Akif Pirinçcis großes Katzenlesebuch

by Akif Pirinçci

376 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1994

About the author

Akif Pirinçci (pronunciation: [piːʁɪntʃi]) is a German writer of Turkish origin who is best known internationally for his novel Felidae.

Pirinçci was born on the 20th October 1959 in Istanbul, Turkey, but emigrated to Germany together with his parents in 1969. He began to write fiction at a young age, and published his first novel Tränen sind immer das Ende (literally, "tears always are the end") in 1980, at the age of 21. His next literary work, published in 1989, was the novel Felidae, a work of crime fiction with cats as the main protagonists. The novel has been translated into 17 languages and became an international bestseller. Due to the enormous success of the novel, Pirinçci expanded his concept of "cat crime fiction" and published several sequels to Felidae, out of which two, namely Francis (Felidae II) and Salve Roma, have been translated into English. An animated movie based on Felidae, the script of which had been co-written by Pirinçci, was produced in Germany in 1994, and was also dubbed in English. Pirinçci has published several other novels which were not set in the fictional reality of the Felidae series. Of these, his novel Die Damalstür -- based on which a movie was produced in Germany as well, and which is currently also under consideration for screen adaptation in Hollywood -- was recently translated and published in English under the title The Back Door.

Pirinçci currently lives in Bonn, the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Reviews

[Anke Strömann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bis auf drei der Kurzgeschichten haben mir alle sehr gut gefallen. Auffallend ist hier, dass sich die meisten Geschichten mit dem Übersinnlichen oder Horror in Verbindung mit den Katzen beschäftigen. Die 3 die mir gar nicht gefallen haben waren:
-Neue Lebensansichten eines Katers von Christa Wolf: der Schreibstil war mir viel zu intellektuell und schwer zu erfassen
-Spiegel, das Kätzchen von Gottfried Keller: hier hat mir ebenfalls der Schreibstil nicht gefallen. Es war mehr wie ein Märchen/Fabel aufgezogen
-Lebensansichten des Katers Murr von E.T.A. Hoffmann: das war keine Kurzgeschichte sondern eine Novelle von 150 Seiten an der ich aber so lange gelesen habe, wie sonst an einem 600-800 seitigen Buch. Es war einfach gähnend langweilig und ich habe mich durchgequält.
Diese drei Geschichten sorgen bei mir doch für die nur mittelmässige Bewertung. Alle anderen haben volle 5 Sterne von mir bekommen.

[Markus H · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't like all the stories. The majority of them were really good. The one by E.T.A. Hoffmann although written in an ancient German (very early 19th century) was just awesome. I like Kater Murr