Alina Herbing

b. 1984, is a German author. Her debut novel No One’s with the Calves was published in 2017 and became one of the talking points of that year. In 2022, Sabrina Sarabi produced the drama film based on the novel. Recently published: Animals That You Have To Be Afraid Of, 2024.

The authenticity, with which Herbing tells of the post-unification generation, the natural racism, alcoholism, the men clinging onto traditional gender roles and the resounding lack of prospects, was based on everyday experience.
Gunda Bartels, Tagesspiegel