&sq=&lang=&file=File:RocheFeucht.jpg) The cover of the first edition, February 2008 | |
| Author | Charlotte Roche |
|---|---|
| Original title | Feuchtgebiete |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Autobiographical novel, erotic novel |
| Publisher | M. DuMont Schauberg (German) Grove Press (English) |
Publication date | 2008 (German) 2009 (English) |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Media type | Print (hardback) & audiobook |
| Pages | 220 |
| ISBN | 978-3-8321-8057-7 |
| OCLC | 213398233 |
Wetlands (German: Feuchtgebiete) is Charlotte Roche's debut novel. Partly autobiographical,[1] it was first published in German in 2008 by M. DuMont Schauberg and was the world's best-selling novel in March 2008.[2] For supporters it is a piece of erotic literature; according to critics it is cleverly marketed pornography.[3] It was published in English as Wetlands by Grove Press in April 2009.
The title, which might be translated as "wetlands" or "damp areas," here refers to a woman's genitals.
- ^ According to Roche, her book is 70 per cent autobiographical. See "Charlotte Roche im Hallenbad", Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
- ^ "Fiction in German Makes It to Pole Position", The Economist (3 April 2008)
- ^ Jason Burke: "Publishers Battle to Sign Up Europe's Sex Sensation", The Observer, (25 May 2008).