AmazonCrossing will be publishing six new books this spring, never before available in the English language: “The Hangman’s Daughter” by Oliver Pötzsch; “No Reserve: The Limit of Absolute Power” by Martín Redrado; “Old Town” by Lin Zhe; “Pizzicato: The Abduction of the Magic Violin” by Rusalka Reh; and “Pepita Jimenez” by Juan Valera; The AmazonCrossing editions of these forthcoming novels will be available in print format at amazon.com and other booksellers, and as wireless digital downloads from the Kindle Store.
AmazonCrossing uses customer feedback and other data from Amazon sites around the world to identify exceptional books deserving of a wider, global audience. AmazonCrossing announced its first title, Tierno Monénembo’s award-winning novel, “The King of Kahel,” in May 2010.
“The Hangman’s Daughter” by Oliver Pötzsch takes place in Germany in 1660. When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play in his small Bavarian town.
Whispers and dark memories of witch trials and the women burned at the stake 70 years earlier still haunt the streets of Schongau. When more children disappear and an orphan boy is found dead—marked by the same tattoo—the mounting hysteria threatens to erupt into chaos. “The Hangman’s Daughter” is the first novel from German television screenwriter Pötzsch, a descendent of the Kuisls, a famous Bavarian executioner clan.
“The Hangman’s Daughter,” which was translated by Lee Chadeayne, will be published on Dec. 7.
“No Reserve: The Limit of Absolute Power,” by the former president of Argentina’s Central Bank Martín Redrado, exposes the reckless policies that nearly destroyed his country’s economy.
Readers will learn how this Harvard-educated veteran of Wall Street and prominent Latin American economist was appointed by then President Nestor Kirchner to lead Argentina through difficult economic times.
“No Reserve,” which was translated by Dan Newland, will be published on Jan. 11, 2011.
In “Old Town,” Lin Zhe—one of China’s most prolific writers today—paints an unforgettable picture of an ordinary family caught up in the maelstrom that was China’s most recent century. Praised as China’s “Gone With the Wind,” “Old Town” ranges across the entire length of China, to California and back again, to the battlefields of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the brutality of the Cultural Revolution. Spanning the genres of romance, memoir, historical fiction and allegory, for the non-Chinese reader it will provide a rare and moving insight into Chinese lives in a century of fearsome upheaval. “Old Town,” translated by George Fowler, will be published on Jan. 25, 2011.
“Pizzicato: The Abduction of the Magic Violin,” by celebrated German author Rusalka Reh, is an exciting whodunit that follows an orphan after he befriends an eccentric violinmaker. AmazonCrossing’s first Young Adult title, “Pizzicato” features orphan Darius Dorian, who discovers a magical violin during a school project. “Pizzicato,” translated by David Henry Wilson, will be published on Feb. 8, 2011. This book is the first of three books by Reh that will be published by AmazonCrossing.
“Pepita Jimenez” by Juan Valera is the best known of the 19th century diplomat’s eight novels, and this English translation is the first in many years since the original publication in 1874. When a priest-in-training leaves the seminary to return to the village of his birth, he becomes captivated by his father’s lovely fiancée and is torn between his human desires and his sacred calling. This engaging introduction to a Spanish literary master, translated by Katherine Illescas, will be published on Feb. 22, 2011.
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