Helmut Krausser, Breakup. Burns

Berlin Verlag - Episodic Novel - Hardcover - March 2019 - 256 pages

A big-city kaleidoscope brings couples together. In his new novel, Helmut Krausser juggles the strange behavior of sexually active people during the mating season with the means of a sophisticated soap opera. The author creates literature with a pull effect, full of wit and surprises.
Everyone is in a relationship with everyone, breakups are imminent. And also burns, not only because a fire breaks out in the middle of a lake.

• “Krausser traces the glories and desolations of love life closely, with a wink, but also with a sharp eye for detail. Basically not that funny, but thank God, there’s always something hilarious about it.” - Wiener Zeitung

• “Evil, merciless, yet heartwarming.” - Deutschlandfunk

• “If Woody Allen couldn’t come up with a script - he could take over this novel 1:1 and we would see the best Woody Allen movie ever. Until its premiere, we’re lucky to have such a bright and witty novel in our hands.” - Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitung

• “Krausser is a master of the ensemble novel.” - Spiegel Online

• “Amusing, entertaining and very enlightening!” - WDR 5

• ““Breakup.Burns” brings up a whole panopticon of strange characters, in which one recognizes oneself both frightened and amused. A literary soap opera.” - Neue Presse

• “A raging web of relationships” - Rolling Stone

• “Helmut Krausser juggles in his new novel with the means of a soap opera and creates literature with a pulling effect.” - Westdeutsche Allgemeine