Die Projektoren

The new novel by Clemens Meyer: An epic about the crises of Europe and the art of storytelling. From Leipzig to Belgrade, from the GDR to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, from the spectacle of the big screen to the adventure novel. “The Projectors” tells ruthlessly and rapidly about our present, which is crashing against the past – and about incomparable characters: In the Velebit Mountains, a former partisan experiences the adventurous filming of the Winnetou movies. Decades later, brutal battles of the Yugoslav Wars take place in exactly these locations – right in the middle is a group of young right-wing radicals from Dortmund, who must confront the futility of their ideology. And in Leipzig, during a conference at a psychiatric clinic, the writings of a former patient are discussed: How did he manage to disappear without a trace? Could he predict the future? And what connects him to the world traveler Dr. May, who was once also a patient at the clinic?.