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Der Sprung
“The Jump” (title translated by AI)
Simone Lappert (born 1985)
English editions
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As a child Manu learned the names of all the plants, because it is easier to be alone if you know nature. Now she stands in gardening clothes on the roof of a building in a small town, throwing roof tiles down, and refuses to come down. What is going on in her? Does she want to jump? The police seal off the building, onlookers jeer and pull out their phones, and the media gather. Her boyfriend, her sister, a policeman and seven other people connected to her, closely or distantly, fall out of step: they drop out of their routines, lose their footing, or throw themselves into a freedom they no longer thought possible.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 330 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2019 by Diogenes Verlag
- Author's age
- 34 when first published
- ISBN
9783257070743 (original)
- More
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