Jonathan Franzen è un autore i cui romanzi approfondiscono le complessità della vita moderna. Le sue opere esplorano frequentemente le dinamiche familiari, le tendenze sociali e la ricerca di significato nei tempi contemporanei. La prosa di Franzen è riconosciuta per la sua acuta intuizione e la sua capacità di catturare la profondità psicologica dei suoi personaggi. Scrive sull'esperienza di essere umani nell'era attuale, con i suoi libri che spesso suscitano forti risposte emotive e spingono a una profonda riflessione.
Set in East Berlin, this satirical novel blends humor and poignancy, capturing the absurdities of life in a divided city. Its vivid characters navigate a landscape filled with challenges, evoking both laughter and deep emotion. Critics praise its brilliance, highlighting the author's ability to tackle serious themes while maintaining a light-hearted tone. The narrative promises a unique exploration of resilience and the human spirit against the backdrop of a significant historical context.
The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn't have to mean the world is ending.
Gestehen wir uns ein, dass wir die Klimakatastrophe nicht verhindern können
Jonathan Franzen, ein langjähriger Umweltaktivist, konfrontiert uns mit der Realität des Klimawandels: Die Kontrolle über die Erderwärmung ist verloren, und die Bemühungen der letzten 30 Jahre waren vergeblich. Das Pariser Abkommen und Initiativen wie „Fridays for Future“ kommen zu spät. Doch das bedeutet nicht das Ende. Vielmehr sollten wir uns auf die unvermeidlichen Folgen vorbereiten, wie Brände, Überschwemmungen und Flüchtlingsströme. Es ist entscheidend, alles in unserer Macht Stehende zu tun, um unsere Gesellschaften und Demokratien zu stärken. Franzen plädiert dafür, die Grenzen unserer Möglichkeiten nicht zu leugnen, sondern sich auf das zu konzentrieren, was wir tatsächlich verändern können. Das Buch enthält einen Essay, ein unveröffentlichtes Vorwort des Autors und ein Interview zur Klimakrise, das er 2019 der Zeitung „Die Welt“ gab. Er stellt die Frage, wie wir mit der drohenden Katastrophe umgehen: Entweder wir bleiben in der Hoffnung gefangen und werden frustriert über die Trägheit der Welt, oder wir akzeptieren das Unheil und überdenken, was Hoffnung wirklich bedeutet.
A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections
"Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother -- her only family -- is hazardous. But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother chose to live as a recluse with an invented name, or how she'll ever have a normal life. Enter the Germans. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with The Sunlight Project, an organization that traffics in all the secrets of the world -- including, Pip hopes, the secret of her origins. TSP is the brainchild of Andreas Wolf, a charismatic provocateur who rose to fame in the chaos following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now on the lam in Bolivia, Andreas is drawn to Pip for reasons she doesn't understand, and the intensity of her response to him upends her conventional ideas of right and wrong."--Jacket
