Florina Badel’s novel *Nebelflüchtige* (The Fleeing Fog) is one of the most acclaimed debut novels of recent years. Aita leaves her hometown in Lower Engadine after graduating from high school and starts a new life in Vienna, the “capital of the Inn,” as Johannes calls it.
The Inn is the wider of the two Passau rivers, where it joins the Danube. Aita only returns to her village after her mother’s sudden death, but it is no longer the home of her childhood. Old Engadine houses are being sold off one by one to the highest bidder. The luxury property market is booming, and Aita’s siblings are eager to profit from it. Aita can only watch helplessly as her childhood friend Louis, who has taken over the village shop, desperately searches for strategies to resist the commercial exploitation of nature and local traditions.
*Nebelflüchtige* is a multifaceted, poetic, and compelling novel that explores the clash of contemporary worlds.
| Publisher | Rotpunkt verlag |
| Author | Florina Badel |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Publication Date | 11/03/2026 |
| Pages | 224 |
| Edition | first |
| Size | 14.53 x 2.34 x 21.67 cm |
| About the Author | Florina Badel, born in Lavin in 1983, is a multilingual writer and artist. After training as a journalist, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Basel and studied at the Institute of Language Arts at the Vienna University of Applied Arts. Her first poetry collection, *Tropical Buzz*, won the Swiss Literature Prize in 2020, and her first novel, *Chiera*, won the Graubünden Literature Prize in 2025. She lives in Fattan. |
| Publisher Address | info@rotpunktverlag.ch |
| ISBN | 978-3-03973-083-4، |
