Product Description
by Roberto Bravo De La Varga (Translator), Juli Zeh (Author)
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.
Author Biography
Roberto Bravo de la Varga (Madrid, 1973) has a degree in Spanish Philology and German Philology, a branch in which he received his doctorate with a thesis on modern Austrian literature. He translates authors such as Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Stefan Zweig or Joseph Roth, and is also responsible for didactic editions of Hispanic classics. Juli Zeh is one of the great authors of contemporary German literature. Juli Zeh is one of the great authors of contemporary German literature. Her first novel, Adler und Engel (2001), translated as Eagles and Angels, was awarded the Deutscher Buchpreis in 2002 and became an international bestseller. Since then her books are a hit in Germany and have been translated into thirty-five languages. Juli Zeh has won numerous awards with which she has established herself as as one of the most recognized female voices in Europe.
