Wetlands (17 page)
Charlotte Roche was born in England in 1978 and raised in Germany, where she still resides with her husband and daughter. A longtime presenter on
Viva
, the German equivalent of MTV, she is a well-known and award-winning television personality.
Wetlands
is her first novel.
Tim Mohr is a staff editor at
Playboy
magazine. His writing has also appeared in other publications, including
The New
York Times
. Prior to joining
Playboy
, he spent six years as a club DJ in Berlin. His translation of
Guantanamo
, by Dorothea Dieckmann, won the Three Percent prize for best translation of 2007.
The translator wishes to thank Andrej Huesener for his advice and his careful read of the draft manuscript.
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First published in Great Britain in 2009 by
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Originally published in Germany as
Feuchtgebiete
in 2008 by DuMont Buchverlag
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Copyright © Charlotte Roche 2008
Translation copyright © Tim Mohr 2009
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