Peter Prange

All memory is present

"Rarely have I stumbled into a book as accidentally as this one. But hardly any other book has proved to be so essential for me."

For his 70th birthday, bestselling author Peter Prange is giving all book enthusiasts a very special gift: in his richly illustrated book of hours "All Memory is Present", he tells his own life story. And his very personal insights into human existence between becoming and passing away.

He also gives an insight into his private photo album - from his childhood in the Sauerland as the son of a bed dealer to the grave reserved for him in the famous Tübingen city cemetery in close proximity to Hölderlin, Uhland and Walter Jens.

Peter Prange is the great novelist of German and European history. His historical novels such as "Das Bernstein-Amulett", "Unsere wunderbaren Jahre" and "Eine Familie in Deutschland" have been translated into a total of 24 languages and sold over three and a half million copies.

"All Memory is Present" is perhaps Peter Prange's most unusual book, and certainly his most personal. In it, the author steps out of the shadow of his work and enters the narrative stage as the protagonist himself: "What was past lives on - in our dreams, in our fears, in our stories. This book is my attempt to make some of these traces visible to myself. In remembering and telling. Of becoming and passing away. To visualize how the person I am became the person I was."

An enchanting, thought-provoking book. Not only for the many fans of Peter Prange's historical novels, but for everyone who appreciates wise thoughts with a good pinch of humor .