Horndal, Sissel
Máttaráhkkás weite Reise
A story from the Land of the Sami
When the wind rises in autumn, the bear wanders into the forest and the birds gather in large flocks, daylight disappears in the far north. People fall silent and look up at the stars.
There, in the dark celestial space, the gods are at home and they have great plans: A new life is to come into the world. Everyone lends a hand and Máttaráhkká sets off along a ray of sunlight on the long journey down to earth.
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Robson, Jenny
Tommy Mütze
A novel from South Africa
Dumisani and Doogal, aka Doo-Dudes, are great friends and never at a loss for a good idea. But when Tommy joins their class in the middle of the school year, they too are left speechless. This new kid wears a strange hat that only covers his eyes and he doesn't take it off in class or during sports. What do you say to that?! The Doo-Dudes puzzle over the reasons and soon the whole school is in an uproar. The tension grows from day to day, and it's not until Friday that the secret is revealed ...
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Miller, Kirsten
Hörst du, wie der Himmel singt?
A novel from South Africa
In a small house somewhere in the South African province, a mother raises three children: Zuko, Honey and Ash. Eight-year-old Zuko still doesn't speak, Honey is in poor health and seventeen-year-old Ash has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders.
Kirsten Miller paints a multi-layered picture of South Africa: There is love next to violence, poverty next to wealth. The path between fatalism and responsibility is narrow in this tense society. But in the end this moving and exciting novel is about human dignity, the right to self-determination and dealing with otherness without categorization.
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Yu, Pei-yun (Text) / Zhou, Jian-xin (Illustration)
Tsai Kun-lin – Complete Edition
A Graphic Novel from Taiwan
The four-part graphic novel about Tsai Kun-lin's life is a moving account of her personal fate and at the same time reflects the history of Taiwan over almost an entire century.
Author Yu Pei-yun and illustrator Zhou Jian-xin had many conversations with Tsai. With each volume of the graphic novel, we delve deeper into the historical context of Taiwan along the lines of his life and realise what political events can mean for an individual person.
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