Martina Hefter

Linda Gaus

A book like a tightrope walk without a net: a sheer drop to the left, a sheer drop to the right, you want to look away but you can’t and you don’t need to, because as long as Martina Hefter is telling this story, as long as her thoughts are so luminous and life and desire are so in- tense, nothing can happen

A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity [...] A divine master- piece

Anne Weber, winner of the German Book Prize 2020

Navigating between melancholy and euphoria, and reflecting on trust and deception, the novel combines gruelling everyday life with mythological figures and cosmic dimensions in a fascinating way. Martina Hefter writes about all this in her intelligently choreographed novel, which exerts an attraction of its very own

A book that weaves atmospheric nuances into haunting images of tragedy and bliss, never slipping into sentimentality

Every line is ready to tear down the austere fac¸ade of society

Dinçer Güçyeter, winner of the 2023 Leipzig Book Fair Prize

Juno Isabella Flock is a middle-aged dancer and performance artist who spends her days caring for her husband, and her nights chatting to love scammers online. She’s aware of the risks these men pose – she’s watched a documentary about them – but she’s also discovered a heady freedom in these online conversations, and the lies – and truths – they allow her to release. 
And then Juno meets Owen_Wilson223 – or, to use his real name, Benu. Although separated by thousands of miles, they sense an immediate connection between them, and gradually begin to reveal more and more about themselves to each other: about their real selves, and about who they really want to be. And just as Juno sees through Benu’s lies, he sees through hers too. 
Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? is a whirlwind of a novel. It’s about yearning to stay young while age marches on; it’s about how to stay truthful while the internet changes everything; it’s about love and desire in all their many, conflicting forms. And most of all, it’s a novel about the way we are all connected, by the same constellations and the same night sky, however different our circumstances.

Martina Hefter

Praise for Hey, Good Morning, How are you?

A book like a tightrope walk without a net: a sheer drop to the left, a sheer drop to the right, you want to look away but you can’t and you don’t need to, because as long as Martina Hefter is telling this story, as ...

A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity [...] A divine master- piece

Navigating between melancholy and euphoria, and reflecting on trust and deception, the novel combines gruelling everyday life with mythological figures and cosmic dimensions in a fascinating way. Martina Hefter writ ...

A book like a tightrope walk without a net: a sheer drop to the left, a sheer drop to the right, you want to look away but you can’t and you don’t need to, because as long as Martina Hefter is telling this story, as ...

A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity [...] A divine master- piece

Navigating between melancholy and euphoria, and reflecting on trust and deception, the novel combines gruelling everyday life with mythological figures and cosmic dimensions in a fascinating way. Martina Hefter writ ...

A book like a tightrope walk without a net: a sheer drop to the left, a sheer drop to the right, you want to look away but you can’t and you don’t need to, because as long as Martina Hefter is telling this story, as ...

A triumph of sharp wit and profound humanity [...] A divine master- piece

Navigating between melancholy and euphoria, and reflecting on trust and deception, the novel combines gruelling everyday life with mythological figures and cosmic dimensions in a fascinating way. Martina Hefter writ ...

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