Boy with a Black Rooster

Overview

Reviews

"Boy with a Black Rooster ventures to some terrifying places, but in true fairy-tale fashion, it also reassures and inspires thanks to its hero’s humility and valor."—Foreword Reviews

‘This appears light as a feather, yet elaborately crafted all the same.’ — Rose-Maria Gropp in her laudatory speech for the Mara Cassens Prize

‘And – this is important – she has proven that for this there exists a language filled with poetry, wit and courage.’ — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

‘Magnificently superimposes the probable with the improbable, all the while connecting life and death with great intelligence and narrative proficiency.’ —  Pierre Deshusses , Le Monde des livres

‘A debut that is both admirable and truly unique.’ —  Jean-Baptiste Hamelin, Page des Libraires

‘Halfway between macabre tale and surrealist epic, Boy with a Black Rooster, with its many ambiguities, is as reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch as it is of Giambattista Basile’s Tale of Tales (adapted for the cinema by Matteo Garrone).’ —  Camille Thomine, Lire – magazine littéraire

‘A great rhythm, beautiful sentences, atmosphere: a joyful cultural experience.’ —  Thomas Andre, Hamburger Abendblatt

‘Gripping, uncanny, a look into the human abyss. And yet, there is magic in this child.’ —  Peter Helling, NDR Kultur in Hamburg

‘Full of poetic power and with a language characterised by images.’ —  HR2 Kultur

‘An enigmatic debut of peculiar beauty.’ — Meike Schnitzler, Brigitte in Hamburg

‘Stefanie vor Schulte has composed this novel like a fairy tale for adults. Cruel, poetic, and with a fairytale ending. A wonderful debut.’ — Claudia Ingenhoven, NDR Kultur in Hanover

‘A ray of light in gloomy times, beautifully narrated and extraordinarily touching.’ — Dagmar Kaindl, Buchkultur

‘Stefanie vor Schulte’s sentences are short, concise and incredibly clear. And they are also intensely vivid.’ — Uwe Badouin, Oberhessische Presse

‘Stefanie vor Schulte’s novel demonstrates that it takes the wisdom of a child to understand cruelty.’ — Hannah Küppers, Sächsische Zeitung

‘This enigmatic plot, studded with symbols, and vor Schulte’s concise, distinctive narrative style will be remembered for a long time.’ — Ulrike Frenkel, Münchner Merkur

Author Biography