Foreign Rights List Fall 2022
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Dietrich Brüggemann Born in 1976 in Munich, Brüggemann is a filmmaker, musician and author. He studied Directing at the Filmhochschule Babelsberg, and after having directed three successful feature films he won an award for Best Directing at the International Film Fest in Karlovy Vary for his latest film Nö. He is also a successful screenwriter, composer and founder of the Band Theodor Shitstorm. Today, he lives in Berlin.
Material Fatigue A novel
Three unlike friends on the roads of Germany, fled from paradise, landed in the front court of hell. After having been kicked out by his father, Jacob and his girlfriend Maya could not know this was going to be the end of everything, not only their relationship but of the world itself. Together with their friend Moses they try to navigate the depths of life between social media, artificial intelligence and a ruthless post-modern society of egotism. When Moses joins Twitter to look for his missing sister, they realise their lives will change more than they would ever have imagined. The material fatigue, usually at fault for the demise of electronics, seems to also have enclosed society as a whole. Moses, Jacob and Maya have to fight for everything important to them in this shattered world: friendship, family, love – and especially a humanity that won’t stop fighting off its own doom.
Original title: Materialermüdung Original language: German Publication in August 2022 480 pages Retail Price: 25,- Euro WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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Lena Elfrath Born in Frankfurt am Main, Lena Elfrath studied literary and media science at the Philipps University in Marburg. Today she works as a freelance copywriter and journalist. In 2015 she co-founded the agency Ubermut, which advocates for sustainable development. Her debut novel Love is a Butterfly was published in 2016. Today she lives in Frankfurt and Berlin.
Light as Lead A novel Emma has a gun in her hand, she pulls the trigger. Eight times. He father lies in front of her, dead. It took eight shots for Emma to free herself from yearlong abuse, violence and systematic oppression. The price she has to pay is high, eight shots are not self-defence anymore, it is intentional murder. After her sentencing, for the first time in her life, she feels safe; her cell feels like a room invisible to the world, she can breathe again. When her inmates hear of her actions and when the public celebrates her as commendable feminist, dark thoughts overcome her: how can you be a hero when one kills a human, one’s own father nonetheless.
Original title: Leicht wie Blei Original language: German Publication in September 2022 300 pages Retail Price: 20,- Euro WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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Dietrich Brüggemann Marie-Luise Wolff Born in 1976 in Munich, Brüggemann is a filmmaker, musician and author. He studied Directing at the Filmhochschule BabelsBorn 1958, after studying English studies and music science, berg, inand after having directed three successful feature films Marie-Luise Wolff now works as an executive for multiple influhe won an award for Best Directing at the International Film ential (like AG,film SONY 2013, Fest incompanies Karlovy Vary for Bayer his latest Nö.and He isE.ON). also aSince successful she holds the composer office of Chairwoman ENTEGAShitAG, screenwriter, and founderofofthe theBoard BandofTheodor as wellToday, as president Federal Association for Energy and storm. he livesofinthe Berlin. Water Economics, since 2018. She now lives in Darmstadt and Cologne.
The Unwavering The Adventurous Life of Madame Clicquot A novel Businesswomen in the 18th century are practically unknown. The Unwavering tells the story of a woman in France in an era of political intrigues, which disregarded women and wished for them to be invisible and without rights. This is the climate in which Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin grew up. Despite all setbacks she risks everything, twice, and ultimately creates a company that thrives and grows to this day, due to her strength and perseverance. This novel by Marie-Luise Wolff is a homage to a brave woman paving the way for generations to come.
Original title: Die Unbeirrbare Original language: German Publication in October 2022 320 pages Retail Price: 20,- Euro WORLD RIGHTS AVAILABLE
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Luna Al-Mousli Luna Al-Mousli, born in 1990 and grown up in Damascus, today works as an author, graphic designer and illustrator in Vienna. Her successful debut A tear, a smile. My childhood in Damascus was awarded the Austrian Children and Youth Book Award and got republished five times.
Stories All Around Me A novel Whenever Luna Al-Mousli remembers her childhood amidst her beloved chaotic family, she is walking though the flats of her grandparents, aunts and uncles in Damascus. So many details have irrevocably burnt themselves into her memory. Sounds, smells, objects. Small treasures and significant items – items, which could not seem more inconspicuous to an outsider. But Luna Al-Mousli listens closely until they start telling the stories of their past.
Original title: Um mich herum Geschichten Original language: German Publication in September 2022 150 pages Retail Price: 16,- Euro
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