Ilija Trojanow was born in Bulgaria in 1965. After fleeing his homeland via Yugoslavia and Italy, he was granted political asylum in Germany. He spent ten years in Kenya and five years in Bombay, before moving to Kapstadt in 2003. As a writer he sees himself as a traveller between worlds, journeying on a quest that leads him through different cultures and religions. ‘It is amazing with what energy, openness, intelligence and empathy Trojanow succeeds in approaching different ways of life’ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on An den inneren Ufern Indiens Previous works include: Die Welt ist groß und Rettung lauert überall (Hanser, 1996, sold to Bulgaria, Russia & Spain); Autopol (dtv premium, 1997); Hundezeiten (Hanser, 1999); An den inneren Ufern Indiens (Hanser, 2003) Translation rights available from Piper Verlag GmbH Georgenstr. 4 80799 Munich, Germany Tel: +49 89 30 18 01 26 E-mail: nicole.leppin@piper.de Contact: Nicole Leppin Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany Piper Verlag was founded in 1904 by Reinhard Piper. Reinhard Piper published many leading contemporary authors, a tradition followed by his son and his grandson. After 1945 the programme expanded to include philosophy and non-fiction. Piper Verlag now includes the imprints Malik Verlag, Ernst Kabel Verlag and Piper Fantasy, and has been part of the Swedish group Bonnier since 1995. Authors include Ingeborg Bachmann, Gaby Hauptmann, Sten Nadolny, Gabriele Wohmann, Annette Pehnt, Jakob Hein, Walter Moers and Radek Knapp.