Teenagers smoking pot in the 1990s, a moving story from Norway or a catastrophe on holiday. We present the most important novels of the week.
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Immerse yourself in new stories. Going on a journey in your mind. New book tips appear weekly in the feuilletons. Whether novels, non-fiction books, thrillers or children's and young adult books. In order to keep track of everything, we present the most important novels of the week from the media here.
"When Grandmother Danced in the Rain" is a profound novel and one of the most important titles of the week. © Schöning/Imago/S. Fischer Verlage (Montage)
Daniel Glattauer: "You don't feel it"
The Binders and the Strobl-Marineks treat themselves to an exclusive holiday in Tuscany. Daughter Sophie Luise, 14, was allowed to take her school friend Aayana, a refugee child from Somalia, with her against boredom. As soon as you have chilled out in the holiday mood with Prosecco and antipasti, disaster strikes.
Blurb / Zsolnay
What is a human life worth? In many media, "You don't feel it" by Daniel Glattauer is celebrated. The title was also presented in the Literary Quartet. The successful author presents a moral picture of our privileged society. The exciting dialogues and wit that have distinguished Glattauer so far are also reflected in this new book.
Daniel Glattauer: "You don't feel it"
2023 Zsolnay, ISBN-13 978-3-552-07333-3
Price: Hardcover €25, e-book €18.99, 304 pages (different from format)
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From 14 years: Johannes Herwig "Halber Löwe"
For Sascha, the last school year begins. Hanging out in the demolition house and increasingly dangerous tests of courage with his buddies: Is this what the rest of his life looks like? And then something happens. Something that smashes everything that has been and questions everything that can still be. Ducking further away — impossible.
Blurb / Gerstenberg
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The novels by Johannes Herwig offer insights into the various youth milieus, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung. "Halber Löwe" is about young people smoking pot and drinking in the early 1990s. They also do not shy away from petty criminal tests of courage. Linguistically, the novel succeeds, which fits into the time and milieu of the group.
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Johannes Herwig "Halber Löwe"
2023 Gerstenberg, ISBN-13 978-3-8369-6205-6
Price: hardcover 18 €, e-book 13.99 €, 240 pages (different from format)
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Moving: "When Grandmother Danced in the Rain" by Trude Teige
When Juni returns to her deceased grandparents' house on the small Norwegian island, she discovers a photograph of her grandmother Tekla as a young woman with a German soldier. Who is the unknown man? Her mother can't ask June anymore. The relationship between her mother and grandmother was always overshadowed by something unspoken.
Blurb / S. Fischer Verlage
A story about the healing power of love and a cleverly told novel, impressively and movingly written. The author knows how to sensitively illuminate the little-known history german-Norwegian post-war period. The title rightly landed on the Spiegel bestseller list.
Trude Teige "When Grandmother Danced in the Rain"
Translated by Günther Frauenlob
2023 S. Fischer Publishers, ISBN-13 978-3-949465-12-3
Price: hardcover 22 €, e-book 16.99 €, 384 pages (different from format)
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"The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois" by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Ailey Pearl Garfield is cheeky, and she knows what she wants. Every summer, the girl travels to Chicasetta, Georgia, where her mother's family has lived for centuries. Her grandmother lives there in the house that used to belong to the owner of the cotton plantation Wood Place. To find her place in the world, Ailey must understand her family's convoluted history.
Blurb / Piper
The New York Times Book Review hails it as "a triumphant debut," the Washington Post as "a brilliant epic." It comes across as mammoth. Almost 1,000 pages are not without. Many narrative strands and a mixture of coming-of-age novel à la Bret Easton Ellis, family history and Bildungsroman. Pretty much everything you can fit into a comprehensive novel. The detailed review can be found here.
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois"
2023 Piper, ISBN-13 978-3-492-07012-6
Price: hardcover 28 €, e-book 19.99 €, 992 pages
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