Fiction Autumn 2022

Heniek and Andrzeij live in a small town in Poland. One is a mechanic, the other a carpenter, and both are about to retire. They have never had the urge to see the world, but one day they leave t...

The narrator is returning to her home village for the first time in years. What will she find when she gets there: a feast or a funeral? The only thing she has packed is a soft toy, a mole called...

The ferry takes an hour for the crossing from the mainland to the little North Sea island – sometimes longer, depending on how rough the sea is. The Sander family has lived in one of the island’s...

Siebenstädter has seen everything. As the presenter of a radio politics show, he knows the rules of the game when it comes to Berlin’s top politicians, the shadowy realm of backroom dealings, and...

When Vladimir Putin becomes President in January 2000, Anton, a German who has made his money trading in raw materials, flees Moscow. Behind him lie eight whirlwind years of post-Soviet predatory...

"Silesia Towers" tells the story of refugees and natives, homelessness and finding a new home. A warm-hearted and bittersweet novel about the dream of fitting in and leading a good life – and abo...

There’s a family of squirrels living in the trees surrounding the villa on Hamburg’s Lake Alster. While the humans observe the squirrels, the squirrels are busy observing the humans. And they won...

"I hadn’t thought of my mother for years. I thought (and, yes, hoped) that our relationship was over once and for all. Had the past come back to haunt me? I suddenly realised that you can’t tear ...

A woman is living on a tropical island. She is completely independent, and eats what nature offers. Then strange things begin to happen: the leaves on the trees turn black, dead fish wash up on t...

This empathetic and wildly imaginative debut novel tells the story of a lonely boy, a lonely country, and the attempt to put together the pieces of your past. The narrator thinks he has left the ...