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Nebenan
“Next Door” (title translated by AI)
Kristine Bilkau (born 1974)
English editions
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A small town on the Kiel Canal, between nature, the county town and industry. Out of the blue, a family vanishes without a trace, and their empty house becomes the centre of the neighbours' thoughts. Julia, a ceramicist in a loving relationship, suffers from her unfulfilled wish for a child. Astrid, a doctor and mother of three grown-up sons, is slowly stepping back from work. The neighbours circle each other like strangers, wanting closeness yet retreating into private life, while their paths cross and their stories connect, between fertility clinics and missing mothers, dreamy landscapes and illegal rubbish dumps.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 288 pages in the original
- Set in
- Germany
- First published
- 2022 by Luchterhand Literaturverlag
- Author's age
- 48 when first published
- ISBN
9783630875194 (original)
- More
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