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Underwater Night
- date of publication: 11.04.2022
- 288 Pages
- hanserblau
- Taschenbuch
- ISBN 978-3-446-27288-0
- Deutschland: 12,00 €
- Österreich: 12,40 €
- ePUB-Format
- E-Book ISBN 978-3-446-27021-3
- E-Book Deutschland: 7,99 €
In the idyllic Elbe valley meadows in Wendland, two couples share a farm, a barn and a herb garden – but their friendship, once close, has broken apart. Thies and Sophie are mourning the loss of their son Aaron, who drowned in the river in mysterious circumstances. Left alone with their feelings of guilt, they are forced to watch their friends Inga and Bodo live an ideal family life, day in, day out. A year after Aaron’s death, a stranger suddenly appears in the town, asking disturbing questions – and painful truths are brought to light.
In an evocative novel with a keen sense of psychology, Kristina Hauff describes a couple picking up the threads of their lives after an immense, inexplicable loss. She explores how distrust poisons even the closest friendships, while showing how new hope can emerge from pain.
“Kristina Hauff knows how to show the dark inside the light, and the abyss beneath the idyllic.”
- Johannes Bruggaier, Südkurier
“This story is so impressive, touching and atmospheric – and so powerfully told.”
- Mike Altwicker, Deutschlandfunk Kultur „Lesart”
“A story of the finely woven psychology and compelling aspect of failed dreams and loss.”
- Dominique Salcher, Münchner Merkur
“A great new publication that will make the reader forget the pandemic is Kristina Hauff’s Underwater Night. It takes place on the Elbe and is about two opposing families.”
- Süddeutsche Zeitung Starnberg