HE'S A TRICKSTER, A PLAYER. A JESTER. HIS HANDSHAKE'S LIKE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL TYLL ULENSPIEGEL IS HERE! In a village like every other village in Germany, a scrawny boy balances on a rope between two trees. He practises in the forest at night, where the Cold Woman whispers and goblins roam. When he comes out, he will never be the same. Tyll will escape the ordinary villages. In the mines he will defy death. On the battlefield he will run faster than cannonballs. In the courts he will trick the heads of state. His journey will take him into the heart of a never-ending war. With macabre humour and moving humanity, Daniel Kehlmann lifts this legend from medieval German folklore and enters him on the stage of the Thirty Years' War. Tyll is a cork in water, a laugh in the dark, a hero for all time.

HE'S A TRICKSTER, A PLAYER. A JESTER. HIS HANDSHAKE'S LIKE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL TYLL ULENSPIEGEL IS HERE! In a village like every other village in Germany, a scrawny boy balances on a rope between two trees. He practises in the forest at night, where the Cold Woman whispers and goblins roam. When he comes out, he will never be the same. Tyll will escape the ordinary villages. In the mines he will defy death. On the battlefield he will run faster than cannonballs. In the courts he will trick the heads of state. His journey will take him into the heart of a never-ending war. With macabre humour and moving humanity, Daniel Kehlmann lifts this legend from medieval German folklore and enters him on the stage of the Thirty Years' War. Tyll is a cork in water, a laugh in the dark, a hero for all time.

He's a trickster, a player, a jester. His handshake's like a pact with the devil, his smile like a crack in the clouds; he's watching you now and he's gone when you turn. Tyll Ulenspiegel is here! In a village like every other village in Germany, a scrawny boy balances on a rope between two trees. He's practising. He practises by the mill, by the blacksmiths; he practises in the forest at night, where the Cold Woman whispers and goblins roam. When he comes out, he will never be the same. Tyll will escape the ordinary villages. In the mines he will defy death. On the battlefield he will run faster than cannonballs. In the courts he will trick the heads of state. As a travelling entertainer, his journey will take him across the land and into the heart of a never-ending war. A prince's doomed acceptance of the Bohemian throne has European armies lurching brutally for dominion and now the Winter King casts a sunless pall. Between the quests of fat counts, witch-hunters and scheming queens, Tyll dances his mocking fugue; exposing the folly of kings and the wisdom of fools. With macabre humour and moving humanity, Daniel Kehlmann lifts this legend from medieval German folklore and enters him on the stage of the Thirty Years' War. When citizens become the playthings of politics and puppetry, Tyll, in his demonic grace and his thirst for freedom, is the very spirit of rebellion - a cork in water, a laugh in the dark, a hero for all time.

Sprachgewaltig, modern, mitrei?end: Der Spiegelbestseller uber eine legendare historische Figur und eine aus den Fugen geratene Welt vom international gefeierten Daniel Kehlmann. Tyll Ulenspiegel - Vagant, Schausteller und Provokateur - wird zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts als Mullerssohn geboren. Sein Vater, ein Magier und Welterforscher, gerat mit der Kirche in Konflikt. Tyll muss fliehen, die Backerstochter Nele begleitet ihn. Auf seinen Wegen durch das von den Religionskriegen verheerte Land begegnen sie vielen kleinen Leuten und einigen der sogenannten Gro?en. Ihre Schicksale verbinden sich zu einem Zeitgewebe, zum Epos vom Drei?igjahrigen Krieg. Und mittendrin Tyll, jener ratselhafte Gaukler, der eines Tages beschlossen hat, niemals zu sterben.

Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks. Kehlmann accepts but soon begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. Is he ghostwriting a memoir, or is Heidl is rewriting him? As the deadline draws closer everything that is certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Ziggy Heidl - and who is Kif Kehlmann?

Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks.Kehlmann accepts but soon begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. Is he ghostwriting a memoir, or is Heidl is rewriting him? As the deadline draws closer everything that is certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Ziggy Heidl - and who is Kif Kehlmann? .

Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks.Kehlmann accepts but soon begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. Is he ghostwriting a memoir, or is Heidl is rewriting him? As the deadline draws closer everything that is certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Ziggy Heidl - and who is Kif Kehlmann? .

Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. Towards the end of the 18th century, these two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world. Humboldt, a Prussian aristocrat schooled for greatness, negotiates savannah and jungle, climbs the highest mountain then known to man, counts head lice on the heads of the natives, and explores every hole in the ground. Gauss, a man born in poverty who will be recognised as the greatest mathematician since Newton, does not even need to leave his home in Gottingen to know that space is curved. He can run prime numbers in his head, cannot imagine a life without women and yet jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. Measuring the World is a novel of rare charm and readability, distinguished by its sly humour and unforgettable characterization. It brings the two eccentric geniuses to life, their longings and their weaknesses, their balancing act between loneliness and love, absurdity and greatness, failure and success.

