Spiegel Bestseller
Upmarket fiction
Debut
"No one knows how to turn contemporary history into perfect entertainment like screenwriter Annette Hess." Brigitte Bücher-Extra "With the story of the young translator Eva, Annette Hess, like in her screenplays, makes contemporary history tangible, fills it with life. (...) The name Annette Hess warrants exceptional quality." stern, Kester Schlenz
A trial that changed Germany, and the life of a young woman.
Rights sold to: Brazil (Sextante), Holland (Atlas Contact), France (Actes Sud), Spain (Planeta), USA/World English (Harper One Group), Greece (Psichogios), Italy (Neri Pozza), Sweden (Albert Bonniers), Catalan (Columna), Israel (Yedioth), Czech Republic (Euromedia), Croatia (Sonatina), Slovakia (Ikar), Hungary (Libri), Serbia (Evro), Poland (Literackie), Russia (Eksmo), Romania (Humanitas), Portugal (Bertrand), Japan (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), Finland (WSOY), Slovenien (Ucila), Spain (Planeta) Kioskausgabe Chile
German House
Deutsches Haus
The Auschwitz trial initiated by attorney general Fritz Bauer took place from 1963 to 1965 in Frankfurt am Main.
The young Eva Bruhns is hired as a translator for the witness interviews. Her parents, owners of the restaurant Deutsches Haus, are strictly against her employment. Eva ignores their advice - too big is her curiosity. While listening to the shocking testimonies, she can't but think of her own family. Why don't her parents talk about the time during the war? And why doesn't her fiancé Jürgen want to be confronted with the past?
Hailing from scriptwriting, Annette Hess knows how to plot and how to develop strong characters. No matter how marginal, each one poignantly illustrates post-war Germany and the intricate, complex structure that is family. How we all wander the narrow line that runs between acceptance and denial.
Von der Erfinderin der TV-Serien Weissensee und Ku'damm 56 / 59
»Dieser Roman kommt genau zur richtigen Zeit.« Iris Berben
Frankfurt 1963. Eva, gelernte Dolmetscherin und jüngste Tochter der Wirtsleute Bruhns, steht kurz vor ihrer Verlobung. Unvorhergesehen wird sie gebeten, bei einem Prozess die Zeugenaussagen zu übersetzen. Ihre Eltern sind, wie ihr zukünftiger Verlobter, dagegen: Es ist der erste Auschwitz-Prozess, der in der Stadt gerade vorbereitet wird. Eva, die noch nie etwas von diesem Ort gehört hat, folgt ihrem Gefühl und widersetzt sich ihrer Familie. Sie nimmt die Herausforderung an, ohne zu ahnen, dass dieser Jahrhundertprozess nicht nur das Land, sondern auch ihr eigenes Leben unwiderruflich verändern wird.
Born in Hanover, Annette Hess initially studied painting and interior design, later scenic writing. She worked as a freelance journalist, assistant director and screenwriter. Since 1998 she writes exclusivly for TV and Film. She has received numerous important awards like Grimme Prize and the German Television Prize. DEUTSCHES HAUS is her first novel.
pages
Seiten
release date:
Erschienen:
