“You will go.” With this simple sentence, “Ahasuerus’s Journey” begins a voyage that leads not only through countries, but through centuries and through the uncomfortable questions we usually avoid. In Jerusalem, caught between Roman occupation and religious order, the shoemaker Ahasuerus clings to rules because, for him, order is the only antidote to chaos. But when he refuses water to a condemned man, his sense of security becomes a judgment, and a human being becomes a wanderer who never arrives.

What follows is an atmospheric, sweeping novel of a bygone era, full of intense scenes: Ahasuerus is “thrown” into a new age, experiences how “order” suddenly wears a uniform, how faith becomes a battle cry, how progress tastes of soot, and how modern campaigns use frames, images, and guilt to manipulate people. It becomes clear: the real theme is not walking, but seeing. And the question that runs through everything: “What does my certainty do to the other person?”

Hermann Selchow, already known for his nuanced philosophical texts, tells "Ahasuerus's Journey" with clear, compelling language and an eye for the moral cracks behind grand ideas. From the stages of a seemingly endless journey emerges a novel about fear and belonging, about ideology and responsibility, and about the inconspicuous decisions through which humanity is often revealed: whether one stops, whether one looks, whether one offers water to another.

Hermann Selchow, Jahrgang 1956, wurde in Schleswig-Holstein geboren. Er wuchs in Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern auf. Schon in frühen Kindertagen war er vernarrt in Literatur. Vor allem hatten es ihm die klassische Literatur, aber auch Sachbücher und Philosophie angetan. Die Heldensagen und Schreiber der griechischen Antike sind ebenfalls eine alte Liebe. In seiner Jugend unternahm er erste Gehversuche in der Schreiberei und veröffentlichte einige Kurzerzählungen in einigen Magazinen.
Später arbeitete er von 1986-1994 am Schweriner Staatstheater, wo er diese Liebe ausleben und zum Beruf machen konnte.
Er machte sich dann einige Jahre artfremd selbstständig.

Im Alter von 67 Jahren traute er sich dann wieder öffentlich, als Autor aktiv zu werden. Er lebt zur Zeit in der Nähe von Hamburg.

Hermann Selchow veröffentlichte inzwischen mehrere Bücher zu aktuellen und zeitbezogenen Themen. Dabei versucht er seinen eigenen Blickwinkel auf die Geschehnisse der Gegenwart und jüngeren Vergangenheit zu finden, ohne die möglichen Ursachen aus den Augen zu verlieren oder zu verfälschen.

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Hermann Selchow, born in 1956, was born in Schleswig-Holstein. He grew up in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. From an early age, he was passionate about literature. He was particularly drawn to classical literature, but also non-fiction and philosophy. The heroic sagas and writers of ancient Greece are also a long-standing passion. In his youth, he took his first steps in writing and published several short stories in several magazines.
Later, from 1986 to 1994, he worked at the Schwerin State Theater, where he was able to pursue this passion and turn it into a career.
He then went into business for himself for a few years.

At the age of 67, he dared to become a public author again. He currently lives near Hamburg.

Hermann Selchow has since published several books on current and contemporary topics. In doing so, he tries to find his own perspective on the events of the present and recent past, without losing sight of or distorting the possible causes.