Bøger af Juli Zeh

Udkanten er en intelligent, samfundskritisk roman om et udkantsområde i intern konflikt, fortalt i thrillerens tempo og med humoristisk kant. Juli Zeh forstår med psykologisk finesse at afdække sine hovedpersoners sande natur, så selv de mest noble motiver fremstår tvivlsomme. Universitetslæreren Gerhard og hans tidligere elev Jule venter barn. De har fået nok af storbylivet og vil realisere drømmen om et stille og roligt liv på landet. Landsbyen Unterleuten virker umiddelbart som den rene idyl. Gamle, hyggelige rønner, farverige originaler og nedlagte godser, der bliver købt af bekvemmelighedsflygtninge fra Berlin. Men livet i landsbyen er langtfra sukkersødt. Naboen nægter at holde op med at brænde gamle dæk af i haven, og helt galt går det, da en ejendomsspekulant og en velhavende landmand fra egnen vil etablere en vindmøllepark for at høste nogle millioner euro. 'Hestekvinden' Linda tager kampen op med de to initiativtagere, og mens hun behændigt spiller dem ud mod hinanden, forsøger Kron, gammelkommunist og intrigermager, på sin egen måde at lægge projektet ned. Jalousi, grådighed og indestængt frustration fører til, at idyllen i den lille landsby lige så langsomt krakelerer, og af flere årsager tør Jule til sidst hverken gå uden for en dør eller åbne et vindue. Pressen skriver: »Den 44-årige kosmopolit skriver tindrende veloplagt med et imponerende sprogligt overskud …« *****– Jyllands-Posten »Det lykkedes Zeh - med et ganske charmerende overskud og et lettere satirisk bid - at skildre en række sociale modsætninger, som på mange måder virker velkendte og repræsentative for det tyske samfund i dag, her snart 30 år efter Murens fald.« **** – Politiken »Usædvanlig velskrevet og underholdende (...) Det er et sammensat og på mange måder storartet kunstværk Juli Zeh har skabt.« ****** – Stavanger Aftenblad »Egentlig er Juli Zeh lige præcis den forfatter alle længes efter.« – Frankfurter Allgemeine »En fortælling om et udkantsområde i intern strid. ”Udkanten” skildrer storbyboens misforståede opfattelse af landlig idyl.« – Alt for Damerne »Den er sjov, godt skruet sammen, og når satiren ikke røber meget om virkeligheden, som vi ikke godt vidste i forvejen, er det ikke nødvendigvis satirens skyld.« – Information

Bestseller No. 1 in Germany 2021 Dora is living the millennial dream of the pandemic: she has moved to the country with her dog to escape confinement and perhaps find a way out of the alienations of the big city. But the small town of Bracken is not as idyllic as she thought. Her plot is not suitable for cultivation, the transport system does not work and, furthermore, behind the wall of her garden, a neighbor peeks out who, with his shaved head and far-right slogans, seems to fit all the stereotypes. What is Dora looking for in the middle of nowhere? Perhaps a radical change in her life, or distance from Robert, her boyfriend, increasingly oblivious to her in her obstinate activism. As she reflects on her motives and desires, things happen that she couldn't have foreseen: people who don't fit any mold, opinions that drastically challenge her ideas, and events of hers that revolutionize her inner life. In this German best seller, Juli Zeh manages to take an X-ray of our times. A complex and polarized world that yearns for genuine connections, and that forces us to face our weaknesses and fears, all those contradictions that come to light when we dare to be humans.

A World Literature Today Notable Translations of 2023Written by Germany's #1 bestselling author Juli Zeh, About People takes place in the middle of lockdown in spring 2020 and subtly describes the social and very private consequences of the pandemic.Fleeing stay-at-home orders in the big city, Dora and her dog move to the countryside to sit out the pandemic. She knows that Bracken, a village in the middle of nowhere, isn't the idyll most city dwellers dream of, but she's desperate for space and a change of scene. The quaint old house she's saved up for needs work, weeds have taken over the yard, and her skinhead neighbor fits all the stereotypes. Just what is Dora really looking for? Distance from her boyfriend Robert, whose climate activism has crossed into obsession? Refuge from her inner turmoil? Clarity on how the whole world got so messed up? As Dora tries to keep her demons in check, unexpected things start happening all around her. Juli Zeh's epic new novel explores our present predicaments, biases, weaknesses, and fears, but-above all?it reveals the strengths that come to light when we dare to be human.

2022 PEN Translation Award FINALISTIn this masterful novel, author Juli Zeh skillfully shifts away from the conventional tale of a middle-aged, middle-class father out for a New Year's Day bike ride to an unexpectedly dark, psychological family drama.Lanzarote on New Year's Day: Henning is cycling up the steep path to Femés. As he struggles against the wind and the gradient he takes stock of his life. He has a job, a wife, two children-yet hardly recognizes himself anymore. Panic attacks have been pouncing on him like demons. 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. In this masterful novel, bestselling author Juli Zeh skillfully turns a New Year's Day bike ride into an unexpectedly dark, psychological family drama.

Von der Kunst, Käse schweben zu lassen: "TELEKINESE: Trotz der irreführenden Bezeichnung ist 'Telekinese' kein kleiner, haariger Hund mit plattgedrückter Nase, der sein Leben neben einer grauhaarigen Dame vor dem Fernseher verbringt. Es handelt sich vielmehr um den dritten Dan in der Disziplin des Lass-Falln-Und-Gong, also um einen Leistungsgrad, der noch weit über den Kunststücken der Hypnose rangiert. Ein Großmeister bringt durch reine Verstandeskraft die Käseplatte auf der Kante des Abendbrottischs in Schieflage, so daß Camembert und Emmentaler wie durch Geisterhand berührt zu Boden klatschen. Mit Telekinese sollte nur umgehen, wer ihr tatsächlich gewachsen ist, da ihre Mechanismen bei falscher Anwendung fatale Auswirkungen auf den Zauberlehrling haben können. Vgl. STRAFE" ... in der Tat, dieses "Kleine Koversationslexikon" richtet sich nicht primär an den Hundehalter, sondern stellt diesen selbst in den Mittelpunkt einer großen Feldstudie. Geleitet, ausgewertet und literarisch verfaßt wurde dieses Lexikon von Othello - dem Hund von Juli Zeh, der von Berufs wegen mit der Schriftstellerin zusammenlebt. Ein Buch von Hund für Hund, der seinen Menschen besser verstehen will. Vgl. HUNDE, HALTER

In an attempt to further her career, Jola is determined to land the lead role in a new film about underwater photographer and model Lotte Hass. To improve her chances, the couple travel to Lanzarote and hire diving instructor Sven, paying him a large sum for exclusive tuition.

Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and beautiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive.

Sebastian and Oskar have been friends since their days studying physics at university, when both were considered future Nobel Prize candidates. But their lives took divergent paths, as did their scientific views.