Nothing by Janne Teller
Posted on Monday, August 15th, 2011
Nothing by Janne Teller
“I love this bold, beautiful, terrifying book. One of the best young adult books I have ever read.”David Almond
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1905537-32-7
Price:£7.99
Publication:August
Winner: Le Prix Libbylit
Winner: Best Children’s Book Prize: Danish Cultural Ministry
Meet Janne Teller at the EIBF on Monday 22nd August, from 4.30pm-5.30pm in the RBS Imagination Lab. Tickets priced £4.50. This event is for ages 14+.
“I am fascinated to hear what drove her to write it…described as ‘disturbing’, ‘horrifying’, ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘intriguing’, I found it was all of these things, but it was also thought-provoking and fearless.” Linda Strachan for Crime Central.
“Brutal and courageous.” Die Zeit
“Gorgeously lyrical and dreadfully bleak.” Kirkus Reviews
“From the moment you are born you start to die.”
So says Pierre Anthon when he decides there is no meaning to life, leaves the classroom, climbs a plum tree and stays there.
His friends and classmates cannot get him to come down – not even by pelting him with rocks.
To prove to him that there is a meaning to life, they set out to build a heap of meaning in an abandoned sawmill. But it soon becomes obvious that each person cannot give up what is most meaningful and events begin to spiral out of control…
Booksellers said…”The storytelling was extraordinary”, “It blew my mind”, “I read this in one sitting. It really gripped me”, “The most thought-provoking book I’ve read in ages”, “Brilliant, definitely one book I’ll be urging others to read”
What the bloggers said…”Nothing is definitely a book that raises far more questions than it answers. It’s not an easy comfortable read, but one to make you squirm or cover your eyes in horror.” Our Book Reviews Online
“I found this to be a profoundly meaningful read, its simplicity was beautiful.” Read In Between The Lines
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