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Catch of the Day Ep. 4: »Burning Fields« by Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker read by Alexandra Roesch
14:44|In this episode, translator Alexandra Roesch reads an English sample of Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker’s Austrian Book Prize 2024 winner »Burning Fields«.At 18 Luisa Fischer learns that her father Bob is not her biological father and realises that the affection she feels for him goes beyond a daughter's love. She leaves her home and her family and after restless years in various cities, settles in Hamburg. Many years and two children later, Luisa's stepfather suddenly appears on her doorstep; he has decided against the family and in favour of a life with her. Luisa returns with him to Austria, where he single-handedly wants to bring about compensatory justice: Bob robs farming families that were involved in National Socialism in order to donate the looted profit to Israel. But he is killed during one of these robberies. Luisa then starts a relationship with Ferdinand, an old childhood acquaintance, who lives alone with his son Anton. Luisa and Ferdinand want to build a new life together, however, doubts about each other's sincerity arise time and time again, they stalk each other and tension becomes unbearable. Can the shadows and burdens of the past be shed? And is it possible to reinvent oneself in every new phase of life? Who are we when we renounce our past? Luisa's answer to all these questions leads to her decision to become a writer, and she begins to tell her own story.Praise for »Burning Fields«:“The Austrian writer and farmer Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker transforms his world into literature that is both quiet and magnificent.” NZZ"One of the greatest living German-language authors." - Hessischer Rundfunk"Kaiser-Mühlecker has come up with some original, bizarre, dramatic twists" - Frankfurter Rundschau"The style and subject matter of his novels make Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker one of the most unusual and interesting German-language authors" - taz"Highly readable. The author's proven great linguistic mastery is able to capture the finest nuances and shifts in people's emotional and moodal lives" - hr2 Kultur"a book that glows in the dark with bright and clear literary darkness" - Welt am SonntagRights to the title have so far been sold to Egypt (Aser Al-Kotob), France (Gallimard), Italy (Carbonio), Netherlands (van Oorschot). Head to our website to find a pdf of today’s sample here.Send feedback and rights inquiries to foreignrights@fischerverlage.de, or visit our website to find the right contact within our team for your territory.Follow us on Instagram @s.fischer.foreignrights.Browse our latest rights guides and our online rights catalogue here.Subscribe to »Catch of the Day« on your preferred podcast app to not miss the next episode!CreditsText originally published as “Brennende Felder” by Reinhard Kaiser-MühleckerTranslated and read by Alexandra RoeschCopyright © S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 2024Concept: Verena von Bassewitz, Martin Butz & Elisa DialloProduction, Editing & Sound Design: Martin ButzImpressum
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3. Catch of the Day Ep. 3: »Message in A Bottle from Life« by Patricia Koelle read by Charlie Wührer
14:44||Ep. 3In this episode, translator Charlie Wührer reads an English sample of Patricia Koelle’s bestseller »Message in A Bottle from Life«.Pixie is a fantasy author. Recently she has become dissatisfied because her writing is stagnating. So she accepts an offer to research the history of an old ship in a bottle for a magazine. The search takes her to harbours on the East Friesland North Sea coast, where she meets Feeke - the granddaughter of a woman who once influenced the shipbuilder Captain Flömer with her affection and wisdom. Pixie falls in love with the historic Gulfhof farm where Feeke lives. But the farm is in trouble. To save it, Pixie researches other ships in bottles and discovers her true calling in the process.Rights to Patricia Koelle's Forest of Longing series have been sold to: Netherlands (Oceaan)Head to our website to find a pdf of today’s sample here.Send feedback and rights inquiries to foreignrights@fischerverlage.de, or visit our website to find the right contact within our team for your territory.Follow us on Instagram @s.fischer.foreignrights.Browse our latest rights guides and our online rights catalogue here.Subscribe to »Catch of the Day« on your preferred podcast app to not miss the next episode!CreditsText originally published as “Flaschenpost vom Leben” by Patricia KoelleTranslated and read by Charlie WührerCopyright © 2024 Patricia Koelle© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 2024Concept: Verena von Bassewitz, Martin Butz & Elisa DialloProduction, Editing & Sound Design: Martin ButzImpressum
2. Catch of the Day Ep. 2: »The Projectionists« by Clemens Meyer read by Katy Derbyshire
