The Rosie Project

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The Rosie Project , original title: The Rosie Project , is a novel and the first work of Graeme Simsion . It was published on January 30, 2013 by Text Publishing . It was published in Great Britain by Penguin Books , in the USA by Simon & Schuster and in Germany by S. Fischer Verlag . The translation is by Annette Hahn . In Germany it was published on December 23, 2013.

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Autistic geneticist Don Tillman organized his life perfectly. In order to avoid any inefficiency, he perfectly measured the time required for each activity. Although he has a high IQ, is physically healthy, lives in orderly finances and his social status as a university professor makes him a perfect partner, he has great difficulties with human relationships, which he finds highly irrational and confusing. He decides to get married.

In order to find the perfect bride as effectively as possible, he starts the wife project. He drafts a 16-page questionnaire with a detailed requirement profile. She should be punctual, organized and not vegan, not smoking, not drinking and not wasting her time reading horoscopes.

But then he met bartender Rosie Jarmann of all people. To Don's surprise, it turns out that Rosie is working on her PhD in psychology at the university . She is looking for her birth father. For this she needs Don's help. Little by little, Rosie throws more and more of Don's habits upside down.

They set out to do a secret DNA test on a potential father in New York . Rosie simply throws the schedule carefully planned by Don overboard, his meticulously conceived life becomes more and more unbalanced.

At home in Australia, Don tries to break up with Rosie, but comes to the conclusion that he is in love with Rosie. After some persuasion they get engaged, and Rosie is reconciled with her stepfather Phil. In the end, Don Phil tests successfully as a father.

Movie

In September 2014 it was confirmed that Sony Pictures had acquired film rights for The Rosie Project. Simsion also wrote an initial draft of the script. He wrote the final script with Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber .

criticism

  • The West: "A humorous fairy tale for adults"
  • Norbert Zähringer, Die Welt: "A very classic romantic comedy."

Bestseller list

The softcover book was at number 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list between week 15/2015 and week 27/2015. The hardcover came up to number 3.

Awards

  • International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Ireland , longlist, 2015
  • Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year, Winner, 2014
  • Australian Book Industry's General Fiction Book of the Year, Winner, 2014
  • Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, shortlist, 2014
  • Best Debut Fiction, Independent Booksellers of Australia Awards, Shortlist, 2014
  • Waverton Good Read Award, United Kingdom , shortlist, 2014
  • The Indie Awards, shortlist, 2014
  • Victorian Premier's Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript, Winner, 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hahn, Annette,: The Rosie Project Roman (Fischer TaschenBibliothek) . 1st edition. FISCHER Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-596-52083-1 , pp. 432 .
  2. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr, Mike Fleming Jr: 'Rosie Project' Has Lord & Miller Circling To Helm Neustadter & Weber Script. In: Deadline. September 23, 2014, accessed December 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Maren Schürmann: "The Rosie Project" tells of unpredictable love. February 4, 2014, accessed December 16, 2018 .
  4. ^ Norbert Zähringer: The Rosie Project, already in the cinema. welt.de, February 8, 2014, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  5. ↑ book report. Accessed December 21, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ book report. Accessed December 21, 2018 (German).
  7. ↑ The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion — You Don't Find Love, Love Finds You . 2016, ISBN 978-1-922147-84-4 ( com.au [accessed December 16, 2018]).