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Twins

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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• A dark and powerful story of adolescence, friendship and rivalry from one of Germany’s great literary talents • Twins is the story Johann and Ludwig who, after meeting at the age of eleven, become inseparable friends and endeavour to bond themselves as twins: they must do the same things, think the same thoughts, be the same person • But as the pair come of age, Johann begins to hide a side of himself from Ludwig, driving a wedge between the twins. And when Ludwig starts behaving strangely it seems clear that their bond will soon be pushed beyond repair • Daring, compelling and startlingly original, Twins explores what happens to childhood friendships when we confront the complex realities of adult life • A remarkable follow-up to Kurbjuweit’s first novel to be translated into English, Fear, released earlier this year • A bestseller in Germany, where it is regarded as a classic and studied by secondary students throughout the country • For fans of Niccolò Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared and Stephen King’s The Body (filmed as Stand By Me)

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1925603032

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Fear

A brilliantly gripping and twisty psychological thriller

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Fear

A brilliantly gripping and twisty psychological thriller

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Irish Times Book of the Year. 'Something we've not seen before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN '[An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB 'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping' DAILY TELEGRAPH, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018 'Takes you right into the heart of darkness' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A must-have new read' DAILY EXPRESS 'Wonderfully sinister' THE OBSERVER 'Frightening' THE TIMES 'Addictive' INDEPENDENT 'Terrific' JOANNE HARRIS 'Brilliantly done' FIONA BARTON 'A great achievement' HERMAN KOCH 'Claustrophobic and unsettling' BBC NEWS '[A] creepy tale of obsession' SUNDAY MIRROR 'An unsettling tale of merciless self-scrutiny' RENEE KNIGHT 'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' WOMAN & HOME ********* How far would you go to protect your family? Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? You go to the police, but they can't help you. You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them. Or is there...? FEAR is a brilliantly grippling, original psychological thriller - for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL and THE DINNER. ------------------------- FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor

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Hachette UK

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140917204X

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9781409172048

Fear

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Fear

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

READ THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF 2018: 'You'll never see your neighbours in the same light again' OBSERVER 'Beautifully written, frightening and absorbing' THE TIMES 'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping *****' DAILY TELEGRAPH '[An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Something we've not see before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN 'Takes you right into the heart of darkness' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'There's a twist at the end that is worth waiting for' INDEPENDENT 'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' WOMAN&HOME 'If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR' - BBC NEWS 'This creepy tale of obsession will make you wonder 'what would I do?' SUNDAY MIRROR 'A gripping tale of domestic terror' IRISH TIMES 'A must have new read' DAILY EXPRESS You'd die for your family. But would you kill for them? Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? You go to the police, but they can't help you. You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them. Is there? FEAR is the most original thriller of 2018 - for fans of LULLABY, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL and THE GUILTY WIFE. ************ What people are saying about FEAR: 'I'm intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs' - LIONEL SHRIVER, THE OBSERVER 'Brilliantly done to play on every parents' deepest fears' - FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOW 'Thought-provoking, intelligent and genuinely chilling' - ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER 'A terrific, original thriller - I loved it' JOANNE HARRIS 'FEAR makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder' - HERMAN KOCH, author of THE DINNER 'I loved it. So rich and claustrophobic' - RENEE KNIGHT, author of DISCLAIMER 'The most original thriller of the year' - NETGALLEY 'Expertly constructed, highly entertaining and thought-provoking' - Cloggie, Amazon reviewer 'If you're looking for a thriller with psychological insight, I highly recommend this one' - Marjorie, Amazon reviewer 'Not your usual thriller' - Fiona, Amazon reviewer ------------------------- FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor

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ELT Business & Vocational English

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1409172031

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The Freedom of Emma Herwegh

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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The Freedom of Emma Herwegh

