Matthias Jügler, Melanie Raabe, Katrin Schumacher and Caroline Wahl on telling the stories of long-forgotten species
with Caroline Wahl Katrin Schumacher Matthias Jügler Melanie Raabe
We Thought We Could Fly! This is the title of a literary anthology of both funny and unexpected contributions from 20 renowned German and international writers, edited by Matthias Jügler. These stories about animals and plants that have disappeared or gone extinct bring them out of the shadows of anonymity and into the limelight. Among other things, we meet a lovestruck Tasmanian Wolf, the giant vampire bat that once served as inspiration for a feared Mayan god, and the endangered Darwin’s frogs. Jügler and his co-authors Caroline Wahl, Melanie Raabe and Katrin Schumacher present the collection and their animal stories, celebrating the power of literary imagination to address a major ecological problem. The foreword expresses hope: “How nice it would be if these stories could teach us to pay more attention to that which is not yet irrevocably lost.”
Contributors
Caroline Wahl
Caroline Wahl was born in 1995 and grew up near Heidelberg. She… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Katrin Schumacher
Born in 1974 in Lemgo, Katrin Schuhmacher has a PhD in literature… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Matthias Jügler
Matthias Jügler, born in Halle/Saale in 1984, studied Scandinavian … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Melanie Raabe
Melanie Raabe was born in Jena in 1981. After her studies, she worked… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Books
Wir dachten, wir könnten fliegen
Herausgegeben von Matthias Jügler
Illustriert von Barbara Dziadosz
Penguin
978-3-328-60453-2
Event data
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Date:
Monday
09. March 2026
17:30 -
Pre Pre sale price (fees excluded) ab 16 €
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Flora Köln
Am Botanischen Garten 1a
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