The author Till Raether is best known to friends of crime fiction.
His commissioner Danowski has already been filmed for ZDF, and the sixth volume in the series will appear in the fall.
This summer, however, two more books by Till Raether were published.
On the one hand, the book “Am I already depressed, or is that still life?” About life with moderate depression.
“I never thought of killing myself.
I just thought very often of lying down and not getting up again, ”is the first sentence.
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And the third was “Treue Seelen”, a novel about West Berlin in the eighties.
This is where Achim, an employee of the Federal Institute for Materials Testing, who once dreamed of something else, begins a relationship with his neighbor Marion, who is ten years older than him.
In order to help her sister who was left behind in the GDR, he puts himself in danger.
Till Raether himself grew up in West Berlin during this time and talks about the divided city and this strange republic in Aspik.
“Treue Seelen” was published by btb, has 352 pages and costs 20 euros.
“Am I already depressed, or is that still life?” Is available from Rowohlt, has 128 pages and costs 14 euros.
Review of the television adaptation of "Blutapfel", the first Danowski crime thriller, on ZDF
Conversation with Till Raether about moderate depression and his book "Am I already depressed, or is that still life?"
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