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Bad Guldenberg is everywhere
»The air is the best thing about Guldenberg, the city could bottle this air and sell it. We owe it to the surrounding forests and especially to the heath. The air tastes like tree resin and fir sprigs and heather. Breathing is easy here. Other than that, there are only those small houses, everything is low and crouched. That’s Guldenberg. If you want to be a highflyer here, you’ll get but a bloody nose.«
In the small town of Bad Guldenberg the world is still alright. At least until a group of underage immigrants is given accommodation in the Old Seglerheim. The people of Guldenberg agree: The strangers simply don’t fit in and are causing nothing but trouble. As tensions rise, there are rude remarks and provocations and when the rumour that a young woman was raped spreads, everyone soon agrees that it must have been one of the young immigrants. And the people of Guldenberg will not stand for...
In the small town of Bad Guldenberg the world is still alright. At least until a group of underage immigrants is given accommodation in the Old Seglerheim. The people of Guldenberg agree: The strangers simply don’t fit in and are causing nothing but trouble. As tensions rise, there are rude remarks and provocations and when the rumour that a young woman was raped spreads, everyone soon agrees that it must have been one of the young immigrants. And the people of Guldenberg will not stand for that…
Christoph Hein’s new novel paints a moral portrait of a society that is out of joint. Of people who see themselves as victims and become perpetrators as a result. Of the kind of racism we encounter every day.
»The novel is both sorely current and timeless.« Carsten Otte, DIE ZEIT
»In Guldenberg Christoph Hein paints a seismographic picture of the present.« Cornelia Geissler, Berliner Zeitung
»In its almost snide, unwieldy language Guldenberg […] is an all the more potent story about the depravity of man.« Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau
»Christoph Hein undoubtedly belongs among the most creative contemporary German-language authors.« Ulf Heise, Freie Presse
»As a quiet, nonetheless keen observer he has accompanied, commentated and questioned [German history] since his beginnings in 1983 until today, both attentively and critically.« Peter Henning, Deutschlandfunk
»A well thought out, grippingly written and complex portrait of a small city in Germany that might – unfortunately – not be unusual.« Gerhard Klas, WDR
»Detailed storytelling with clear psychological depth and resonance.« Information (Denmark) on Glückskind mit Vater
»The novel is both sorely current and timeless.« Carsten Otte, DIE ZEIT
»In Guldenberg Christoph Hein paints a seismographic picture of the present.« Cornelia Geissler, Berliner Zeitung
»In its almost snide, unwieldy language Guldenberg […] is an all the more potent story about the...
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Christoph Hein
Christoph Hein, born in 1944, lives in Berlin. He is the author of novels, novellas, short stories, plays, essays and children’s books. His most recent novels were on the Spiegel bestseller list for weeks. His most recent awards include the 2019 Prix du Meilleur livre étranger (for Glückskind mit Vater), the 2019 Samuel Bogumił Linde Prize and the 2017 Grimmelshausen Prize.
Christoph Hein, born in 1944, lives in Berlin. He is the author of novels, novellas, short stories, plays, essays and children’s books. His most...