Moon Gazing on a Moonless Night / Mondbetrachtung in mondloser Nacht
On Poetry
Literature lets us see the moon even when it is not visible. It is the most immaterial of all arts, creating entire worlds out of nothing. It’s amazing. How does it manage to do that? It is the art form that most clearly challenges the imagination. It makes the absent become present, and in doing so, it calls into question what we generally consider to be reality.
This volume brings together a series of reflections: Texts that literally reflect on something, ponder...
This volume brings together a series of reflections: Texts that literally reflect on something, ponder...
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Literature lets us see the moon even when it is not visible. It is the most immaterial of all arts, creating entire worlds out of nothing. It’s amazing. How does it manage to do that? It is the art form that most clearly challenges the imagination. It makes the absent become present, and in doing so, it calls into question what we generally consider to be reality.
This volume brings together a series of reflections: Texts that literally reflect on something, ponder something – such as the essence of beauty. Each of these reflections is a school of seeing that explores the unknown and the mystery of that which we supposedly know. And each of them gives us an insight into the thinking and literary methods of one of the most masterful poets and most exciting prose writers of our time.
This volume brings together a series of reflections: Texts that literally reflect on something, ponder something – such as the essence of beauty. Each of these reflections is a school of seeing that explores the unknown and the mystery of that which we supposedly know. And each of them gives us an insight into the thinking and literary methods of one of the most masterful poets and most exciting prose writers of our time.
»Amidst the wealth of allusions and perceptions, this ease is surprising.« Tobias Lehmkuhl, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»Her writing is extraordinary, she tells stories in a radically different way [...] The sensuality of her language is downright intoxicating.« DIE WELT
»Brilliant and with the usual virtuosity [...] This clever, delicately composed collection of texts demonstrates depth and inspires one to explore.« Maria Renhardt, Die Furche
»Her writing is extraordinary, she tells stories in a radically different way [...] The sensuality of her language is downright intoxicating.« DIE WELT
»Brilliant and with the usual virtuosity [...] This clever, delicately composed collection of texts demonstrates depth and inspires one to explore.« Maria Renhardt, Die Furche
»Amidst the wealth of allusions and perceptions, this ease is surprising.« Tobias Lehmkuhl, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»Her writing is extraordinary, she tells stories in a radically different way [...] The sensuality of her language is downright intoxicating.« DIE WELT
»Brilliant and with the usual virtuosity [...] This clever, delicately composed collection of texts demonstrates depth and inspires one to explore.«...
»Her writing is extraordinary, she tells stories in a radically different way [...] The sensuality of her language is downright intoxicating.« DIE WELT
»Brilliant and with the usual virtuosity [...] This clever, delicately composed collection of texts demonstrates depth and inspires one to explore.«...
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2016, 222 pages
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Marion Poschmann receives Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2023
The jury recognises Marion Poschmann as »one of the most radical poets of our time« and awards the prize for her oeuvre.DISCOVER
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Marion Poschmann receives Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2023
The jury recognises Marion Poschmann as »one of the most radical poets of our time« and awards the prize for her oeuvre.Persons
Marion Poschmann
Author
Marion Poschmann was born in Essen in 1969 and currently lives in Berlin. Her works of poetry and prose have been honoured many times. Her volume of poetry Geliehene Landschaften was nominated for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2016. Her novel Die Kieferninseln was shortlisted for the German Book Prize in 2017 and for the International Booker Prize in 2019.
Marion Poschmann
Author
Marion Poschmann was born in Essen in 1969 and currently lives in Berlin. Her works of poetry and prose have been honoured many times....
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2023
Marion PoschmannYear of Publication: 2023
Chorus of the Erinyes
Her husband left the house in a hurry without further explanation. A friend from childhood days turns up unexpectedly, and her usually reserved mother suddenly wields a mysterious power. Mathilda,...
Rights sold to:
Denmark (Forlaget Klara W.)
Year of Publication: 2020
Marion PoschmannYear of Publication: 2020
Nimbus
Nimbus, the dark cloud, is a manifestation of momentum, splendour, vastness, and yet it belongs to the realm of the amorphous, impalpable. It takes effect, it determines the atmosphere, at the...
Rights sold to:
Italy (Del Vecchio)
Year of Publication: 2017
Marion PoschmannYear of Publication: 2017
The Pine Islands
Gilbert Silvester, a lecturer and researcher on beard fashions in film, is in shock. The previous night he dreamt that his wife was cheating on him. In one sudden, irrational act he leaves her,...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Serpent’s Tail), Spanish world rights (Hoja de Lata), Chinese simplex rights (People's Oriental Publishing & Media Co.), Russia (Mann, Ivanov & Ferber), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Estação Liberdade), Portuguese rights (Relogio D'Agua), France (Stock), Italy (Bompiani), Netherlands (Ambo / Anthos), Sweden (Norstedts), Denmark (Forlaget Klara W.), Norway (Cappelen Damm), Czech Republic (Paseka), Bulgaria (Vakon), Lithuania (Gelmes), Turkey (Harfa), Macedonia (Artkonekt), Montenegro (OFK Doo)
Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (steinbach sprechende bücher)
Year of Publication: 2016
Marion PoschmannYear of Publication: 2016
Borrowed Sceneries
»Borrowed sceneries« are a traditional stylistic element in East Asian garden art. A scenery beyond the gardens, often a mountian or an imposing building, is deliberately included in...
Rights sold to:
Italy (Del Vecchio)
Year of Publication: 2013
Marion PoschmannYear of Publication: 2013
Sun Position
»The sun disintegrated.«
Marion Poschmann’s long-awaited new novel is about Germany from the perspective of the grandchildren of war. A novel about the power of time, about memory and...
Rights sold to:
Bulgaria (Funtasy)
Year of Publication: 2010
Marion PoschmannYear of Publication: 2010
Seeing Ghosts
In her new volume of poetry Seeing Ghosts, Marion Poschmann approaches the invisible via the visible: the void, time, the reasons and abysses of the ego. In doing so, she exploits the complexity of perception and goes to limits of how far one can advance with the power of imagination. Her lyrical I proceeds to the point of vagueness and observes from there how reality is created and...