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Wildboden / Wildboden
A Novel
A poignant portrait of a relationship set against the backdrop of dark personal and political forces – to be made into a feature film
1936, Frauenkirch, in the middle of the Swiss Alps, not far from Davos: surrounded by majestic mountains and laconic countryfolk, Erna Schilling and the painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner live in the house they call Wildboden. The political situation in Germany casts a darkening shadow over their lives, something that weighs particularly heavily on Erna. And then there are her partner's strugggles with his own demons and his morphine addiciton. Erna does her best to hold their shared life together,...
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1936, Frauenkirch, in the middle of the Swiss Alps, not far from Davos: surrounded by majestic mountains and laconic countryfolk, Erna Schilling and the painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner live in the house they call Wildboden. The political situation in Germany casts a darkening shadow over their lives, something that weighs particularly heavily on Erna. And then there are her partner's strugggles with his own demons and his morphine addiciton. Erna does her best to hold their shared life together, but she cannot avert Kirchner’s tragic demise. After the death of the man who had been at the centre of her life for so long, she has to radically rethink her life and fight for her own future and security.
Uniquely weaving together past and present, Constantin Lieb tells how a remarkable human strength can grow out of painful loss, and how our need for stability is a key part of what makes us human.
Uniquely weaving together past and present, Constantin Lieb tells how a remarkable human strength can grow out of painful loss, and how our need for stability is a key part of what makes us human.
2026, 240 pages
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Constantin Lieb
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Constantin Lieb studied philosophy and literary studies in Berlin. He works as an author and dramaturg, has been a fellow at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, and is a member of the German Film Academy. For his work on the TV series Edem, he received the Grimme Prize. For his screenplay adaption of Erich Kästner's Fabian: Going to the Dogs, which was directed by Dominik Graf, Costantin Lieb was nominated for the German Film Prize. Wildboden is his first novel.
Constantin Lieb
Author
Constantin Lieb studied philosophy and literary studies in Berlin. He works as an author and dramaturg, has been a fellow at Villa Aurora in Los...
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