Marschlande

Two women separated by centuries - the desire for self-determination that unites them "Marschlande" is the new novel by bestselling author Jarka KubsovaAbelke Bleken lives in the Hamburg marshlands in 1580. She runs a farm alone, defying seasons and tides. And she tries to hold her own against her neighbours in a time that is perilous for independent women. Almost five hundred years later, Britta Stoever moves to the marshlands with her husband and children. She has given up her job as a geographer for the family, the new home is still foreign to her. She takes long walks through the barren landscape, observes nature and learns to read the traces of the past in bracks and dike lines. In the process, Britta comes across the life of the Abelke, exclusions and injustices that are frighteningly current. Fascinated, she dives deeper and deeper - and realises how much she learns about herself in the life of the other woman. "Jarka Kubsova tells a furious and stirring story of two women, one who lived around 1580, the other in our present day, and in both fates one can wonderfully read how small the developmental steps in feminism have been so far. This novel resonates and is the very finest reading material." Daniela Dobernigg, cohen+dobernigg BUCHHANDEL "Worth reading until the last page and for me the novel of the year." Karla Paul, book column about "Bergland".