a lake. Their guest wing is well-frequented, Moritz Heger but most of the monks are approaching sixteen whole years. And it wasn’t just because we Heger Moritz biblical age. One of the younger monks has Aus der Mitte shared so much with one another. We weren’t children just left the monastery and started a family. des Sees anymore, calling those they play with most often their Ever since, Lukas, who is in his late 30s, best friends. We were already grown up when we met. has also begun to question his path in life. Roman · Diogenes Then Sarah appears — mindful, caring and We made a decision. For here, but for us too. That corporeal. Lukas’ fellows are urging him to was far from an insignificant factor in our decision take over the leadership of the monastery, Novel but life is pulling at him, too. In order to in favour of the monastery after five and a half years, 288 pages, March 2021 make a decision, Lukas surrenders himself even though, of course, we didn’t say that to one to the lake: the act of swimming allows our another.« bodies and minds to open up. World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. moritz heger, born in Stuttgart in 1971, studied German, Protestant Theology and Theatre Studies in Mainz. In 2007 he received the ›mdr Literature Prize‹ and the accompanying audience award. Alongside his writing, he also works as a teacher at a grammar school in Stuttgart. From the Depth of the Lake is his debut with Diogenes, and his second novel following In the Snow (2008). Verlag © Diogenes / Maurice Haas Photo: FICTION »The German Wunderkind.« Benedict Wells Paula Cocozza / The Guardian, London Hard Land The long-awaited new novel of the inter- 24198 24444 00000 national bestselling author Benedict Wells. A novel infused with nostalgia for the days Die Wahrheit über das Lügen über das Wahrheit Die Benedict Wells of youth and for their singular atmosphere: Becks Benedict Wells Benedict Wells letzter Sommer Benedict Wells Benedict Wells Vom Ende Die Wahrheit Spinner Fast genial über das Lügen a mixture between euphoria and melancholy. der Einsamkeit Benedict Wells Zehn Geschichten Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Bestseller Bestseller Bestseller Land Hard Missouri, 1985: In an attempt to escape a Beck’s Last Summer Crank Almost Ingenious The End The Truth Novel, 2008 Novel, 2009 Novel, 2011 of Loneliness About Lying troubled home life, fifteen-year-old Sam Movie Adaptation Novel, 2016 Ten Stories, 2018 takes a holiday job in an old cinema.