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Reviews

"They are perfect sentences that Leky writes because they are surprising
and yet so apt, because she finds images for emotions instead of describing them with adjectives, because a whole world of fantasy and empathy is
opened up in them."
Judith Liere, ZEIT ONLINE

"What a reservoir of knowledge of human nature! [...] a veritable breviary of worldly wisdom and impressive proof that literature helps - whether with fear of flying, decision-making difficulties or lovesickness."
Denis Scheck, ARD Druckfrisch

"For me, Mariana Leky's stories are actually like a woollen blanket that you can wrap around yourself when it gets a bit cold outside, that is, when life gets a bit difficult."
Nicola Steiner, SRF TWO WITH BOOK

"Leky's columns on 'grief of all kinds' [have] put me in a good mood with immediate effect."
Angelika Wittman, BRIGITTE

"Without kitsch, endearing, fragile. Mariana Leky has the gift of conveying to us how it is possible to perceive each person as they are, without know-it-all attitude, without 'I would never' muttering."
Annemarie Stoltenberg, NDR KULTUR

„The columns [...] warm the chest with so much wit and wisdom that after reading them you look with indulgence at the next person. Promise."
Barbara Weitzel, WELT AM SONNTAG

"How to talk about pain, heartbreak, sadness or friendship. Mariana Leky finds her appropriate words in the collected columns. Sometimes funny, often life-smart and always right from the heart of life."
Sally-Charell Delin, SR 2

„In her short texts, Mariana Leky writes about all the adversity of life that we also know, but the way she does it is immensely comforting."
Manuela Reichart, RBB KULTUR

"Inspiring mini-dramas, as exhilarating as they are enlightening. [...] Every story is a hit. And many belong in the bull's-eye category."
Martin Oehlen, FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU

"Mariana Leky manages the feat of making the sorrow of everyday life serious and at the same time taking away its power. It is like a creepy ghost that you invite in, only to find that it is also a little afraid of itself. 'Grief of All Kinds' is a wonderful collection of little gems that, unfortunately, you read through far too quickly. And which only increases the longing for a new novel."
Anne Burgmer, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER

"Mariana Leky] writes: not too loudly, not too quietly, sensitively and yet bluntly, approachlessly and yet charmingly, yet always with a subtle sense of humour in the basic tone - a peculiar mixture in a positive sense."
Stefan Schalles, RHEIN-ZEITUNG

Author Biography

Mariana Leky studied cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim after an apprenticeship in the book trade. She lives in Berlin and Cologne. DuMont published the short story collection 'Liebesperlen' (2001), the novels 'Erste Hilfe' (2004), 'Die Herrenausstatterin' (2010) and 'Bis der Arzt kommt. (2013). In 2017, she published the Spiegel bestseller novel 'Was man von hier aus sehen kann' (What you can see from here), which has been translated into over twenty languages and is being filmed for the cinema.