Das Geschenk

After "Trophy," the new novel by Gaea Schoeters explores the unavoidable global issues from a European perspective. Elephants in the middle of the city, and there are more and more of them. What is going on here? The Chancellor quickly realizes that the animals are not escaping from the zoo but are a gift from the President of Botswana. He has sent 20,000 elephants to Germany after the German government imposed an import ban on hunting trophies, thereby depriving the impoverished regions of Botswana of their livelihood. "You Europeans want to dictate how we should live. Maybe you should try it yourselves..." Gaea Schoeters approaches the existential themes of global coexistence from a different angle after her sensational success "Trophy" - and with brilliant humor. A new pleasure for reading and reflection.