Love at the Baltic Sea

A research assignment on a long-forgotten poet brings young German philologist Julia Völcker to a small island in the Baltic Sea. On first glance: the perfect idyll! But here, other rules apply than on the big city on the mainland – as Julia soon experiences first hand.

The islanders form a committed and taciturn group and the newcomer is met with a great deal of skepticism. But Julia refuses to let that get her down. She doesn’t ask, works hard, braves storms and all kinds of adversities. When she falls in love with Hanno, the veterinarian, she finally seems to have arrived, but their relationship is put to a dire test…

»A completely astounding book« Martin Walser

»The whole manuscript extremely fascinated and convinced me. […] What’s apparent moreover is the author’s ability to treat her characters in a literary fashion, her beautiful, smart way of putting the expectations on heroes and heroines consistently, yet always surprisingly, into perspective; that shows art and wisdom.« Adolf Muschg

»Love at the Baltic Sea [...] makes even rainy days bearable.« Madame

»Gabriela Jaskulla portrays this transition from a rather estranged life towards a rough, sensual one in a down-to-earth, powerful language; her literary reflections on writers creates a beautiful interplay between distance and closeness.« Stuttgarter Zeitung

»A very spectacular, soulful novel.« Hannoversche Allgemeine