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Alexander Maksik

    Alexander Maksik è celebrato per i suoi romanzi acuti che approfondiscono le complessità delle relazioni umane e le vite interiori dei suoi personaggi. La sua prosa è nota per la sua qualità ricca e atmosferica, che attira i lettori in profondi paesaggi psicologici. Maksik esplora magistralmente temi di identità, perdita e la ricerca di significato in un mondo inquietante. Le sue opere sono apprezzate per la loro profondità letteraria e la loro capacità di evocare potenti risposte emotive.

    Die Gestrandete
    The Long Corner
    You Deserve Nothing
    • 2022

      The Long Corner

      • 288pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Set against the backdrop of early 2017 in New York City, a young Jewish journalist grapples with disillusionment in a world filled with superficiality and conformity. Guided by memories of his Holocaust-survivor grandmother, he seeks refuge at The Coded Garden, an artists' colony. However, as he interacts with the enigmatic patron, Sebastian Light, he begins to see unsettling parallels to President Trump. This journey forces him to confront the blurred lines between reality and performance, ultimately challenging his beliefs and sanity.

      The Long Corner
    • 2016

      Jacqueline ist eine Gestrandete. Heimatlos, sprachlos. Sie ist 23 Jahre alt und aus ihrem afrikanischen Geburtsland geflohen. Nun kämpft sie an einem griechischen Strand ums Überleben. Tagsüber versucht sie, unter den Touristen nicht aufzufallen, nachts wäscht sie sich im Meer. Sie trägt nur ihre Kleidung und Erinnerungen bei sich. Mehr nicht. Doch über das Erlebte kann sie nicht sprechen. Bis ihr eines Tages eine Griechin Essen anbietet. Jacqueline beginnt zu erzählen – von ihrer Familie, ihrem Land, ihrer Flucht. Und davon, dass Erinnerungen, Erlebnisse und Überleben oft keinen Platz für Hoffnung lassen.

      Die Gestrandete
    • 2011

      You Deserve Nothing

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Set in an international high school in Paris, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is told in three voices: that of Will, a charismatic young teacher who brings ideas alive in the classroom in a way that profoundly affects his students; Gilad, one of Will's students who has grown up behind compound walls in places like Dakar and Dubai, and for whom Paris and Will's senior seminar are the first heady tastes of freedom; and Marie, the beautiful, vulnerable senior with whom, unbeknowst to Gilad, Will is having an illicit affair. Utterly compelling, brilliantly written, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is a captivating tale about teachers and students, of moral uncertainties and the coming of adulthood. It heralds the arrival of a brilliant new voice in fiction.

      You Deserve Nothing