Tschick

Mother in rehab, father on a business trip with his assistant: Maik Klingenberg will spend the summer holidays alone by the pool of his parents' villa. But then Tschick shows up. Tschick, whose real name is Andrej Tschichatschow, comes from one of the high-rises in Hellersdorf, has somehow made it from a special school to a regular high school, and doesn’t exactly seem like a model of integration. Moreover, he has a stolen car at his disposal. And thus begins an unforgettable journey without map or compass through the summer-scorched German countryside.

The story of this novel is unique: ten years after its first publication, it has sold millions of copies, been translated into nearly forty languages, successfully adapted into a film, and for years has been the most performed play on German-speaking stages. Above all, for countless readers of all ages, the story of Maik, Tschick, and Isa is one of the great reading adventures of their lives.

The expanded new edition, a bibliophile clothbound volume, includes an additional chapter of the novel, a postscript on the history and impact of the novel, and a detailed portrait of the author by Tobias Rüther.