Martina Hefter – författare

*** Recommended reading for Women in Translation Month ***THE SPIEGEL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE: a woman finds solace in her interactions with internet scammers in this electric and moving novel about communication and isolation, needs and desires, and how far we are prepared to go for love'Funny, offbeat and desperately moving' Irish Times'This unconventional love story will have you hooked' Woman's Own'It thrums with energy and excitement ... A brilliant novel' Grace Murray, author of Blank CanvasJuno Isabella Flock is a dancer and performance artist who spends her days caring for her ailing husband, and her nights chatting to love scammers online. She’s aware of the risks these men pose – she’s watched a documentary about them – but she’s also discovered a heady freedom in these online conversations, and the things they allow her to say.When Juno meets Owen_Wilson223 – or, to use his real name, Benu - she senses an immediate connection between them, even though they're separated by thousands of miles. Gradually, they reveal more and more about themselves to each other: about their real selves, and about who they really want to be. And just as Juno sees through Benu’s lies, he sees through hers too.Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? is a whirlwind of a novel. It’s about yearning to stay young while age marches on; it’s about how to stay truthful while the internet changes everything; it’s about love and desire in all their many, conflicting forms. And most of all, it’s a novel about the way we are all connected, by the same constellations and the same night sky, however different our circumstances.'A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity ... A divine masterpiece' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung''My book of the year. So sad and yet so funny, so elegant and tender [...] about illness and old age and loneliness and the internet and the beauty of fiction. There hasn't been a more worthy winner of the German Book Prize in a long time' Daniel Kehlmann, author of Measuring the World'It's a long time since I read such an unusual, dazzling, idiosyncratic novel, one that tells so much about us and our reality. And it's also a lot of fun' rbbTRANSLATED BY LINDA L. GAUS

THE SPIEGEL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE 2024'A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity ... A divine masterpiece' Anne WeberJuno Isabella Flock is a dancer and performance artist who spends her days caring for her ailing husband, and her nights chatting to love scammers online. She’s aware of the risks these men pose – she’s watched a documentary about them – but she’s also discovered a heady freedom in these online conversations, and the things they allow her to say.When Juno meets Owen_Wilson223 – or, to use his real name, Benu - she senses an immediate connection between them, even though they're separated by thousands of miles. Gradually, they reveal more and more about themselves to each other: about their real selves, and about who they really want to be. And just as Juno sees through Benu’s lies, he sees through hers too.Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? is a whirlwind of a novel. It’s about yearning to stay young while age marches on; it’s about how to stay truthful while the internet changes everything; it’s about love and desire in all their many, conflicting forms. And most of all, it’s a novel about the way we are all connected, by the same constellations and the same night sky, however different our circumstances.'A book like a tightrope walk without a net: a sheer drop to the left, a sheer drop to the right, you want to look away but you can’t and you don’t need to, because as long as Martina Hefter is telling this story, as long as her thoughts are so luminous and life and desire are so intense, nothing can happen' German Book Prize Jury 2024'[An] intelligently choreographed novel, which exerts an attraction of its very own' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'TRANSLATED BY LINDA L. GAUS

*** Recommended reading for Women in Translation Month ***THE SPIEGEL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE: a woman finds solace in her interactions with internet scammers in this electric and moving novel about communication and isolation, needs and desires, and how far we are prepared to go for love'Funny, offbeat and desperately moving' Irish Times'This unconventional love story will have you hooked' Woman's Own'It thrums with energy and excitement ... A brilliant novel' Grace Murray, author of Blank CanvasJuno Isabella Flock is a dancer and performance artist who spends her days caring for her ailing husband, and her nights chatting to love scammers online. She’s aware of the risks these men pose – she’s watched a documentary about them – but she’s also discovered a heady freedom in these online conversations, and the things they allow her to say.When Juno meets Owen_Wilson223 – or, to use his real name, Benu - she senses an immediate connection between them, even though they're separated by thousands of miles. Gradually, they reveal more and more about themselves to each other: about their real selves, and about who they really want to be. And just as Juno sees through Benu’s lies, he sees through hers too.Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? is a whirlwind of a novel. It’s about yearning to stay young while age marches on; it’s about how to stay truthful while the internet changes everything; it’s about love and desire in all their many, conflicting forms. And most of all, it’s a novel about the way we are all connected, by the same constellations and the same night sky, however different our circumstances.'A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity ... A divine masterpiece' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung''My book of the year. So sad and yet so funny, so elegant and tender [...] about illness and old age and loneliness and the internet and the beauty of fiction. There hasn't been a more worthy winner of the German Book Prize in a long time' Daniel Kehlmann, author of Measuring the World'It's a long time since I read such an unusual, dazzling, idiosyncratic novel, one that tells so much about us and our reality. And it's also a lot of fun' rbbTRANSLATED BY LINDA L. GAUS

Deutscher Buchpreis 2024Großer Preis des deutschen Literaturfonds 2024Wiesbadener Literaturpreis 2024Prix Grand ContinentNominiert für den Bayerischen Buchpreis 2024»Ein Buch wie ein Seiltanz. Aber solange Martina Hefter erzählt, kann nichts passieren.« Anne WeberTagsüber hilft Juno ihrem schwerkranken Mann Jupiter dabei, seinen Alltag zu meistern. Außerdem ist sie Künstlerin, tanzt und spielt Theater. Und nachts, wenn sie wieder einmal nicht schlafen kann, chattet sie mit Love-Scammern im Internet. Martina Hefter hat einen berührenden Roman über Bedürfnisse und Sehnsüchte im Leben geschrieben. Und darüber, wie weit man bereit ist, für die Liebe zu gehen.Juno schreibt online mit Männern, die Frauen online ihre Liebe gestehen und so versuchen, sie um ihr Geld zu bringen. Doch statt darauf hereinzufallen, werden genau diese Männer zu einer Form von Freiheit für Juno. In den Gesprächen kann sie sein, wer sie will und sagen, was sie will – und das vermeintlich ohne Konsequenzen. Ganz im Gegensatz zu ihrem sonstigen Leben, in dem sie immer unterwegs, immer besorgt um Jupiter, immer beschäftigt und eingebunden ist. Also flüchtet Juno ab und zu vor ihrem Alltag ins Internet und spielt dort Spielchen mit Männern, die sie anlügen. Sie selbst wird zur Lügnerin. Aber ist es nicht so, dass man sich beim Lügen zuallererst selbst belügt? Eines Tages trifft Juno auf Benu, der ihre Behauptungen ebenso durchschaut wie sie seine. Und trotz der Entfernung zwischen ihnen entsteht eine Verbindung. »Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir« ist ein tiefgehender Roman, aber so leichtfüßig wie eine Komödie.