Juli Zeh

Manchmal kann die Idylle auch die Hölle sein. Wie das Dorf "Unterleuten" irgendwo in Brandenburg. Wer nur einen flüchtigen Blick auf das Dorf wirft, ist bezaubert von den altertümlichen Namen der Nachbargemeinden, von den schrulligen Originalen, die den Ort nach der Wende prägen, von der unberührten Natur mit den seltenen Vogelarten, von den kleinen Häusern, die sich Stadtflüchtlinge aus Berlin gerne kaufen, um sich den Traum von einem unschuldigen und unverdorbenen Leben außerhalb der Hauptstadthektik zu erfüllen. Doch als eine Investmentfirma einen Windpark in unmittelbarer Nähe der Ortschaft errichten will, brechen Streitigkeiten wieder auf, die lange Zeit unterdrückt wurden. Denn da ist nicht nur der Gegensatz zwischen den neu zugezogenen Berliner Aussteigern, die mit großstädtischer Selbstgerechtigkeit und Arroganz und wenig Sensibilität in sämtliche Fettnäpfchen der Provinz treten. Da ist auch der nach wie vor untergründig schwelende Konflikt zwischen Wendegewinnern und Wendeverlierern. Kein Wunder, dass im Dorf schon bald die Hölle los ist …

Liebesgeschichte, Kriminalroman, Entwicklungsgeschichte, Politthriller furios zu einem Roman verwoben - das ist das Buch von Juli Zeh, einem der überragenden Talente der deutschen Literatur. Für ihre Geschichte um den Völkerrechtsexperten Max, der nach dem Selbstmord seiner einzigen Liebe Jessie ins Bodenlose stürzt, wurde die Autorin mit dem Deutschen Bücherpreis, mit dem Rauriser Literaturpreis und dem Bremer Literaturpreis ausgezeichnet, die Kritik lag ihr zu Füßen. Juli Zeh erzählt lakonisch und doch voller Poesie vom Schicksal einer Liebe, die sich im Geflecht von Politik und Profit verfängt. Ihr Roman entwirft das eindrucksvolle Szenario einer Welt nach dem Zusammenbruch der Ideologien - und das in einer Sprache, die rasant und absolut zeitgemäß ist.

The gripping international bestseller that fuses an ingenious detective tale with stunning, cinematic storytelling--and a provocative riff on quantum physics--from Germany's foremost young literary talent.A child is kidnapped but does not know it. One man dies, two physicists fight, and a senior constable falls in love. In the end, everything is different . . . yet exactly the same." --Prologue A rising star who has garnered some of Europe's most important literary prizes, Juli Zeh has established herself as the new master of the philosophical thriller. With In Free Fall, she now takes us on a fast-paced ride through deadly rivalry and love's infinite configurations. Against the backdrop of Germany and Switzerland, two physicists begin a dangerous dance of distrust. Friends since their university days, when they were aspiring Nobel Prize candidates, they now interact in an atmosphere of tension, stoked by Oskar's belief that Sebastian fell into mediocrity by having a family. When Sebastian's son, Liam, is apparently kidnapped, their fragile friendship is further tested. Entrusted with uncovering the truth, Detective Superintendent Schilf discerns a web of blackmail, while at the same time the reality of his personal life falls into doubt. Unfolding in a series of razor-sharp scenes, In Free Fall is a riveting novel of ideas from a major new literary voice. With the recent success of works in translation, such as Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire, Zeh is poised to take off.From the Hardcover edition.

Angriff auf die Freiheit. Sicherheitswahn, Überwachungsstaat und der Abbau bürgerlicher Rechte (lit. 'Attack on Freedom. Security Madness, Surveillance State and the Dismantling of Civil Rights') is a 2009 book by the German writers Ilija Trojanow and Juli Zeh. (Source: [Wikipedia](

One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an abandoned industrial site and injected with a powerful drug. As he wakes, a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." But this life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife; his son was never born; and he's not an ordinary college professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something impossible. Is it this world or the other that's the dream? How can he possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could have imagined--one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe. --

A collection of essays.

It's been a few years that Sven Fiedler, diving instructor, has left Germany, the battlefield, as he calls it. In his new paradise on a spanish island, he and his partner Antje welcome diving tourists, most of them germans. So are Jola and Theo, a soap opera actress who'd like to be acknowledged as a real actress and a writer who hasn't published anything for years. But besides that, why are they still together? What's the point about their relationship who seems to be far from a loving one? And why does Sven get sucked into their couple affairs? It's getting even more complicated when you, the reader, have to chose which version of the story is real: Sven's or Jola's?

"Eine intensive Liebesgeschichte verbindet Juli Zeh mit den Pferden. Womit verzaubern uns diese zugleich starken und sanften Tiere? Wie kommt es, dass so unterschiedliche Wesen wie Pferd und Mensch immer wieder die Nähe des anderen suchen? Juli Zeh schildert, welche Rolle Fluchtinstinkt, Rangordnung und Vertrauen spielen und wie man die Sprache der Pferde erlernen kann. Was ein typisches Pferdemädchen antreibt. Warum Reiten glücklich macht und weshalb Pferde oft als Zen-Meister bezeichnet werden. Sie erzählt von Frauen, die sich mehr für neue Pferdedecken als für Modetrends interessieren. Von Kasimir, Neo und einem Pony namens Pony, die zu Familienmitgliedern wurden. Und sie zeigt, was Schreiben und Reiten gemeinsam haben."--Page of cover "Self-deprecating and humorous, she talks about her personal experiences as a horse girl and as the owner of three horses in adulthood. Among other things, she focuses on the phenomenon that women, in particular, spend their free time with horses and / or work in this field"-- St. Michaelsbund website.

"An explosive thriller about two couples who are caught in a web of conflicting passions while deep-sea diving off the beautiful Canary Islands; Sven Fiedler is a young lawyer in Germany who decides he's had enough. No more competing with coworkers for his boss's attention, no more flaunting this or that new purchase to keep his friends impressed, no more endless workweeks under fluourescent lights. So he withdraws from the bustle of modern life to the island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, where he and his girlfriend, Antje, establish a simpler routine. Sven sets up a business as a deep-sea diving instructor while Antje has her own real estate agency, and the two happily cater to tourists who come to bask in the warm sunshine and explore the silent, gleaming marine paradise that makes this island such a remarkable retreat. In November of 2011, two German tourists, Jola von der Pahlen and Theo Hast, engage Sven for an expensive two-week intensive diving experience. They stay in a guest house on Sven and Antje's property, and the two couples quickly become entangled in a mess of jealousies and suspicions. Sven is struck by Jola's beauty and her evident wealth. Theo quickly leaps to the conclusion that Sven and Jola are conspiring against him, but oddly, he seems to facilitate their affair rather than trying to stop it. Antje, looking on, grows increasingly wary of these particular clients. Shifting through various points of view, the reader is constantly kept guessing about who knows what, and more important, who is telling the truth. As the tension builds, it becomes increasingly clear that someone will meet a violent end, but a quiet one, down in the underwater world beneath the waves"--