
Amsél by Abdenbi Sarroukh
Amsél
Amsél (aka Franziska Selma Muheim) grew up in Schwyz and in Zurich. After a photographer’s apprenticeship she went on to take her A levels. At 47 and after several interruptions she graduated with a degree in psychology from Zurich University.
Today Amsél lives and works as a psychologist (“PhotoCoaching”), photographer and writer in Zurich and in Tanger, where she organises travel workshops using photography to encounter the self and the foreign.
Agent: Christian Dittus
Books
DIE ERFINDUNG MEINES VATERS
Novel
Verlag die Brotsuppe
(November 2024)
252 pp
THE INVENTION OF MY FATHER
The physicist Traugott Z. died in 1997 before he could complete a cosmology on the interactions in the universe. Convinced that the universe is filled and driven by divine consciousness that is in harmony with the laws of nature, he met with incomprehension and resistance from contemporary physicists. Three decades after his death, his daughter researched her father’s life and work in the State Archives of the Canton of Uri. Torn between rejection and affection, she works her way through hundreds of documents during the difficult times of the pandemic. Not only do many historical and scientific surprises come to light, but Traugott Z.’s life story also gradually provides answers to the question: How does someone come to dedicate their entire life to the scientific search for God? What drove him, why didn’t he give up despite much resistance?
The novel is based on a true story and has been supplemented by fictional elements.
WIEDERSEHEN IN TANGER
Novel
Verlag Die Brotsuppe (November 2016)
312 pp
REUNION IN TANGER
Tarik is a loner who seeks enlightenment. Ornithologist Chaya is looking for a migrating bird from Siberia. And botanist Thelma believes she has given up looking for anything. These three meet in the magical city of Tanger, at a scientific conference about the dangers of desertification. None of them could have imagined that this chance encounter would lead to passionate love, and to decisions that fundamentally changed their lives and their worldviews.
Morocco and Tanger form the backdrop for a love story full of adventures, a story that tells of our longing for togetherness and freedom.