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That is until Fred – a ludicrously loyal family man – bumps into his ex- girlfriend, and the high-tech giant of the sea falls victim to a gang of avaricious pirates. Martin Amanshauser Der Fisch in der Streichholzschachtel The Fish in the Matchbox Fred (39, overworked and weighed down by money worries) embarks on a long overdue Deuticke Verlag family holiday: a Caribbean cruise with his wife Tamara (40, well-off but neglected by Novel. 576 pages. Hardcover her husband) and the children Malvi (15, a ticking teenage hormone-bomb), and Tom Publication date: (a 10-year old glutton). Fred’s main worry is that the ship’s kitchen doesn’t stock his July 2015 favourite brand of muesli—or it was, until he stumbles on his ex-girlfriend Amelie —of all people!—on deck. Martin Amanshauser When the ship is hit by a hurricane and badly damaged, it is not just Fred’s peace of mind was born in 1968 in Salz- burg and lives in Vienna that flies out the porthole. All contact with the outside world is cut off when a boatload and Berlin. An author, of very idiosyncratic pirates obviously not of this world turn up and take over the liner. Portuguese translator and Pepper mills and toilet paper are their idea of treasure, and they panic when confronted travel journalist, he writes with automatic doors, cellphones or technical equipment of any kind. What the hell is for the Süddeutsche Zei- tung amongst others and going on here? has a regular travel column MartinAmanshauser © in the Viennese daily Die Presse. Deuticke published his novels Im Magen einer A delightful story from a world full of miracles. kranken Hyäne (1997), NIL (2001), Chicken Christl (2004) and Alles klappt nie »Martin Amanshauser has a brilliant sense of humour, great talent and a singular attitude. in 2005 his novels, his most recent publication is Falsch Reading him is sheer delight.« Daniel Kehlmann Reisen (2014). »A subtle and subversive satire.« Ö1, Leporello »Satire, family saga, romance and fantastic adventure all wrapped in one! Amanshauser interweaves a variety of styles, yet succeeds in creating a compact and wonderfully entertaining novel. Holiday reading at its best!« Christoph Hartner, Kronenzeitung »Highly amusing.« Saskia Stöcker, Freundin 1 FICTION FICTION 2 FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION JACKIE THOMAE Presumably it actually exists, that magical moment that marks the start of true love. But that’s not what this book is about. Instead, it’s a story about people falling out of love, people for whom love flies out the window when they suddenly realise they no longer want their partner – or find themselves no longer wanted. A Moment of Clarity is a refreshing- ly upfront yet surprisingly heartening novel about people who find themselves deserted by happiness – but nevertheless refuse to stop believing in it. Jackie Thomae Momente der Klarheit A Moment of Clarity 288 pages. Hardcover Engelhardt plucks up courage leaves the party by taking a running jump through a first- Publication date: floor window. His best friend Maren has stopped drinking and is now claiming some kind July 2015 of spurious moral high ground leaving Clemens, her ex-lover, feeling somewhat deflated – until he finds himself enjoying some spectacular sex to make up for it. Meanwhile Ben- der, at whose wedding they all meet, quickly settles his affairs before vanishing into thin Jackie Thomae was born in Halle an der air, presumably forever. What they all have in common is that they are restive despite Saale in 1972 and now lives ostensibly doing quite well. And in a moment of clarity they see their love affairs for what in Berlin, where she works they really are. Yesterday’s news. as a journalist and televi- sion scriptwriter. She wrote the bestseller Eine Frau. Jackie Thomae’s debut novel is as tough as life itself – and just as funny. An unromantic Ein Buch (2008) in collabo- comedy about the all-too human yearning pumping beneath the veneer of urban sophis- ration with Heike Blümer. tication. Momente der Klarheit is her first solo novel. Urban Zintel © »There aren’t many books that make you want to bookmark sentences because of the clever humour, painful truths and trenchant observations they contain; Jackie Thomae’s debut novel Momente der Klarheit is certainly one of them.« Brigitte Tough, funny, sad and all too realistic: an unromantic comedy »The author’s instinctive flair for wit and timing is simply remarkable.« taz. Am Wochenende about love in our times – and people who lose it. »This book carries the sting of authenticity couched in a gourmet menu of linguistic delicacies.« Cosmopolitan »An exceptional debut offering and a remarkable stylistic triumph (…) Free of all illusion, sparkling with wit, strewn with excellent punchlines.« Brigitte Woman »A book about separation, full of sentences you can’t help but fall in love with.« Spiegel Online »A soberingly funny, unsentimentally sad, incisively clairvoyant and entirely felicitous book populated by moder characters in scenes that are so captivating, laconic and funny that one is tempted to declare Jackie Thomae’s Momente der Klarheit the best book of the summer. Once you start reading it, you never want it to end.« Hamburger Abendblatt »A scarily apt, incisive and awfully well-written novel that also happens to be hugely entertaining.« Nürnberger Zeitung 3 FICTION FICTION 4 FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FOREIGN RIGHTS HANSER LITERATURVERLAGE FICTION NORA BOSSONG Is it possible to save an entire country and fall hopelessly in love at the same time? Is it feasible that a man who spent his life indiscri- minately chasing anything in a skirt can end up falling hopelessly for the temptations of a signora in a ridiculous poncho...? Nora Bossong 36.9° 320 pages.