Paul has a lot of imagination. In fact, he’d like to dream all day, but instead he has to get up in the morning, go to school and do his homework. Then something amazing happens: A man says to him, «I’ll do your homework for a whole week.» In return, he wants Paul to give him some of his language. It’s the beginning of a big adventure and Paul realises too late that he has gotten in too deep …
Hans Joachim Schädlich was born in 1935 in Reichenbach, and worked at the German Academy of Sciences in East Berlin before resettling in West Germany in 1977. He has received many accolades for his work, including the Heinrich Böll Prize, the Hans Sahl Prize, the Kleist Prize, the Schiller Memorial Prize, the Lessing Prize, the Bremen Literary Award and the Joseph Breitbach Prize.
Amelie Glienke
Amelie Glienke studied painting and graphic art at the Berlin University of the Arts. She works as a graphic designer, illustrator and caricaturist in Berlin and has two children. Among others, Amelie Glienke has illustrated works by Hanne Schüler and Roald Dahl.
