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UND FEDERN ÜBERALL de Nava Ebrahimi

Award-winning author Nava Ebrahimi immerses us in the world of a provincial backwater, weaving the lives of six people into a stunning social novel that asks whether it is possible to retain our humanity and compassion in the face of adversity. For fans of Jenny Erpenbeck, Dörte Hansen and Lucy Fricke.

UND FEDERN ÜBERALL
(Feathers Everywhere)
by Nava Ebrahimi
Luchterhand/PRH Germany, August 2025

A small town, six people embarking on a new chapter in their lives, and one day that changes everything

The fog lingers over the fields and the canal. In the small town of Lasseren near the Dutch border, it is as if winter were refusing to end. Nothing much happens here, in the flatlands. Anyone looking for work inevitably ends up at Möllring, the gigantic poultry slaughterhouse on the edge of town. Here, a handful of people has woken up this Monday morning with great expectations: single mum Sonia hopes to get a job far away from the conveyor belt and portioning machine; for young engineer Anna, more or less everything depends on today’s trial run of the latest automation solution; meanwhile, Merkhausen – a process optimisation manager with a weakness for Polish women whose wife has left him – is looking forward to a first date tonight; Nassim, a visually impaired refugee from Afghanistan, has got himself entangled with Justyna, who is twenty years older than him, and is convinced his poems will soften the hearts of German bureaucrats; and German-Iranian author Roshi has travelled all the way from Cologne to translate the poems for him.

When a careless cyclist breaks Nassim’s cane right in the middle of town, and the story is picked up by the local radio station, Nassim becomes a local legend – but more than that too: he inspires people to look their truth squarely in the eye.

Nava Ebrahimi, born in Tehran in 1978, is one of Austrian literature’s most exciting new voices. She is the winner of the 2021 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, and her novel Sechzehn Wörter (« Sixteen words ») won the Austrian Book Prize and the Morgenstern Prize. After studying journalism and economics in Cologne, she became editor at Financial Times Deutschland and at the Cologne-based Stadtrevue. She has been shortlisted for the Open Mike debut prize, and has attended the Bavarian Academy of Writing. Alongside her novels, she also writes a column for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

HEILEN & GENIEßEN d’Elisa Dag

Promote natural hormone balance with an anti-inflammatory diet. Vegan, high-protein, high-fibre, nutrient-rich and gluten-free cooking & baking.

HEILEN & GENIEßEN
(Heal & Enjoy)
by Elisa Dag
Yuna/PRH Germany, July 2025

Silent inflammation, hormonal imbalance, chronic fatigue – many of these complaints do not arise overnight, yet they are often not taken seriously. This book is for anyone who longs for a greater connection with their body and wants to understand what really lies behind fatigue, skin problems or mood swings.

Elisa Dag sensitively shows how an overworked liver, a stressed intestine and permanent inflammatory processes can disrupt hormonal balance and how we can regain balance through conscious, natural nutrition and gentle impulses from naturopathy.

This is not about dogmatic rules or short-term trends, but about a deep understanding of the body’s signals. With holistic knowledge, everyday tips and over 85 nourishing recipes that have a natural anti-inflammatory and hormone-friendly effect, this book accompanies you on your journey to more energy, clarity and well-being.

Particularly valuable: the book includes a 3-week intensive programme that supports you step by step in relieving, building up and stabilising your body – suitable for everyday use, nutrient-rich and lovingly guided.

In addition, the four phases of the cycle are discussed, with accompanying knowledge and tips on how you can better align your diet, energy levels and body awareness with your hormonal rhythm.

With lots of practical tips on vegan, protein-rich, anti-inflammatory and gluten-free cooking and baking, as well as inspiration from naturopathy to help you strengthen your body holistically.

Elisa Dag is a holistic nutritionist specialising in naturopathy, a fitness trainer and mother of four. She is passionate about combining nutrition, exercise and a healthy lifestyle. She offers hula hoop and running courses, among other things, to get people moving holistically. On Instagram, she inspires over 180,000 followers at @fitmitelisa with simple, plant-based recipes that are gluten-free, sugar-free and, above all, anti-inflammatory. Her approach combines modern nutrition science with proven naturopathic knowledge to provide lasting support for the gut, liver, hormones and immune system.

