In preparation for the publication of Die Verlobte des Briefträgers, the translation of La fiancée du facteur, DTV, my German publisher, will offer, in autumn, 2017, a new edition of Sibzehn Silben Ewigkeit, the German translation of Le Facteur émotif. Both translation are Saskia Bontjes van Beek's work. I shall thus have a double reason to visit my German friends in December.