Lin Hierse is a writer and editor based in Berlin. Her short stories, columns and essays have been published in various literary magazines and newspapers, and she is the author of two highly acclaimed novels, Das Verschwinden der Welt (2024) and Wovon wir träumen (2022). In 2026, Lin Hierse is the Max Kade Writer-in-Residence at the University of Michigan.
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Publishing 3 September 2026 What brings people to today’s Berlin, what makes them stay? For some, the city is a place of refuge, from war and persecution, bigotry or boredom. For others, it’s the history or the nightlife or the broad green spaces that attract them – or haunt them. And a few are just …
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Berlin Babel
BookPre-order 13.99 GBPB-format paperback with French flaps
176 pages3 September 2026