Der Pfau

Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Award 2016
Spiegel-Bestseller – highest position #7
English and French sample translations available

Der Bestseller feiert sein 10-jähriges Jubiläum mit einer hübschen Geschenkausgabe! Erscheint im attraktiven Geschenkbuchformat (9,2 x 14,4 cm). Passt in jede Hand- und Hosentasche.

»Einer der Pfauen war verrückt geworden« - und damit bringt er das Teambuilding-Wochenende einer Gruppe von Investmentbankern in den schottischen Highlands gehörig durcheinander. 

Über 700.000 verkaufte Exemplare dieser subtilen Komödie in bester britischer Manier, die in Starbesetzung verfilmt wurde.

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  • Publisher: KiWi-Taschenbuch
  • Release: 12.02.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-01058-9
  • 256 Pages
  • Author: Isabel Bogdan
Der Pfau
Isabel Bogdan Der Pfau
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Isabel Bogdan

Isabel Bogdan born in 1968, studied English and Japanese. She has translated Jane Gardam, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Safran Foer, among others. She received the Hamburg Prize for Literary Translation in 2006 and the Hamburg Prize for Literature in 2011. Her novel Der Pfau ( The Peacock ) was published in 2016, followed by Laufen ( Running ) in 2019. Both novels were made into films. She has also published two non-fiction books and several short stories. Rights to her novels have been sold to Canada, the Netherlands and Spain .

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