Author Reading

A village, the world - and the longing for a self-determined life. This is the theme of the successful novel "Two Lives" (2024) by bestseller author Ewald Arenz. In 1971 in a village in southern Germany, two women struggle for self-fulfillment. There is twenty-year-old Roberta Strasser, who would love to design beautiful dresses in Paris - but as the only child of her parents, she has to help on the farm. Then there is Gertrud, the pastor's wife, originally from Hamburg. After 20 years of country living, she longs to escape the village and her stale marriage.

About the author:
Ewald Arenz, born in 1965 in Nuremberg, is one of the most productive, successful, and versatile authors in Germany. His recent novels "Old Varieties" (2019), "The Great Summer" (2021), and "Love on Bad Days" (2023) were on the Spiegel bestseller list for years, became SPIEGEL annual bestsellers, and were translated into many languages and received numerous awards. Awards: 2004 Bavarian Art Promotion Award; 2021 "The Great Summer" Favorite Book of Independents; 2024 Euregio Student Literature Prize 2023 for "Old Worries"; 2025 Wolfram von Eschenbach Prize for literary work.

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