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Esther Schüttpelz

Without Me

Published by Diogenes as Ohne mich

Original Title: Ohne mich

She’s mid-twenties, just finished with her studies, and divorced practically as soon as she’s married. What do you do when your first great love crashes and burns? The narrator of Esther Schüttpelz’ debut novel is still looking: for the reason why they split up; for a plan for the future; for friendship and intimacy and intoxication and forgetting. Sharp-witted, vulnerable and hilarious, she tells the story of the year after and in-between.

»›You can pay for the second wedding yourself‹, Mum says.«
Esther Schüttpelz

Contemporary Literature
208 pages
2023

978-3-257-07233-4

Esther

Schüttpelz

Esther Schüttpelz, born in Werne in 1993, studied law in Münster and worked as a lawyer before becoming an author. For her novel Without Me, she received the ›lit.Cologne Debut Prize‹ in 2023. She lives near Münster.

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Karoline Pilcz
Buchkultur, Vienna

»A debut with a fast pace and increasing narrative density.«

Vanessa Büchel
bluewin.ch, Zurich

»The Gen Z main character, by whom the work feels up-to-date, shines with self-irony. With all her edginess, she feels charming, humorous and real.«

Jan Drees
Deutschlandfunk, Cologne

»Without Me is the best debut I have read so far this year.«

Petra Pluwatsch
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Cologne

»Her debut novel impressively demonstrates the author's writing talent.«

Sabine Schereck
tip, Berlin

»What draws the reader into her trains of thought is her nonchalant and clever narrative tone.«

Jury of the ›lit.Cologne Debut Prize‹

»Esther Schüttpelz narrates with intelligent wit and radical urgency.«

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