TREPPE AUS PAPIER de Henrik Szántó

What stories would the walls tell, if they could speak? A house and its inhabitants, from the Nazi era to the present day. For fans of Imre Kertész, Saša Stanišić and Jenny Erpenbeck.

TREPPE AUS PAPIER
(Paper Stairs)
by Henrik Szántó
Blessing Verlag/PRH Germany, August 2025

When 15-year-old Nele Bittner and 90-year-old Irma Thon meet in the stairwell of a four-storey period building, their conversation breathes life into what Nele always thought was boring old history.

The narrator of Nele and Irma’s story is the house itself, whose walls, hallways, pipes and nooks and crannies harbour the memories of all those who have lived in it over the past hundred years. Irma has a special connection to the building: she and her Nazi-supporting parents lived here when she was a child. Nele, meanwhile, lives on the top floor, in a flat once occupied by the Sternheim family – and Irma feels responsible for what happened to them.

For this house, everything happens simultaneously: when little Ruth Sternheim skips down the stairs, the house remembers the SA who, years later, will smash the window of the Sternheims’ ground-floor watch shop with their truncheons. While Irma looks back on her life, Nele’s questioning of her own family brings to light things they had hoped to suppress.

A daring, courageous novel about remembrance, responsibility and the shadow cast by history.

Henrik Szántó, born in 1988, is a half-Hungarian, half-Finnish author and presenter living in Hannover. He performs as a spoken word artist on stages across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and has won several fellowships. He also works as an instructor, running poetry, creative writing, public speaking and performance skills seminars, and stages events showcasing both new and experienced voices. He is particularly interested in multilingualism, remembrance and multiculturalism.

DIE WELLE DEINER EMOTIONEN de Betty Ebner

Understand your nervous system and learn to regulate your emotions – for greater inner peace and emotional stability.

DIE WELLE DEINER EMOTIONEN
(The Wave of Your Emotions)
by Betty Ebner
Yuna-Publishing/PRH Germany, November 2025

In this book, I take you on a journey back to yourself; to your body, your feelings, your inner sea.

Perhaps you sometimes feel overwhelmed by yourself. Your emotions are too loud and your everyday life too fast. Your nervous system is in a constant state of alarm. You function – but you no longer feel. Or only in extremes.

I know this place. I’ve been there. And I found my way back. Not because I had « it under control », but because I learned to accompany myself.

This book is not a guide to functioning. It is an invitation to feel yourself again; to recognise yourself in your depths and learn how to deal safely with everything that is inside you – even when it is stormy at times.

« The Wave of Your Emotions » combines personal stories, scientific background and practical ideas for your everyday life. It is a book for anyone who no longer wants to run away – but wants to learn to stay.

For everyone who wants to feel without losing themselves. And for everyone who knows that healing is not a decision – it is an experience.

Betty Ebner (b. 1998) has spent more than five years working in the fields of character development, mindset and discovering your inner child. What started as a personal journey has become a vocation, and she now has thousands of followers on social media, where she helps them lead a happier and emotionally independent life. She also teaches online courses and is a popular life coach. She lives in Austria with her husband and young daughter.

ERFÜLLTER LEBEN MIT MINIMALISMUS d’Adina Markowz

From a full life to a fulfilled life – rethinking minimalism – self-awareness instead of renunciation.

ERFÜLLTER LEBEN MIT MINIMALISMUS
(Living the Fulfilled Life through Minimalism)
by Adina Markowz
Irisiana/PRH Germany, April 2025

Adina Markowz does not do with giving things up, but the only things she has are those that suit her life. To find out what really works for you and your life, the ‘Minimalism Muse’, as she calls herself, has created a 40-step program that can be implemented in everyday life.

The author does not advocate any kind of extremism: you don’t have to throw away, give away, or sell 90 percent of your possessions the very next day. Adina’s playful minimalism will lend you more energy, lightness, and clarity rather than the stresses of optimization, abstention, or a guilty conscience. She is more focused on the happy medium of less, with a deep self-knowledge and personal fulfillment – and the questions: What makes you happy? What do you need? And what is simply unnecessary ballast hindering you in your life?

Adina Markowz is known and loved on Instagram as the « Minimalism Muse ». As a coach, she helps people free themselves from material and mental baggage, thereby helping them find more joy, lightness, and energy.