Where the stories come from
Leon Calder is at home in Upper Swabia, in southern Germany – a landscape of moors, villages and long memories. It taught him that the great events of history are rarely decided in market squares. They arrive in kitchens, in fields, and in conversations that no one speaks of later.
Past and future
His novels look in both directions. Back to the years when a village had to learn to keep silent. And forward to a world where even language is controlled. The question remains the same: what does a person do when they cannot choose their time?
Why he writes
Because stories are the only thing that remains when the people are gone. Leon Calder writes for readers who take their time – for characters you will not forget quickly, and for sentences that linger.
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