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Haus zur Sonne
“House of the Sun” (title translated by AI)
Thomas Melle (born 1975)
English editions
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The narrator, who lives with severe bipolar disorder, checks into the House of the Sun, a state-funded clinic for the weary of life and the terminally ill. There, every wish a resident can think of is granted, and then they leave life quietly, without fuss. Between soaring highs and crushing lows, with a fantastical and comic edge, the story asks how much self-determination is possible when an illness steers your life, what someone with nothing left to lose still longs for, and whether someone who no longer wants to live really wants to die.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 315 pages in the original
- Genres
- Speculative (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2025 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch
- Author's age
- 50 when first published
- ISBN
9783462004656 (original)
- More
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