Through in-depth conversations withfigures from diverse cultural, political, artistic, and intellectual backgrounds, aFranco-German panorama of freedom emerges: contradictory, personal, and open.

The focus isnot ondefinitions, but onbiographies. Not on ideals, but on experiences.Here, freedom appears as something that has been shaped—by socialization, social environments, resistance, opportunities, and individual perspectives on the world.

The book features contributions from:Bazon Brock, Boris Palmer, Raphaël Enthoven, Wolfgang Kubicki, Eva Ionesco, Michel Houellebecq, Roman Lipski, Ulf Poschardt, Charlotte Casiraghi, Marko Martin, Frauke Petry, Frédéric Lo, Zazie de Paris, and Philipp Peyman Engel.

The book does not synthesize these perspectives into a single truth, but opens up a space for reflection. It invites readers to find their own place within it and to examine their own conception of freedom.

Ute Cohen lives in Berlin as a writer, journalist, and host. Her interviews appear in renowned newspapers and magazines.

Alinguist and historian with a Ph.D., she worked formany years in Düsseldorf and Paris for leadingAmerican management consulting firmsand an international organization. She isan alumna of the German National Academic Foundation.

Hardcover book, €49.90
Available October 26—pre-orders now being accepted 

For his 70th birthday bestselling author Peter Prange a very special gift to all book enthusiasts: in his richly illustrated richly illustrated book of hours "All memory is the 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 - of his childhood in the Sauerland son of a bed dealer to the grave reserved for him reserved grave site 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 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 .

Hardcover book, €49.90

All memory is present - reading sample

Interview with Peter Prange