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Here is an unex­pec­ted Scho­pen­hau­er, a world away from the pes­si­mistic, bad-tem­pe­red cli­ché. »Never have we expe­ri­en­ced the pre­su­med pes­si­mist in this light. A flaw­less good read for the initiated.« A won­der­ful­ly intel­li­gent, exci­ting, mas­ter­ful­ly com­po­sed book, one that is a sen­su­al delight to read. »Poschenrieder’s sen­si­ti­ve and lively ima­gi­na­ti­on draws us into a tor­rent of poe­try and truth, a whirl­pool of quo­tes, allu­si­ons, and events that crea­te a pan­or­amic view of the time with a twist of the gro­tes­que. »The charm of this book lies in the author’s abi­li­ty to be inspi­red by Schopenhauer’s real life and to make the bare facts pulsa­te with life – he makes the rea­der curious to re-dis­co­ver one of the gre­at minds of Ger­man phi­lo­so­phy. »Poschen­rie­der has suc­cee­ded in breat­hing life into a poten­ti­al­ly unwie­l­dy subject.« Who­soever is rea­dy to cast asi­de cli­chés of Scho­pen­hau­er the phi­lo­so­pher as miso­gy­nist and pes­si­mist, will glean much plea­su­re from this intel­li­gent book.«

✺s well as sim­ply a sple­ndid por­trait of an exci­ting epoch, this novel deli­vers a refi­ned love sto­ry rep­le­te with secret agents, the Vene­ti­an Car­ni­val, and a dog. »one of the smar­test books this spring« … and here’s a first batch of press reviews: ✼hris­toph Poschen­rie­der tells lively and poi­gnant – his lan­guage is beau­ti­ful­ly chosen.« And all are pre­sen­ted as strong indi­vi­du­al characters.« »Scho­pen­hau­er, Lord Byron, Goe­the, Brock­haus, Met­ter­nich – true­ly hono­r­able names appe­ar in this book.

A grip­ping novel with an insight into the 19. century« »I never thought that this topic could fasci­na­te me so much. »one of the litera­ry high­lights this year« The first votes are in: Booksellers‹ praise for ✽ie Welt ist im Kopf«

For Tere­sa shows the young phi­lo­so­pher that he still needs to rethink one point in his world view: his idea of love. Even befo­re he arri­ves he attracts the atten­ti­on of Metternich’s secret poli­ce: Goethe’s note recom­men­ding him to Lord Byron – a man with a wide repu­ta­ti­on as a poet and as a figu­re of scan­dal – cas­ts sus­pi­ci­on on Scho­pen­hau­er and makes him unwel­co­me in Aus­tri­an-occu­p­ied Veneto.īut once he gets to Veni­ce, Scho­pen­hau­er refu­ses to be dri­ven out – and cer­tain­ly not after he meets Tere­sa. Lord Byron of Roch­da­le, born 1788, died 1824.Īnd so Scho­pen­hau­er lea­ves Dres­den for Ita­ly in the late sum­mer of 1818 without his book in his suit­ca­se – he is still a nobo­dy.