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

A gripping novel based on the life of the 19th-century revolutionary Emma Herwegh As the daughter of a well-regarded family, Emma Siegmund causes a scandal by marrying the revolutionary poet Georg Herwegh. Committed to the socialist cause, she becomes the only woman to join the armed troops that bring the revolution from France to Germany in 1848. But when Georg falls madly in love with Natalie, the wife of his comrade Alexander Herzen, Emma finds her ideals challenged, setting off a private battle of fidelity and betrayal. In this compelling, intimate novel, Dirk Kurbjuweit tells the story of a woman who does not bow to the prejudices of her time. In doing so, he shows us just how relevant her struggles are to contemporary life—in her contradictions, her ambitions, and her quest for freedom and happiness. Dirk Kurbjuweit is a journalist at Der Spiegel and lives in Berlin. He has received numerous awards for his writing, including the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for journalism, and is the author of ten critically acclaimed novels, many of which have been adapted for film, television, theatre and radio. Imogen Taylor is literary translator based in Berlin who also translated Fear, Twins and The Missing by Dirk Kurbjuweit. Her translation of Sasha Marianna Salzmann’s Beside Myself was shortlisted for the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize 2020. More recent work includes Alfred Döblin’s Two Women and a Poisoning and Dana Grigorcea’s Dracula Park. ‘A well-rounded historical novel.’ Rheinische Post ‘Emma Herwegh will stay with the reader long after the book is closed.’ Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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1922791466

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The Missing

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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The Missing

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

Based on the deeds of the most notorious serial killer in German history, The Missing is a gripping tale set against the backdrop of 1920s Germany.

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1925923851

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The Missing

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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The Missing

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Based on the deeds of the most notorious serial killer in German history, The Missing is a gripping tale set against the backdrop of 1920s Germany.

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Fear

A Novel

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Fear

A Novel

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

“Fear shifts our moral codes. It makes us accessories to murder. A great achievement.” —Herman Koch, author of The Dinner An acclaimed German writer makes his American debut with this gripping and sophisticated thriller reminiscent of The Dinner and the early novels of Ian McEwan, about the murder of a neighbor who had been harassing a middle-class family—and the relative imprisoned for the crime. "I had always believed my father capable of a massacre. Whenever I heard on the news that there had been a killing spree, I would hold my breath, unable to relax until it was clear that it couldn't have been him." Randolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. A modestly successful architect with a wonderful family and a beautiful home, he soon finds his life compromised when his father, a man Randolph loves yet has always feared, is imprisoned for murder. Fear is the story of the twisted events leading up to his father’s incarceration. It begins when Randolph and his family move into a new building and meet their neighbor, Dieter Tiberius, the peculiar yet seemingly friendly man living in the basement apartment. As the Tiefenthalers settle into their home, they becoming increasingly disturbed as Dieter’s strange behavior turns malevolent. Randolph unravels the tale of Dieter’s harassment—the erotic letters he sends to Randolph's wife Rebecca, his spying, his accusations of child abuse, the police reports he filed against them. Finally, Randolph admits his of own feelings of desperation and helplessness, which ultimately led to his father’s intervention. As Randolph plumbs the depths of his own uncertainty surrounding the murder—pondering fundamental questions about masculinity, violence, and the rule of law—his reliability is slowly but irrevocably called into doubt. The result is an unsettling meditation on middle-class privilege and "civilized life" that builds to a shocking conclusion.

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0062678361

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9780062678362

The Freedom of Emma Herwegh

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Merkel, die Deutschen und das Ende der Politik

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Merkel, die Deutschen und das Ende der Politik

By: Dirk Kurbjuweit

Eigentlich könnte sie auch für immer ins Kanzleramt einziehen. Weil sie den Bürgern nichts abverlangt, keine Opfer und keinen Standpunkt, muss Angela Merkel keine Kritik fürchten. Man schont sich gegenseitig. SPIEGEL-Redakteur Dirk Kurbjuweit analysiert die Gegenwart in Deutschland als ein Wechselspiel von Politik und Gesellschaft. Wie hat die Bundeskanzlerin das Land geformt, und wie hat das Land die Bundeskanzlerin geformt? Er beobachtet Angela Merkel seit Jahren, beleuchtet ihre politische Kontrollkultur und ihre Strategie der Schonung. Sie ist die ideale Kanzlerin für diese Gesellschaft, aber ideal heißt hier nicht gut, sondern nur passend. Denn die großen Herausforderungen geht sie nicht an.

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Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH Co KG

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3446247122

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