In this masterful novel, bestselling author Juli Zeh skillfully turns a New Year’s Day bike ride into an unexpectedly dark, psychological family drama. When he finally reaches the pass in utter exhaustion, a mysterious coincidence unveils a repressed yet vivid memory, plunging him back into childhood and the traumatic event that almost cost him and his sister their lives. Panic attacks have been pouncing on him like demons. He has a job, a wife, two children-yet hardly recognizes himself anymore.
As he struggles against the wind and the gradient he takes stock of his life. Lanzarote on New Year’s Day: Henning is cycling up the steep path to Femés. When a family vacation turns into a nightmare With elements of a psychological thriller and social commentary, New Year is a page turner which should especially resonate with any modern parent.New Year is the story of how little sometimes separates a child’s safety from utter disaster. In 2020, may parents have asked themselves how to keep their children safe during a pandemic, and how to care for them should they themselves get sick.For Zeh, New Year is the story of our society’s excessive demands on parents, of parental exhaustion and burn out and children’s utter dependence on those overtaxed parents. She was inspired to write it during one of her own bike rides during a family vacation on Lanzarote, and has experienced the feeling of being alone in the world with her younger brother herself as a child. ,i>New Year is Zeh’s most personal work.New Year was a #1 Spiegel (the NYT equivalent) bestseller in Germany, dominated the bestseller lists for over 6 months, and sold 365,000 copies in hardcover alone.She has worked at the United Nations in New York, taught at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig, and currently lives in Brandenburg, where she is an honorary constitutional judge.
Empty Hearts received a starred Kirkus review, and was reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times and Vulture among many other outlets.Her latest work, Empty Hearts, was published in HC in 2019 and sold 420 copies through BookScan. In the US, Juli Zeh’s work has been published by Penguin Random House.Her books have been translated into 35 languages. Juli Zeh is one of Germany’s most established, prestigious and bestselling authors.
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