Sea of Ink (10 page)
Authors: Richard Weihe
Tags: #German, #Biographical, #China, #Historical, #Fiction
Peirene curates its books according to themes. Each year we publish a new series – three books which form a cluster in terms of style and/or content. All our authors are awardwinners and bestsellers in their own country.
FEMALE VOICE: INNER REALITIES
1
Beside the Sea
by Véronique Olmi
Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
‘It should be read.’ guardian
2
Stone in a Landslide
by Maria Barbal
Translated from the Catalan by Laura McGlaughlin and Paul Mitchell
‘Understated power.’
FINANCIAL TIMES
3
Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman
by Friedrich Christian Delius
Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
‘A small masterpiece.’
TLS
MALE DILEMMA: QUESTS FOR INTIMACY
4
Next World Novella
by Matthias Politycki
Translated from the German by Anthea Bell
‘Inventive and deeply affecting.’
INDEPENDENT
5
Tomorrow Pamplona
by Jan van Mersbergen
Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson
‘An impressive work.’
DAILY MAIL
6
Maybe This Time
by Alois Hotschnig
Translated from the Austrian German by Tess Lewis
‘Weird, creepy and ambiguous.’
GUARDIAN
NEW IN 2012
SMALL EPIC: UNRAVELLING SECRETS
7
The Brothers
by Asko Sahlberg
Translated from the Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah
‘Intensely visual.’
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
8
The Murder of Halland
by Pia Juul
Translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken
‘Dazzling.’
EKSTRA BLADET
9
Sea of Ink
by Richard Weihe
Translated from the Swiss German by Jamie Bulloch
‘A two-hour enchantment.’
KULTURSPIEGEL
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AUTHOR
Richard Weihe studied drama and philosophy in Zurich and Oxford. His poetic biographies of influential artists have earned him a wide readership.
Sea of Ink
, published in Switzerland in 2005, won the Prix des Auditeurs de la Radio Suisse Romande. In 2010 he published
Ocean of Milk
based on the life of the Indian-Hungarian painter Amrita Sher-Gil.
TRANSLATOR
Jamie Bulloch has worked as a professional translator from German since 2001. His works include books by Paulus Hochgatterer and Alissa Walser. Jamie has translated
Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman
by FC Delius (Title No 3) for Peirene and he is the author of
Karl Renner: Austria
.
First published in English in 2012
by Peirene Press, 17 Cheverton Road, London, N19 3BB
www.peirenepress.comThis ebook edition first published in 2012.
First published under the original title MEER DER TUCHE by Nagel and Kimche, 2003
Copyright © Richard Weihem, 2003This translation © Jamie Bulloch, 2012
This work has been translated with the financial support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.The right of Richard Weihe to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
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ISBN 978–1–9086700–6–9
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Designed by Sacha Davison-Lunt.
Supported by Arts Council England – lottery funded.