THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN 2

• 100 years after Thomas Mann's novel: A tribute to a classic, a major novel that is purely Heinz Strunk.
• His previous bestseller Der goldene Handschuh sold more than 250,000 copies. Rights sold to the Czech Republic (Euromedia) and Finland (Sammakko).
• Es ist immer so schön mit dir and Ein Sommer in Niendorf were both nominated for the German Book Prize and sold 120,000 copies altogether.
• English sample translation available.

Jonas Heidbrink is a successful man. Before turning 30, he has already cashed in on his startup, meaning he never has to work again. However, Heidbrink is not well at all. So, one cold January day, he heads east to the desolate Mecklenburg countryside, where a castle-like building stands amidst swamps: the Sanatorium. Everything is very luxurious, but it is still a clinic for people with one issue or another. Heidbrink quickly finds himself enveloped in a routine of rounds and treatments and must decide whether to follow his misanthropy in the dining hall or try to connect with others. The people here – doctors, nurses, and patients – are unfamiliar to him, but they soon become his world.

However, the clinic appears to be struggling financially. An annex is closed, the staff is reduced, and there are rumors that the kitchen only reheats convenience food in the microwave. So one month follows another, until a mysterious accident occurs in the swamps.

"Heinz Strunk grows beyond himself until he almost looks like Thomas Mann." Neue Zürcher Zeitung on Sommer in Niendorf