THE OKTOBERFEST CHRONICLES

  • A grippingly hilarious odyssey into the Bavarian paradise of excess.
  • Rights to Dicht were sold to Sweden (it-lit).
  • 170,000 copies sold of the author's previous four titles altogether.

Following her acclaimed book on the Vienna Opera Ball, bestselling author Stefanie Sargnagel returns with another adventurous travelogue, this time tackling the Munich Oktoberfest. Defying all warnings and laced tightly into a traditional Dirndl, she ventures into a place that many consider an absolute nightmare, and others: pure heaven.

Her journey sparks profound reflections on the endearing and the less flattering cultural ties between Austria and Bavaria. More than anything, however, it is a relentless, deep dive into an intoxicating frenzy that could only ever exist in Bavaria. This isn't mere drinking; it is a wild, primal spectacle of binging, boozing, and debauchery, of staggering, vomiting, and losing consciousness - all fueled by the euphoric conviction that this is exactly how things are supposed to be.

Stefanie Sargnagel observes, participates, and leaves the reader wide-eyed, constantly wondering: What did she actually experience, and what did she make up? In this place, anything seems possible.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Hundert Augen
  • Release: 14.08.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-498-00955-7
  • 96 Pages
  • Author: Stefanie Sargnagel

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Stefanie Sargnagel

Stefanie Sargnagel , born in 1986, studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna but spent more time at her day job in a call centre. She has been a freelance author since 2016 – and has since spent more time with her tax advisor. She received the BKS Bank Audience Prize during the competition for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2016. Her books,  Statusmeldungen , Dicht , Iowa and Opernball were bestsellers, with Statusmeldungen being adapted into a movie.