Thomas Strässle’s Prose Debut Flight Novella Set to Be Adapted for the Screen
Thomas Strässle’s celebrated debut was quickly earmarked by multiple producers as having potential for a film adaptation. Now, a German production company has optioned the rights to Strässle’s bestseller, with the intention of making it into a feature film.
In Flight Novella, Thomas Strässle tells the story of the power of love against the crushing power of political systems. A true story that will take your breath away – the story of two young people who risk everything. A story that Strässle is able to tell with such intimacy and precision because it is the story of his own parents.
»The story of escape that Strässle has put down on paper … is one that you won’t forget.«Holger Heimann, WDR 3
»If only for the true backstory, Flight Novella should leave no reader cold, it is gripping because it is so brilliantly written.« Cornelia Geißler, Berliner Zeitung
In Flight Novella, Thomas Strässle tells the story of the power of love against the crushing power of political systems. A true story that will take your breath away – the story of two young people who risk everything. A story that Strässle is able to tell with such intimacy and precision because it is the story of his own parents.
»The story of escape that Strässle has put down on paper … is one that you won’t forget.«Holger Heimann, WDR 3
»If only for the true backstory, Flight Novella should leave no reader cold, it is gripping because it is so brilliantly written.« Cornelia Geißler, Berliner Zeitung