Iris would never have believed that Lisa and she would become real friends again. She would never have believed that there was a boy who is not a complete idiot. And most of all, she would never have believed that something good and wonderful could happen ever again after her mother’s death. But with the grey horse Belle, light returns to Iris’ life and she realizes that she is not alone.
Katharina Hacker tells a story of darkness and light in clear and meaningful words. She tells of moments in which inexplicable things happen. Sometimes life is exactly like that.
Katharina Hacker , born 1967 in Frankfurt, studied philosophy, history, and Jewish studies in Freiburg and Jerusalem. She published several celebrated novels, poetry and a story collection, earning her a reputation as one of the most discerning and elegant stylists in contemporary German literature. Her novel " Die Habenichtse " (" The Have-Nots ") was awarded with the German Book Prize. She lives in Berlin as a writer.
