Der neue große Roman von Bestsellerautor Ewald Arenz
EWALD ARENZ
Zwei Leben/Two Lives
A Novel, ca. 300 pages
Autumn 2024
English sample available soon
Two Women Strive for Autonomy and Fulfilment in a Time of Radical Change
The new great novel from bestselling author Ewald Arenz
“Especially on bad days, and there are quite a few of them at the moment, self-care and cynicism don't warm you up. This book does.”Elisa von Hof, DER SPIEGEL on “Love on Lousy Days”
A novel about wants and dreams and confronting reality
A village and the world: Ewald Arenz tells an atmospherically dense story of the promise and the narrowness that both harbour within them
It’s 1971 in a village in southern Germany. 20-year-old Roberta returns to her parents’ farm after completing a dressmaking apprenticeship. She is an only child and eventually the farm will be hers. Here in the countryside, concepts like coming to terms with Germany’s past, conscientious objection, feminism, pop culture, and miniskirts are not the sort of things that people bother themselves with. What matters is work, obedience and moral conduct. Roberta dreams of designing her own clothes but she’s well aware that it’s little more than a dream. Besides, she loves countryside life and working on the farm. She also loves Wilhelm, the priest’s son.
Roberta is not the only one staying in the village because of Wilhelm. His mother, Gertrud, also stays for her son’s sake. Unlike Roberta, Gertrud hates life in the village and would like nothing more than to get away, out into the world.
The two women both fall pregnant and are forced to make a decision, but a tragic accident turns both their lives in a completely new direction.
Rights sold to: Host (Czech)
Rights to previous books sold to: Al Arabi (Arabic); Delightpress (Complex Chinese Characters); Sonatina (Croatian); Host (Czech); Nieuw Amsterdam (Dutch); Orenda Books (English World); Varrak (Estonian); Albin Michel (French); Keller Editore (Italian); Foliant (Russian); Literárna bašta (Slovak); Yan Pasaj (Turkish);
Zwei Leben/Two Lives
A Novel, ca. 300 pages
Autumn 2024
English sample available soon
Two Women Strive for Autonomy and Fulfilment in a Time of Radical Change
The new great novel from bestselling author Ewald Arenz
“Especially on bad days, and there are quite a few of them at the moment, self-care and cynicism don't warm you up. This book does.”Elisa von Hof, DER SPIEGEL on “Love on Lousy Days”
A novel about wants and dreams and confronting reality
A village and the world: Ewald Arenz tells an atmospherically dense story of the promise and the narrowness that both harbour within them
It’s 1971 in a village in southern Germany. 20-year-old Roberta returns to her parents’ farm after completing a dressmaking apprenticeship. She is an only child and eventually the farm will be hers. Here in the countryside, concepts like coming to terms with Germany’s past, conscientious objection, feminism, pop culture, and miniskirts are not the sort of things that people bother themselves with. What matters is work, obedience and moral conduct. Roberta dreams of designing her own clothes but she’s well aware that it’s little more than a dream. Besides, she loves countryside life and working on the farm. She also loves Wilhelm, the priest’s son.
Roberta is not the only one staying in the village because of Wilhelm. His mother, Gertrud, also stays for her son’s sake. Unlike Roberta, Gertrud hates life in the village and would like nothing more than to get away, out into the world.
The two women both fall pregnant and are forced to make a decision, but a tragic accident turns both their lives in a completely new direction.
Rights sold to: Host (Czech)
Rights to previous books sold to: Al Arabi (Arabic); Delightpress (Complex Chinese Characters); Sonatina (Croatian); Host (Czech); Nieuw Amsterdam (Dutch); Orenda Books (English World); Varrak (Estonian); Albin Michel (French); Keller Editore (Italian); Foliant (Russian); Literárna bašta (Slovak); Yan Pasaj (Turkish);
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Ewald Arenz
Ewald Arenz, born in Nürnberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and history. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nürnberg. His...
Ewald Arenz, born in Nürnberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and history. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nürnberg. His novels and plays have received many awards. The author lives near Fürth with his family.