Moritz Rinke Author

The Longest Day in the Life of Pedro Fernández García

A tragicomedy about a postman who fights for his son
English sample translation by Will Burn available
Over 140,000 copies sold of Rinke's debut The Man Who Fell Through the Century

Postman Pedro Fernández García's life on the Canary island Lanzarote has been quiet since the love of his life, Carlota, left him and took their son, Miguel, with her. With his friend Tenaro, an unemployed fisherman without a boat, and Amado, a refugee who has sought freedom on Lanzarote but found a prison, he forges a mad plan to see his son again with the help of none other than Miguel’s idol, Lionel Messi. Even though it does not go to plan, the longest day in Pedro Garcia Fernandez’ life becomes Miguel’s best day of his life.

In his second novel, Moritz Rinke ignites a firework of stories with fine storytelling and incomparable tragicomedy.

“It is remarkable for someone to manage to bring the problems of our time - migration, climate change, globalization, emancipation - into such an unobtrusive but precise narrative form that is both insightful and entertaining. Moritz Rinke accomplished a great novel.” – Uwe Timm

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Publisher: KiWi-Taschenbuch
Release: 09.02.2023
ISBN: 978-3-462-00441-0
448 Pages
Author: Moritz Rinke

Moritz Rinke The Longest Day in the Life of Pedro Fernández García

Moritz Rinke

Moritz Rinke was born in 1967 in Worpswede. His reports, stories and essays have been awarded many prizes. His play “Republik Vineta” (“The Republic of Vineta”) was selected as the best German-language play in 2001 and adapted for the big screen in 2008. In summer 2002, the Worms Festival featured the world premiere of Rinke’s retelling of the Nibelungen . In the years that followed, it was seen by millions on the stage and on television. His play “Café Umberto” is part of some school curricula. In 2010, his debut novel, Der Mann, der durch das Jahrhundert fiel (“The Man Who Fell Through the Century”), was published and became a bestseller. His most recent publication was Also sprach Metzelder zu Mertesacker (“Thus Spoke Metzelder to Mertesacker”). His new play, “Wir lieben und wissen nichts” (“We Love and Know Nothing”), is one of the most successful dramas to have been written in recent years and has been performed on over 30 stages. Moritz Rinke lives and works in Berlin.