Novels by Carl Geiger and B. Hernandez, translated into English. Available from Amazon, tredition, Ex Libris and through any bookshop.
Carl Geiger · 2026 · New
A moving, intimate love story, told in tragicomic dialogue and with deep affection for its characters. At its heart are Emily and George, and what they make of the time they have left.
The sequel to George: a novel about love in later life, about time, mortality and the starry sky.
More about the book & reading sample →Carl Geiger · 2026
It is one o’clock in the morning after a dinner with friends. George is analytical and solitary, past forty, and quietly bored by a life that runs like clockwork. He texts Lisa, a woman he met only hours earlier, and invites her to New York. She tells him he’s mad. A few weeks later they are sitting side by side on a plane.
A quiet, wry and unsparing novel about loneliness and closeness, about the stories we tell ourselves, and about the courage to let someone in.
More about the book & reading sample →B. Hernandez · 2018
One of John’s friends has unexpectedly become a dropout, which bothers John more than he wants to admit. With his two new acquaintances, an eccentric, bearded homeless man who bathes in the nude in the fountain at the mall, and Joanna, who loves hugs and has faith in the good in the world, he comes to the conclusion that the people of the city can only be saved if television is taken away from them. John’s friend with benefits, Izzie, does not like this plan at all, although she herself does not even have a television.
Where from? Where to? Taking a walk with heart and mind. Along the streets that are the destination.
More about the book & reading sample →B. Hernandez · 2015
“One way or the other, sooner or later, it would turn out exactly like this: you got older, the storms quieter, the inner voices would fall silent, your urge would die down …”
More about the book & reading sample →Carl Geiger is a pseudonym. The book should take centre stage, not the author. George is the first novel about George; his story continues in Emily.
Born in 1959 in Guadalajara, Mexico, B. Hernandez studied biotechnology in Guadalajara and Basel, stayed in Switzerland after his studies and writes novels alongside his profession. The German originals are «Das Leben ist ein Spaziergang» and «Geschlagene Hunde».
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