Overview

• Rowohlt has published 'Die Assistentin' in late August, giving Wahl a third novel in as many years.
• The book centers on Charlotte, a young assistant to a prominent Munich publisher, confronting an overbearing boss and fraught office hierarchies.
• Wahl has linked the premise to her own difficult assistant job in Zürich, a period she has described as a bad experience.
• Critics commend the fresh, emotionally intense language, while the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung argues the narrative feels long and repetitive in places.
• Public attention is rising as the film adaptation of her bestseller '22 Bahnen' opens in German cinemas on 4 September.