Martin Prinz

A young boy on a school morning during break. He turns in a circle, telling himself: I’m the king of Lilienfeld. It’s the year 1980, the boy is seven years old. His grandfather has been serving as the mayor of the town for almost thirty years.

Martin Prinz’s new novel begins in a world where bullet holes from the World War are still gaping in some of the house façades, sets in with...

When Elisabeth Petznek dies in Vienna in 1963, the fierce Alsatians in her bed also come to rest. She has just reached the age of 80. Hotheaded, vulnerable, unrestrained, open-hearted, blunt and headstrong. A woman who fit neither the roles intended for her nor those she willed for herself her entire life.

On the occasion of her birth in 1883, she was celebrated...