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Letzter Akt
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Über die allumfassende Kraft von Kunst
ANDREAS SCHÄFER
Letzter Akt/Final Act
A Novel, ca. 224 pages, Spring 2026
English sample available
Andreas Schäfer tells masterfully and sensitively about the freedom to decide how to live
A novel about the ghosts of the past seeking new places in our lives
“Schäfer’s prose is pleasantly restrained, almost cool, at times luminous.”
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About the All-Encompassing Power of Art
London, 2005: After many years in film, actress Dora is back on the theatre stage – in her early forties, she can look back on a successful career. When she meets the painter Victor in a bar after the premiere, she is fascinated: who is this man who has never heard of her? Dora sees this encounter as a chance to hide: from her mother, who
constantly calls from Frankfurt, from her agent, who wants to convince her to take on different roles, and perhaps also from her unpleasant colleague, who repeatedly tests her limits. After spending a few weeks together, Dora decides that Victor should paint her – but when she sees the painting, the ground is pulled from under her feet and longforgotten memories return. What does Dora think she recognizes in the picture?
“Final Act” masterfully depicts the intertwining of life and art and sensitively tells the story of a liberation that changes everything.
All rights available
Letzter Akt/Final Act
A Novel, ca. 224 pages, Spring 2026
English sample available
Andreas Schäfer tells masterfully and sensitively about the freedom to decide how to live
A novel about the ghosts of the past seeking new places in our lives
“Schäfer’s prose is pleasantly restrained, almost cool, at times luminous.”
DER TAGESSPIEGEL
About the All-Encompassing Power of Art
London, 2005: After many years in film, actress Dora is back on the theatre stage – in her early forties, she can look back on a successful career. When she meets the painter Victor in a bar after the premiere, she is fascinated: who is this man who has never heard of her? Dora sees this encounter as a chance to hide: from her mother, who
constantly calls from Frankfurt, from her agent, who wants to convince her to take on different roles, and perhaps also from her unpleasant colleague, who repeatedly tests her limits. After spending a few weeks together, Dora decides that Victor should paint her – but when she sees the painting, the ground is pulled from under her feet and longforgotten memories return. What does Dora think she recognizes in the picture?
“Final Act” masterfully depicts the intertwining of life and art and sensitively tells the story of a liberation that changes everything.
All rights available
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Andreas Schäfer
Andreas Schäfer was born in Hamburg in 1969, grew up near Frankfurt/Main, and now lives with his family in Berlin. He writes novels, essays,...
Andreas Schäfer was born in Hamburg in 1969, grew up near Frankfurt/Main, and now lives with his family in Berlin. He writes novels, essays, libretti, and radio features. His debut "Auf dem Weg nach Messara" was awarded, among others, the Bremen Literature Promotion Prize. This was followed by the novels "Wir vier" (DuMont 2010), which was nominated for the German Book Prize and awarded the Anna Seghers Prize, "Gesichter" (DuMont 2013), the Spiegel bestseller "Das Gartenzimmer" (DuMont 2020),...