"The fact that Charlotte's talent for navigating the most diverse worlds has finally been turned into a novel is a happy coincidence for us all." Danger Dan
If you no longer trust anyone, you might as well follow a talking fish
Sixteen-year-old Ella lives in Dortmund and has decided to stop making friends. She is too afraid that she will scare other people away with her tantrums. Her parents' marriage is on the rocks and Ella has no access to her two siblings either. Her only confidant has always been old Eckard, a neighbor of the family, who bequeathed Ella a singing plastic fish shortly before his death. When her younger brother Luis disappears, Ella sets off in search of the fish and puts herself in great danger - equipped with an Aldi bag, too much courage and too little fear.
"So much anger and tenderness in a novel that touches you from the first page and doesn't let go until the end." Jan Weiler
"Charlotte Brandi finally makes German literature stubborn again." Ilona Hartmann
Charlotte Brandi was born in 1985 in Herdecke and grew up in Dortmund. Her parents are the actor and musician Peter Freiberg and the musician Klara Brandi. Charlotte Brandi initially worked primarily as a theater musician and became known to the general public as part of the duo Me & my Drummer, which disbanded in 2018. Since then, she has been making a splash with her solo records and is part of the supergroup Die Benjamins, which includes Annette Benjamin and Drangsal.
"Fischtage", 304 pages, will be published by Ullstein Verlag on 27.02. 2025