Susanna
This is a moving story of a headstrong, daring woman based on true events. Susanna, a Swiss painter, goes West to meet Sitting Bull, the chief of the Sioux tribe. In very beautiful, empathetic ...
moreAlex Capus
Alex Capus, born in 1961 in Normandy, now lives in Olten. He writes novels, short stories and reports. Hanser has published the novels Léon und Louise (2011), Fast ein bisschen Frühling (2012), Der Fälscher, die Spionin und der Bombenbauer (2013), Reisen im Licht der Sterne (2015) and Das Leben ist gut (2016) as well as Skidoo (Meine Reise durch die Geisterstädte des Wilden Westens, 2012) und Mein Nachbar Urs (Geschichten aus der Kleinstadt, 2014). www.alexcapus.de
Königskinder
A true story about love, told with rich narrative skill: a poor cowherd and a rich farmer’s daughter overcome all limits and obstacles put in their path to achieve the dream of spending their ...
moreLife Is Good
For the first time in twenty-five years of marriage, Max and Tina sleep in separate beds: Tina is in Paris on a business trip and Max stays at home, where he runs a local bar. Because his wife is ...
moreTravelling by the Light of the Stars
Alex Capus’ bestselling novel Léon und Louise told the story of two lovers surviving the hardships of everyday life together. Travelling by the Light of the Stars is an intrepid reversal: the ...
moreThe Urses Next Door
Alex Capus, an author whose inimitable style — a subtle blend of pragmatism and sensitivity — continues to captivate readers all over the world, lives in the loveliest little town in the ...
moreThe Forger, the Spy and the Bomb-Maker
Young pacifist Felix Bloch studies under Heisenberg in Leipzig, specialising in nuclear physics. In 1933 he leaves Nazi Germany and flees to America – only to find himself working at Los ...
moreSkidoo
Whenever Alex Capus goes travelling, he fetches up in one-horse settlements that remind him of his hometown, Olten. His trip to the Wild West is no exception: he spends his nights in ghost towns, ...
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