27:56||Ep. 2In this episode, translator Katy Derbyshire reads an English sample of Clemens Meyer’s »The Projectionists«.World English rights of »The Projectionists« have been sold to Fitzcarraldo Editions. Clemens Meyer is translated into Arabic, Croatian, Danish, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil and Turkish.»The Projectionists« is an epic tale about Europe's crises and the art of storytelling. From Leipzig to Belgrade, from the GDR to the People's Republic of Yugoslavia, from silver screen spectacles to adventure novels. Relentless and fast-paced, »The Projectionists« tells the story of our present being crushed by the past - and of incomparable characters: in the Velebit Mountains, a former partisan experiences the adventurous filming of Karl May's Winnetou film adaptations. Decades later, the brutal battles of the Yugoslavian wars take place in these very places - in the midst of it all, a group of young right-wing radicals from Dortmund experience the futility of their ideology. And in Leipzig, the texts of a former patient are discussed at a conference in a psychiatric clinic: How did he manage to disappear without a trace? Was he able to predict the future? And what links him to the world traveller Dr May, who was once also a patient at the clinic?Praise for »The Projectionists«:"Hit of the season" - Frankfurter Rundschau, Judith von Sternburg"A storyteller like no other." - Andreas Platthaus, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"'Projection', however, is the decisive keyword for this autumn's most ambitious [...] German novel" - Andreas Platthaus, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"gripping anti-violence and anti-war novel. With its subject matter and the art of storytelling, it is a novel from a different literary league" - der Freitag, Michael Hametner"An epic, an adventure novel" - SWR Kultur"As powerful as it is magnificent" - Focus"There's no question that Clemens Meyer has delivered a real masterpiece" - WDR 3 Kultur am Mittag, Mario Scalla"This is truly great storytelling." - Radio 3 - rbb, Nadine KreuzahlerHead to our website to find a pdf of today’s sample here.Send feedback and rights inquiries to foreignrights@fischerverlage.de, or visit our website to find the right contact within our team for your territory.Follow us on Instagram @s.fischer.foreignrights.Browse our latest rights guides and our online rights catalogue here.Subscribe to »Catch of the Day« on your preferred podcast app to not miss the next episode!CreditsText originally published as “Die Projektoren” by Clemens MeyerTranslated and read by Katy DerbyshireCopyright © S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 2024Concept: Verena von Bassewitz, Martin Butz & Elisa DialloProduction, Editing & Sound Design: Martin ButzImpressum
1. Catch of the Day Ep. 1: »Blue Woman« by Antje Rávik Strubel read by Zaia Alexander
17:53||Ep. 1Welcome to the first episode of S. Fischer’s Foreign Rights Podcast »Catch of the Day«! In this episode, translator Zaia Alexander reads an English sample of Antje Rávik Strubel’s German Book Prize winner »Blue Woman«.»Blue Woman« asks the question, do we have the right to remain silent? Adina grew up as the last teenager in her village in the Czech Giant Mountains. While attending a language course in Berlin, she meets a photographer named Rickie, who gets her an internship in an arts centre in the Uckermark region. After being raped by a German politician, she sets out on an odyssey that takes her across half of Europe. In the end, Adina is stranded in Helsinki where Leonides, an Estonian politician and member of the European parliament, becomes her emotional anchor. While he campaigns for human rights, Adina seeks a way out of her inner exile.»Blue Woman« is a stirring account of a young woman's struggle for integrity. On the road from the Czech Republic to Finland, to Estonia and Germany, her experiences reflect the recent power struggles between Eastern and Western Europe.Praise for »Blue Woman«:A little work of wonder in contemporary prose literature (...) masterly. —Fritz J. Raddatz, Die WeltA lyrical and always suspenseful novel about Europe, memory, violence, and love. —Deutsche WelleWhat seems straightforward and clear when summarized is unfolded by Strubel in all its complexity and contradictoriness: the power of trauma to annihilate one’s existence. —Die Welt[Strubel is] a master of interior states (…) From the very first pages of her gleaming novel, you’re irresistibly pulled into her story. —Süddeutsche ZeitungAn incredibly multi-layered, intelligent, political, psychological novel. —rbb KulturShe has mastered the art of articulating what should be unspeakable without having to resort to hyperbolic language. —Bayerischer RundfunkA gripping novel about the right to tell your own story: Antje Rávik Strubel’s Blue Woman is the portrait of a woman—and of Europe. —Der TagesspiegelAn incredibly complex and gripping book. —Deutschlandfunk KulturRights to the title have so far been sold to Arabic (Aser Al-Kotob), Croatian (Ljevak), Finnish (Minerva Kustannus), French (Les Escales), Italian (Voland), Korean (PADO), Spanish (De Conatus) and Latin-American Spanish (El Cuervo).Head to our website to find a pdf of today’s sample here.Send feedback and rights inquiries to foreignrights@fischerverlage.de, or visit our website to find the right contact within our team for your territory.Follow us on Instagram @s.fischer.foreignrights.Browse our latest rights guides and our online rights catalogue here.Subscribe to »Catch of the Day« on your preferred podcast app to not miss the next episode!CreditsText originally published as “Blaue Frau” by Antje Rávik StrubelTranslated and read by Zaia AlexanderCopyright © S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 2021Concept: Verena von Bassewitz, Martin Butz & Elisa DialloProduction, Editing & Sound Design: Martin ButzImpressum