Only child

Einzlkind (* 20th century ) is the pseudonym of an anonymous German bestseller - author .

author

Little is known about the author Einzlkind . It is only undisputed that the author is a man. The information on his publisher's homepage is sparse: only child should live either in England or Germany ; he is a "militant non-smoker and seriously overweight". According to the publisher, his books published in German are not translation work, which suggests that German is his mother tongue.

reception

The first two novels by Einzlkind with the titles "Harold" and "Gretchen" were published by the publisher Edition Tiamat (Berlin) by the author Klaus Bittermann . According to the publisher, the author is said to have sent the manuscript for his first work “Harold” to the publisher without prior agreement; Despite thirty years of publishing experience, it was nevertheless accepted and became a surprise success.

Both individual books became bestsellers shortly after their publication. The licenses for foreign editions of "Harold" were sold to Italy, Spain and Korea. In the feature sections of the Frankfurter Rundschau , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the Tagesspiegel and the daily newspaper (taz) as well as in the online culture magazine Perlentaucher positive reviews of his works appeared; especially his wit and his “black British humor” were praised. In the audio book series “ Brigitte - stark Voices”, an abbreviated version of “Harold”, read by actor Benno Fürmann , was published in 2011 .

In September 2015, the third novel Einzlkinds with the title "Billy" was published by Insel-Verlag . At almost the same time, the Hamburg audio book publisher published an audio book version with actor Florian von Manteuffel as the narrator.

Works

• 2010 Harold , Roman, Edition Tiamat (Verlag Klaus Bittermann), Berlin, July 2010, paperback, 222 pages, ISBN 978-3-89320-142-6
• 2013 Gretchen , Roman, Edition Tiamat (Verlag Klaus Bittermann), Berlin, April 2013, 239 pages, ISBN 978-3-89320-176-1
• 2015 Billy , Roman, Insel-Verlag, Berlin, September 2015, 203 pages, ISBN 978-3-458-17647-3
• 2011 Brigitte - strong voices. Part: Benno Fürmann reads: "Harold" (abridged version) , audio book, Random House Audio , Cologne, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8371-0879-8
• 2015 Billy , audio book, audio book Hamburg, 6 CDs, 418 min., August 2015, ISBN 978-3-95713-018-1

Web links

• Online presence of team Einzlkind
• Short biography and reviews of works by Einzlkind at perlentaucher.de
• Radio report about "Harold" on radiokoeln.de, available online, 1:33 min.
• Morgenthau , Humor criticism about "Gretchen" in the satirical magazine Titanic , in October 2013, on titanic.magazin.de, accessed on 25 September 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presentation of the author on edition-tiamat.de, accessed on September 25, 2015 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} An antidepressant called Melvin , article by Oliver Junge on "Harold", June 25, 2010, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
3. ↑ ^{a b} Presentation of "Harold" on edition-tiamat.de, accessed on September 25, 2015 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ "Harold" in: Press review today in the feature pages , July 9, 2010, perlentaucher.de, accessed on September 25, 2015
5. ↑ Mealworm on Speed , article by Patrick Wildermann about "Gretchen", October 5, 2013, tagesspiegel.de, accessed on September 25, 2015
6. ↑ Every day becomes a theater , article about "Gretchen" by Gian-Philip Andreas, October 12, 2013, taz.de, accessed on September 25, 2015
7. ↑ Presentation of "Harold" on perlentaucher.de, accessed on September 25, 2015
8. ↑ Mealworm on Speed , article by Patrick Wildermann about "Gretchen", October 5, 2013, on tagesspiegel.de, accessed on September 25, 2015