Berlin Gothic
Berlin Gothic is a seven-part thriller series by the Berlin author Jonas Winner .
It was published by the author, Berlin Gothic Media , and is available as an e-book in Mobipocket or ePUB format. In addition, the seven parts were summarized in one volume on June 3, 2013 as a Knaur paperback. The first volume in the series was ranked third among the 2011 annual bestsellers in Amazon's Kindle shop , and the second part was ranked fourth. Berlin Gothic 1 held first place in the kindle Top100 for 66 days, longer than any other book so far.
The author's publisher describes his approach as follows:
“The author finances the time he needs to write his approx. 1200–1400 page, seven-part thriller by publishing the volumes of approx. 200 paperback pages one after the other. At the same time, however, this form of publication puts him under massive pressure. Hardly any reader is used to reading a thriller while the book is still being written! "
Volumes
| tape | title | Publication date | ISBN (mobi / kindle) | ISBN (ePUB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin Gothic | August 26, 2011 | ISBN 978-3-943542-01-1 | ISBN 978-3-943542-02-8 |
| 2 | The hidden city | September 22, 2011 | ISBN 978-3-943542-03-5 | ISBN 978-3-943542-04-2 |
| 3 | Xaver's end | October 31, 2011 | ISBN 978-3-943542-05-9 | ISBN 978-3-943542-06-6 |
| 4th | The hidden will | December 18, 2011 | ISBN 978-3-943542-07-3 | ISBN 978-3-943542-08-0 |
| 5 | At night at Max | 3rd February 2012 | ISBN 978-3-943542-09-7 | ISBN 978-3-943542-10-3 |
| 6th | The hidden meaning | March 21, 2012 | ISBN 978-3-943542-11-0 | ISBN 978-3-943542-12-7 |
| 7th | God machine | June 18, 2012 | ISBN 978-3-943542-13-4 | ISBN 978-3-943542-14-1 |
criticism
“As in the good old days of serial novels, Winner delivers his thriller bit by bit. The first volume is already written so effectively that you absolutely want to know how it will go on and stay breathlessly true to the series. The reader of “Berlin Gothic”, however, does not expect ambitious high literature, it is about exciting entertainment with powerful blasts. This is linguistically emphasized by an active staccato style, which underlines the understanding of "yesterday" and "today" by alternating between past tense and presence. "
“Berlin Gothic is definitely only marginally about solving a bizarre series of murders and finding the perpetrator. But if you like somewhat opaque narratives with an apparently higher message like in the TV series "Lost" or like David Lynch , you should get your money's worth with "Berlin Gothic". "
Web links
- Berlin Gothic on the website of Jonas Winner
Individual evidence
- ^ Jonas Winner: Berlin Gothic . Paperback . Online at droemer-knaur.de. Retrieved September 2, 2013. ISBN 978-3-426-51390-3
- ↑ Digital breakthrough? . Online at buchreport.de from January 2, 2012, accessed on May 12, 2012.
- ↑ a b Press release from Berlin Gothic Media Verlag on openpr.de from February 6, 2012, accessed on May 12, 2012.
- ↑ Frieling : Berlin Gothic: E-Book_Bestseller mit Lokalkolorit ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Blog. Online at literaturzeitschrift.blog.de on March 14, 2012, accessed on May 12, 2012.
- ^ Critique of the book on popshot.over-blog.de from August 18, 2013, accessed on August 25, 2013.
