Waiting for Goebbels
A German film is being made about the war – with a happy ending. But the closing credits have long since been running.
It’s early 1945. Berlin is in flames. But the UFA film ...
Bernd Schroeder
Bernd Schroeder, born in 1944 in today`s Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic, lives in Berlin. Recently published by Hanser: Old Love (novel, 2009 with Elke Heidenreich), Off to America (novel, 2012) and So Here We All Are (novel, 2015).
So here we all are
Sixteen-year-old Benny is lying unconscious in hospital after an accident. Gathered around his bed is a group of people who don’t normally have a lot to do with each other: his family. A novel ...
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Born in a refugee camp in the aftermath of World War Two, a boy grows up in the far-flung Bavarian village of Hausen. His parents come from sharply contrasting backgrounds. The mother is from a ...
moreThis Old Thing Called Love
Love that has stood the test of time will never die. But time has left its mark on Lore and Harry. Never before have scenes from a marriage been described more hilariously.
They can't ...
Bodo
Bodo used to be Beppo. That was before Esther took him home from the dog rescue. But when you are a short-legged and somewhat short of breath little mutt, you don't have much to say in matters ...
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Corsica, May 1901: A young man in a linen suit, its jacket draped over his shoulder, strolls casually along the beach. Two young women, sisters, follow him with their eyes. One of them, Lina ...
moreMother & Son
Johannes has two women and two problems: Lisa and his mother. Lisa leaves him, and he can't leave his mother. When he has almost made it, she turns to the last resort. A moving yet funny story ...
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