Es ist der Sommer vor der Wirtschaftskrise. Martin Friedland, katholischer Priester ohne Glauben, trifft sich mit seinem Halbbruder Eric. Der hochverschuldete Finanzberater hat unheimliche Visionen, teilt davon jedoch keinem etwas mit. Schattenhafte Manner, sogar zwei Kinder warnen ihn, nur: Gelten diese Warnungen wirklich ihm, oder ist sein Zwillingsbruder Iwan gemeint, der Kunstkenner und Asthet? Daniel Kehlmann erzahlt von drei Brudern, die – jeder auf seine Weise – Betruger, Heuchler, Falscher sind. Sie haben sich eingerichtet in ihrem Leben, doch plotzlich klafft ein Abgrund auf. Ein Roman uber Luge und Wahrheit, uber Familie, Falschung und die Kraft der Fiktion – vielschichtig, geheimnisvoll und kuhn.

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their lives become increasingly intertwined.Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl offers Kehlmann the job of ghost writing his memoir. He has six weeks to write the book, for which he'll be paid $10,000.But as the writing gets under way, Kehlmann begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. As the deadline draws closer, he becomes ever more unsure if he is ghost writing a memoir, or if Heidl is rewriting him--his life, his future. Everything that was certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: Who is Siegfried Heidl--and who is Kif Kehlmann?As time runs out, as Kehlmann's world feels it is hurtling toward a catharsis, one question looms above all others: What is the truth?By turns compelling, comic, and chilling, this is a haunting journey into the heart of our age. .

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their lives become increasingly intertwined.Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl offers Kehlmann the job of ghost writing his memoir. He has six weeks to write the book, for which he'll be paid $10,000.But as the writing gets under way, Kehlmann begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. As the deadline draws closer, he becomes ever more unsure if he is ghost writing a memoir, or if Heidl is rewriting him--his life, his future. Everything that was certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: Who is Siegfried Heidl--and who is Kif Kehlmann?As time runs out, as Kehlmann's world feels it is hurtling toward a catharsis, one question looms above all others: What is the truth?By turns compelling, comic, and chilling, this is a haunting journey into the heart of our age. .

Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment – the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. Towards the end of the 18th century, these two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world. Humboldt, a Prussian aristocrat schooled for greatness, negotiates savannah and jungle, climbs the highest mountain then known to man, counts head lice on the heads of the natives, and explores every hole in the ground. Gauss, a man born in poverty who will be recognised as the greatest mathematician since Newton, does not even need to leave his home in Gottingen to know that space is curved. He can run prime numbers in his head, cannot imagine a life without women and yet jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. Measuring the World is a novel of rare charm and readability, distinguished by its sly humour and unforgettable characterization. It brings the two eccentric geniuses to life, their longings and their weaknesses, their balancing act between loneliness and love, absurdity and greatness, failure and success.

Sebastian Zollner is set on writing the biography of the painter Manuel Kaminski. Yet Kaminski – once a pupil of Matisse, now an ailing recluse – is not the kind of character to willingly embrace such a project. And Zollner – inept, charmless, and with scant knowledge of art history – is hardly the man to undertake it. So it’s a good job Sebastian has an ace up his sleeve, and that Kaminski will have little choice in the matter… Half road novel, half satire on the contemporary art scene, Kaminski and Me is a wryly humorous meditation on art, memory, and identity.

Ein kleiner Angestellter kommt ebenso uberraschend wie unverdient zu sehr viel Geld. Ein Junge findet in zielloser Gewalt den einzigen Ausweg aus der Langeweile der Sommerferien. Ein poetischer Elektriker schildert seine Passion: das Anzunden von Hausern... Daniel Kehlmanns Geschichten erzahlen von Menschen, die sich in der Alltaglichkeit ihres Daseins nach einem Ereignis sehnen, das ihr Leben verandert. Geschickt aufgebaute Spannung und subtile Ironie machen die Lekture zu einem abgrundigen Vergnugen.

Mit hintergrundigem Humor schildert Daniel Kehlmann das Leben zweier Genies: Alexander von Humboldt und Carl Friedrich Gau?. Er beschreibt ihre Sehnsuchte und Schwachen, ihre Gratwanderung zwischen Lacherlichkeit und Gro?e, Scheitern und Erfolg. Ein philosophischer Abenteuerroman von seltener Phantasie, Kraft und Brillanz.

Ein Schriftsteller mit der unheilvollen Neigung, Menschen, die ihm nahestehen, zu Literatur zu machen, ein verwirrter Internetblogger, ein Abteilungsleiter mit Doppelleben, ein beruhmter Schauspieler, der lieber unbekannt ware, eine alte Dame auf der Reise in den Tod: Ihre Wege kreuzen sich in einem Geflecht von Episoden zwischen Wirklichkeit und Schein. Ein Spiegelkabinett voll unvorhersehbarer Wendungen – komisch, tiefgrundig und elegant erzahlt vom Autor der «Vermessung der Welt». «Daniel Kehlmann hat mit seinem neuen Roman Weltliteratur geschaffen.» (Die Weltwoche)