All that Matters
What compels a young man to use gratuitous violence? Is there any way of understanding intolerance and extremism? When is revenge an acceptable motive? Can you hold people responsible for their ...
moreJanne Teller
Janne Teller was born in 1964 in Copenhagen. She worked as an economic consultant and conflict advisor for the European Union and the United Nations before starting to write fulltime in 1995. Her publications include Komm (2012), Europa. Alles was dir fehlt (2011), Odins Insel (2003), as well as the books for young readers Nichts – Was im Leben wichtig ist (2010) and Krieg – Stell dir vor, er wäre hier (2011).
Come
It is winter. It is night-time. It is snowing. The publisher is still sitting at his desk. He has just entrusted a promising new manuscript from his bestselling author to the printers. Suddenly, ...
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With War Janne Teller once again undertakes a haunting thought experiment: she
drives home what it means to be a war refugee - simply by shifting perspective.
Imagine there was a ...
Nothing
This book has triggered heated debates and will continue to do so: Nothing is a parable about the meaning of life – intense and primal, at once thoroughly chilling and deeply moving.
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