Bachmann, Ingeborg Die Radiofamilie 410 pages, Suhrkamp Verlag (2011) ISBN 9783518422151
Ingeborg Bachmann is one of the most important German-speaking authors in 20th century. In the 1950s she worked for an American radio in Vienna and wrote episodes for the famous show “Radiofamilie”. These scripts were found recently and published together with an epilogue by the editor.
Bánk, Zsuzsa Die hellen Tage 540 pages, Fischer (S.), Frankfurt (2011) ISBN 9783100052223
Bánk tells the story of three families and accompanies the young heroes into middle age. When Seri, Karl and Aja travel to Rome to study, the city becomes a turning point in the story of their lives, a test of their friendship, of love and betrayal, guilt and forgiveness.
Bärfuss, Lukas Hundert Tage 197 pages, Wallstein (2008) ISBN 9783835302716
Ruanda, April 1994. Thousands are killed in Kigali. „Hundred Days” deals with a dark chapter of African history but is also a love story in times of a cruel war.
Bayer, Thommie Eine kurze Geschichte vom Glück 214 pages, Piper (2007) ISBN 9783492049207
Euphoria and frustration are for Robert Allmann practically inseparable: on the very day he wins a fortune he also loses the most important thing in his life.
Berg, Sibylle Der Mann schläft 308 pages, Hanser (2009)
ISBN 9783446233881
A modern love story - sometimes melancholy, sometimes vicious. The story describes how a man and a woman can only survive in this world when they pull together.
Beyer, Marcel Kaltenburg 400 pages, Suhrkamp (2008) ISBN 9783518419205
A panorama spanning German history from the 1930s up to the present. How do two ornithologists – one established, one aspiring –experience the rise and fall of the GDR?
Boehning, Larissa Lichte Stoffe 324 pages, Eichborn (2007) ISBN 9783821807379
A Degas painting said to have been in the possession of her now-dead grandmother at the end of the Second World War, leads Nele to the centre of a family secret…
Bonné, Mirko Wie wir verschwinden 336 pages, Schöffling (2009)
ISBN 9783895614033
The letter from a dying childhood friend leads Raymond back into a shared past: to Villeblevin, where Albert Camus was killed in 1960. A novel about remembering.
Sascha came to Germany from Moscow and lives in Scherbenpark – a high-rise ghetto. She ignores the derogatory remarks and doesn’t let anything stand in the way of her emotional independence or her freedom to act.
Bovenschen, Silvia Wer Weiß Was 332 pages, Fischer (S.), Frankfurt (2009)
ISBN 9783100035158
A university thriller that raises many questions. A university professor is found dead on the toilet with a knife in his back. Speculation is rife - along with suspicion.
