France (Seuil)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Russia (Ast Press Kniga), Netherlands (Bezige Bij)The narrator in Michael Krüger's novella is an editor of a south German newspaper and is supposed to be covering the Librarian's Association congress. During it he goes for a walk, ending up in a Hamburg suburb, where coincidence leads him to talk up the invitation of a woman and her adolescent son and join them in the villa where they live.
With his very first step into the »wrong« house he enters a story that has long since been in motion. He becomes witness to the embroilments of this strange couple, the mother and the son, and is soon a captive of their secrets. As exciting as a detective story, with wit and great verve, Michael Krüger tells the story of a man who not only tracks down the myths of a strange house but also that of a »different life«.
Michael Krüger was born in Saxony in 1943 and lives in Munich. He has published several volumes of poems and short stories, as well as several novels.
Michael Krüger was born in Saxony in 1943 and lives in Munich. He has published several volumes of poems and short stories, as well as several...
In 2013, an era comes to an end in Munich. Michael Krüger, the long-time publisher of Hanser Verlag, retires from his active role in the day-to-day business operations of the publishing house. He didn’t just manage the publishing house and edit the magazine Akzente. He remains active as a poet and write, as a literary critic, editor and translator. He is omnipresent and...
Poland (Instytut Mikolowski), Serbia (Dereta), Bosnia (Lijepa Rijec)
This new volume of Michael Krüger’s poetical-lyrical explorations of nature, after Just Before the Storm (2003), Under the Open Sky (2007) and Clarity (2010), is...
English world rights (Seagull), France (selection; Sajat), Denmark (Epilog)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (Mondadori)
English world rights (Harcourt), France (Seuil), Bulgaria (Balkani)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (Einaudi), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Lithuania (Versus aureus)