Señor Herrera's Blossoming Intuition

  • A novel as poetic, funny, and quirky as an Almodóvar movie
  • Recommended for translation by New Books in German (Fall 2021)
  • English sample translation by Shaun Whiteside available

Writer Leo Renz has retired to a remote Andalusian monastery with the plan of immersing himself in boredom. For some time now, his heart has been acting like he’s fleeing across a minefield even when he’s asleep. So a retreat in a silent monastery and a bit of yoga seems like just the thing – not to mention that he is absolutely convinced that the less there is happening around him the more will happen inside of him, creatively speaking. Maybe he’ll even make progress on his novel.

But he hasn’t factored in Señor Herrera, the monastery cook and guest manager, who is hell-bent on personally introducing his guest to the art of bullfighting. What's more: On Renz’s very first evening Herrera drops several hints that there’s something off about Sister Ana Maria. And now suddenly Renz is forced to contend with a rather nasty suspicion – because, as it happens, his novel is also about a nun who is leading a double life ...

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  • Publisher: Galiani-Berlin
  • Release: 11.02.2021
  • ISBN: 978-3-86971-227-7
  • 272 Pages
  • Author: Linus Reichlin
Señor Herrera's Blossoming Intuition
Linus Reichlin Señor Herrera's Blossoming Intuition
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Linus Reichlin

Linus Reichlin , born in 1957, is a writer – of, among other things, the award-winning crime fiction trilogy featuring Hannes Jensen, maverick investigator and amateur quantum philosopher. These books were followed by his seismographic social novels, including, most recently Señor Herrera’s Blossoming Intuition (2021) – brilliant thought experiments on the limits of being and non-being.