tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post5499741914668221266..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: German crime fiction: Swann, Wagner, et alKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-71489992632442072942011-09-07T10:01:52.577+09:302011-09-07T10:01:52.577+09:30Unknown - please use the kontactr me link to leave...Unknown - please use the kontactr me link to leave a request.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-49955655486149136222011-09-07T09:12:14.355+09:302011-09-07T09:12:14.355+09:30Hi,sorry to leave an unrelated comment, but I coul...Hi,sorry to leave an unrelated comment, but I couldn’t find any contact info for you. I’m wondering if you’d be interested in a guest post. Please drop me an e-mail. Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838355028981890290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-14785907367036885622011-09-07T05:45:42.146+09:302011-09-07T05:45:42.146+09:30On the one hand I think it is embarrassing that I ...On the one hand I think it is embarrassing that I have only read one German crime novel, Jan costin Wagner´s Ice Moon, but I read some German literature when I studied German for a short period, and I found that even stranger than Maxine finds their crime fiction.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-38366117016596364872011-09-06T18:12:32.150+09:302011-09-06T18:12:32.150+09:30I have found BUNKER by Schenkel on Kindle so I'...I have found BUNKER by Schenkel on Kindle so I'll give that a try MaxineKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-60790421642950684222011-09-06T18:02:06.257+09:302011-09-06T18:02:06.257+09:30Splinter is the Fitzek title I forgot earlier.Splinter is the Fitzek title I forgot earlier.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-30901273416660688692011-09-06T17:17:14.061+09:302011-09-06T17:17:14.061+09:30I've found the German crime fiction I've r...I've found the German crime fiction I've read a little strange in a sort of similar way that I can't quite put my finger on. Read Anna Maria Schenkel and see what I mean (her novels are very short). One German author/book I can recommend if you like the "dark journey into the soul" kind of novel is The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr. A thriller author who is massively popular there but whom I cannot get on with is Sebastian Fitzek (Therapy and a new one whose title I forget but I have read it). Reality shifts and claustrophobia. Another one I can recommend is Juli Zeh's Dark Matter which plays with the concepts of twins and doubles, with a scientific theme. As you mention, Jan Costin Wagner writes haunting books but he sets them in Finland so I never know what country to count him in! (He shares a translator with Andrea Maria Schenkel).Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-60041032633824461752011-09-06T07:37:48.604+09:302011-09-06T07:37:48.604+09:30Similarly to you Kerrie, I've noticed that the...Similarly to you Kerrie, I've noticed that the Germans have a huge appetite for crime fiction. Germany is a much, much bigger market than the UK, in terms of readers and sales - but here in NZ (and I imagine in Australia too), we tend to publicise authors who do well in the UK moreso than authors who do well in other non-English language countries. Colonial ties and all that, I guess. <br /><br />When I was doing a large feature on Swedish crime back in early 2009, I discovered a lot more about crime fiction in Germany, and how some authors became very popular in Germany before they were really noticed in the US/UK - such as Stieg Larsson, and Linwood Barclay. Of course from a NZ perspective, I've since thought that since Paul Cleave does so very well in Germany, that might be a good sign for his eventual bestseller status in the US/UK - as Germany can sometimes be a bit of the 'canary in the coal mine' when it comes to spotting crime writers on the rise. <br /><br />In terms of authors translated from German, like you, I haven't read many - in my case Andrea Maria Schenkel and Bernhard Schlink - the latter is famous for THE READER, but he's actually written several crime novels as well.Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.com