The Winter Swimmer

»A daring feat and at the same time a triumph of storytelling.« Tilman Spreckelsen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»This extraordinary book runs to a mere 80 pages. The moment you finish reading it, you want to start all over again from the beginning.« Joachim Dicks, NDR Kultur

»There is a strong sense of magic that emanates from this verse legend, which is situated so firmly in our present, but even more fascinating is Poschmann’s artful play with language.« Herbert Wiesner, WELT AM SONNTAG

»Formidable poetry. ... Anybody who is worried about our environment but doesn’t feel like reading non-fiction books or didactic novels or manifestos, anybody who thinks it’s not just a matter of what we say, think, and do, but also how we do it, should read The Winter Swimmer.« Sabine Rohlf, Berliner Zeitung

»A magical verse legend.« Anne Hahn, neues deutschland

»You get the impression that nothing gets past [Poschmann]. It is the enduring alertness of her meandering texts that pulls you along, with a friendly, persistent, and open-minded tone.« Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau

»Marion Poschmann [is] one of the most sophisticated and elegant authors of the present moment, who masters prose and poem with the same levels of finesse.« SWR

»The elegant tone and the timbre of this book allow us to experience something quite rare: true beauty.« Björn Hayer, Die Presse, Spectrum

»Her poetics are directed towards openness, never seeking to be closure, not a monolith, always a flame that is continual passed along toward the next text.« Jan Drees, Deutschlandfunk Büchermarkt