Bernhard Schlink's The Granddaughter in the top ten of the Spiegel bestseller list for 16 weeks

The Granddaughter by Bernhard Schlink is on a 16-week streak in the top ten of the Spiegel bestseller list.

Recent rights sales include Dutch rights to Cossee and Chinese (simplified) rights to Shanghai Translation. Here's the list of rights sold until today:

Bulgarian (Kryg)
Chinese/simplified characters (Shanghai Translation)
Czech (Euromedia)
Dutch (Cossee)
French (Gallimard)
Greek (Kritiki)
Italian (Neri Pozza)
Romanian (Polirom)
Russian (Azbooka)
Serbian (Plato)
Spanish/world (Anagrama)

This means that the book is going to be published in 12 languages. 

Greek rights of Kalmann by Joachim B. Schmidt sold to Metaichmio

The Greek sale to Metaichmio implies that Kalmann will be published in eleven languages. Here’s the list of foreign publishers:

Arabic (Al-Arabi)
Czech (Prostor)
English/world (Bitter Lemon Press)
French (Gallimard)
Greek (Metaichmio)
Icelandic (Forlagið)
Italian (SEM Libri) 
Slovak (Literárna Bašta)
Spanish/world (Gatopardo)

The Icelandic edition has just been published by Forlagið and has been met with acclaim from fellow authors, press and readers in Iceland. Several Icelandic voices have expressed their enthusiasm:

»This is a thriller in its form; […], but the main strengths are the portrayals, the humor, the scenery, the good conversations and the nature experiences. […] I did not get up from the couch until the last page had been flipped.«
Einar Kárason, author

»Your book is absolutely great!«
Hildur Knútsdóttir, author

»The thriller is light and fun, although the undertone is black and cruel.«
Steinþór Guðbjartsson / MBL, Reykjavík

Gem from our backlist: Carol or The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith on the occasion of its 70th birthday

We were especially intrigued to read this 70-year-old review of Carol or The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith from The New York Times. Luckily, times have changed since then. 

Now published in translation: Frances Face-Maker by Tomi Ungerer and William Cole in Japanese

Japanese edition by Kogakusha, Tokyo

Foreign rights sold:
French (L'École des Loisirs)
Hebrew (Ha'Kursa)
Italian (Guido Tommasi)
Japanese (Kogakusha)

Now published in translation: The Fire by Daniela Krien in Italian

Italian edition by Corbaccio, Milan

Foreign rights sold:
Catalan (Bromera)
Croatian (Fraktura)
English/UK (MacLehose)
French (Albin Michel)
Italian (Garzanti)
Norwegian (Forlaget Press)
Russian (Foliant)
Romanian (Humanitas)
Serbian (Booka)
 

One of You makes it to #1 of the Spiegel bestseller list

One of You, the novel about the life of football star Bastian Schweinsteiger written by Martin Suter, soared to #1 of the Spiegel bestseller list three weeks ago and currently remains on #2 for the second week. 

Here are a few press quotes:

»Can you give a better verdict about a book than: I immensely enjoyed reading it! It entertained me perfectly.«
Rainer Hartmann / SWR 1, Stuttgart 

»Swiss best-selling author Martin Suter tells Bastian Schweinsteiger’s brilliant career as a gripping novel.«
Tilmann P. Gangloff / Südkurier, Konstanz

»Suter’s craft makes this book go far beyond expectations of football fans and touches men and women alike.«
Helmut Atteneder / Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, Linz

»One of You is a hymn to a footballer, who seems to have done almost everything right.«
Lothar Schröder / Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf

»This is not a biography that simply ticks off facts. This is literature.«
Katja Kraft / Münchner Merkur, Munich

»Like a fairytale. And surely soon a bestseller.«
Jürgen Kanold / Südwest Presse, Ulm

This is the focus title of our sales and marketing campaigns in early 2022. Our print campaign covers more than 8 million contacts. The press coverage has been huge, with the book featured in all the leading print media as well as on the radio and on TV. Moreover, we have created a website dedicated to the book (in German) which you can find here. Bastian Schweinsteiger has more than 12 million world-wide followers on his Instagram account @bastianschweinsteiger.

The book has also been featured in our monthly podcast. If you are interested in a more personal account (in German), feel free to have a listen here.

Italian rights of A Picture of Lydia by Lukas Hartmann sold to Armando Dadò

The historical novel A Picture of Lydia by Lukas Hartmann is going to be published in Italian by Armando Dadò Editore.

The Ukrainian view by Andrej Kurkow

Our author Andrej Kurkow recently spoke on Ukraine today in a podcast featured by Lithub and wrote extremely insightful, but also humorous articles in The New European, The Guardian and The New Statesman.  If you would like to know what the Ukrainian perspective looks like in detail, we recommend his novel Grey Bees, now out in French by Liana Levi. 

Now published in translation: Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko in Swedish

Swedish edition by Ersatz, Stockholm

Foreign rights sold:
Croatian (Božičevič)
Czech (Pistorius & Olšanská)
Dutch (Meridiaan)
English/world (Europa Editions)
French (Editions des Syrtes)
Hungarian (Európa)
Italian (Edizioni E/O)
Japanese (Shueisha)
Polish (Agora)
Russian original (Vremya)
Spanish (Alianza)
Swedish (Ersatz)
Thai (Library House)

Now published in translation: Tomi Ungerer's Mellops series in simplified Chinese

Chinese edition of the whole series by Citic, Beijing

Foreign rights sold:
Catalan (Viena)
Chinese/simplified characters (Citic)
English/world (Phaidon)
French (L'École des Loisirs)
Italian (Donzelli)
Japanese (Hyoronsha)
Polish (Format)
Russian (Samokat)