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Welcome at Droschl and thank you for your interest!

Droschl is in the German speaking world a well-known house for contemporary literature, publishing international authors like Lydia Davis, Oksana Sabuschko, Georgi Gospodinov or Julien Gracq as well as German writing authors like Iris Hanika, Ilma Rakusa, Thomas Stangl, Monique Schwitter, Friederike Gösweiner or Werner Schwab. The names speak for themselves, they stand for an attitude that does not consider literature as representation but as protest and comment from the fringe.

We want to address the reader’s curiosity, those who want to discover something, who focus on words, whose one great love is language, many languages, the innumerable manners of speech.

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New releases Autumn 2023:

Yolkland by Karoline Therese Marth

»A remarkable debut novel. As unobtrusive as it is genuine, this coming-of-age story with its laconic tone pretty much captures the emotional turmoil of growing up in the urban and patchwork jungle.« (Trend)

 

 

 

 

Good Man Leidegger by Bernhard Strobel
»In his new novel, Bernhard Strobel approaches the subject of masculinity in an unusually humorous way. A book about a small drama with great entertainment value.« (Florian Kölsch, ORF)

 

 

 

 

 

Mind Games about Tolerance by Marlene Streeruwitz

What does it take to leave behind a long tradition of intolerance and lack of freedom that runs through human history? What is the cultural context of tolerance and what does this mean for the worldwide introduction of tolerance? Marlene Streeruwitz reveals personal experiences, looks at everyday life and looks at the course of the world. A plea for tolerance as a way to enforce basic rights.

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Carolina Schuttis recent novel Ocean Breeze is recommended in new books in german: »With its striking fragmented structure and sparing yet beautiful use of language, Ocean Breeze is a haunting novel about undisclosed trauma, social marginalisation, coming of age in a rural community and how we establish a life for ourselves. Schutti’s sensitive way with words and keen eye for detail make this high-quality literary fiction with a captivatingly poetic touch.«

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Talented Trees by Bodo Hell is nominated for the Austrian Bookprize 2023:

Totally committed to factuality, Bodo Hell collects diverse, curious and interesting facts about Talented Trees like autumn leaves. From the maple to the Swiss stone pine, he gives a wide range of botanical, historical, cultural-historical, mystical and mythological, trivia, amazing, cunning and lists to the best and leads us through Austria’s past and present.

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